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Suggest a Laptop for me. (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Asudox@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev

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Hello Lemmings,

My 5 year old gaming laptop finally needs to be replaced. I need a new laptop for programming and light gaming. I no longer game on a laptop but a desktop. Though being able to play even outside would be nice so the laptop should be able to play at least Team Fortress 2. I'll be installing a Linux distro on it. My budget is around 800-1000€. The screen should be 14 or 15 inches. The battery should last at least 6 hours while not doing anything heavy as video editing or gaming.

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[–] popcar2@programming.dev 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Make sure you get a laptop with a modern Ryzen processor since the battery life (and performance on battery) is often a lot better than Intel. There are a lot out there that fit the bill like Lenovo's yoga/ideapad lineup. Just be weary of two things:

Some 14" laptops may have soldered RAM or SSDs making them impossible to upgrade
Don't go off of processor names, they're often pretty misleading. For example a Ryzen 7 7730U is significantly worse than a Ryzen 7 7840U.