I am going on holiday to Japan for 3 months, and planning on buying a new laptop their (my current laptop is 7 years old so wanting to upgrade)

I already have pc at home, so Im not look for any gaming laptop, I want something light but still powerful because I’m going to university in a year. And I much rather carry something light.

My priorities are.

  1. Best quality for price - good specs, but doesn’t have to be fancy because I’ll be doing all my gaming on my desktop at home
  2. Student friendly (also planning on taking business if that helps)
  3. Light, portable and durable.
  4. Good battery.

Thanks

  • wiseman121@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    All depends on what you want to spend and what software you use.

    On the Mac side I wouldn’t recommend more than an M2 Air at $1149. My go to is the M1 air which can be found for less than $800 new. The downside here is they only have 8GB of RAM, honestly not worth the $200+ extra to bump them to 16GB. But if your uses don’t go beyond the office suite and web 8GB is fine.

    On the windows side you have much more choice but a lot of junk to fish through. Generally it’ll be ok if it has i5/Ryzen 5, 8 or 16GB RAM and in a 13-14" metal chassis. Avoid the plastic 15.6" junk. Great options here include Lenovo Thinkpad/yoga lines, surface laptop, Asus zenbook, HP envy etc.

    Major thing to note is one is not better than the other but will fit different needs. If you have an iPhone and use apple software the Mac may be a better experience for you. Alternatively if you want onedrive sync between a desktop and laptop windows may be better.