Buying laptop, advice please!

Leax

I know nothing about computers. Any advice based on my requirements below would be greatly appreciated. Budget up to 1.5k

-will be used for all basic functions in family life, homework, gaming, streaming,
-good battery life
-fast
- lightweight
-resilient


Two I’ve looked at online are Dell xps13, Lenovo x1 carbon, any thoughts on these and alternatives, what things I should think about?

Leax

I’m looking at the lenova legion on Harvey Norman’s sure, it has 8g of ram, is that ok or an issue? Read an article that mentioned 16g of ram

wandererz

If I were looking for a new laptop and was looking at something to last a good few years then I would look at 16GB Ram and SSD

Have a look at these:
https://www.dell.com/en-ie/work/shop/laptops/sr/laptops/13-inch?appliedRefinements=15602,6084,6094,8788

You can click on "filter results" and change screen size. There are some cheaper options.

wandererz

I think this is a great option for around €1260 with VAT.

Good graphics card for gaming, 16GB Ram, 512GB SSD.

https://www.dell.com/en-ie/work/shop/laptops/new-dell-g3-15/spd/g-series-15-3590-laptop/bn35906

DopeTech

What sort of games?

Leax

wandererz wrote: »

I think this is a great option for around €1260 with VAT.

Good graphics card for gaming, 16GB Ram, 512GB SSD.

https://www.dell.com/en-ie/work/shop/laptops/new-dell-g3-15/spd/g-series-15-3590-laptop/bn35906

Thank you for that ðŸ‘ðŸ»

wandererz

If you have the funds I would encourage adding on a multi year support plan. Just in case there are hardware issues.

It's nice to know that it's there. But you can also add it later.

lawrencesummers

MacBook.

Had dozens of others over the years and they just dont compare. Using a Decent MacBook now for 3 years and never an ounce of trouble

RossieMan

lawrencesummers wrote:

Had dozens of others over the years and they just dont compare. Using a Decent MacBook now for 3 years and never an ounce of trouble

How's your gaming experience on that? Non existent?

wandererz

To note: Hardware issues can also include spilling a glass of water/coffee/wine onto the laptop. All of which I've done before.

lawrencesummers

RossieMan wrote: »

How's your gaming experience on that? Non existent?

Yep.

Johnboy1951

wandererz wrote: »

To note: Hardware issues can also include spilling a glass of water/coffee/wine onto the laptop. All of which I've done before.

What a terrible waste of alcohol!