Buying a Laptop

My desktop computer of the last 6.5 years crapped out on me. Therefore I'm on to a laptop for a personal computer. What is the consensus for processors, RAM, SSD, etc these days? I have 1TB of cloud space so I can afford to have a small SSD if that is optimal, though I have never used a PC with that.

 

Definitely SSD. I haven't used a computer without one in 5+ years. 16GM RAM at least too. You could get away with 8, but it's annoying and you'd be buying a new computer sooner than later.

Lenovo or Apple are my favorites.

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Dude SSDs came out more than 10 years ago.  They were standard for boot drives 8 years ago.  Modern laptops don't even have what people would recgonize as an SSD anymore as they have morphed and taken on an entirely new form factor.  A laptop that is 5 years old likely has an m.2 form factor SSD.

 

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I got a Lenovo Legion gaming laptop today. My other laptop died.

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What is the real difference between a "work" laptop and a "gaming" laptop.  I feel like gaming laptops are at a little bit of a discount for same or better specs?

Gaming laptops aren’t really cheaper, just different specs - usually a more powerful computer.

https://techusersguide.com/gaming-laptop-vs-normal-laptop/

“The main difference between gaming laptops and normal laptops is that gaming laptops are designed to handle heavy tasks such as gaming that are both CPU and GPU intensive while normal laptops are built to handle everyday tasks such as browsing, typing documents, creating presentations, etc.

Gaming laptops are built for high performance. They have dedicated graphics cards, high-speed processors, more RAM, and advanced cooling mechanisms. On the other hand, normal laptops have average performance hardware that is built with efficiency in mind rather than performance. 

High-performance hardware in gaming laptops allows them to perform processor and graphics card intensive tasks, such as gaming and graphics design, smoothly and for extended periods of time without breaking. On top of that, they often have striking chassis designs that appeal mostly to gamers. 

Normal laptops have power restricted processors and lack components such as dedicated graphics cards, which makes them lighter and increases their battery life. They are good for lighter everyday tasks, such as word processing, web browsing, and watching videos. Their chassis design is usually kept clean and simple to fit a professional environment.”

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Lev Fin guy here - **NEED 32GB + GET A GRAPHICS CHIP**can def weigh in on key risks if you don't get top specs. You need to set yourself up for 2-3 years into the future, including watching 4K video. Otherwise there will be a lag, you'l be forced to uninstall any downloads of any Adobe products beyond PDF, etc.

Laptop purchased this week vs. after coping with painful issues/frustrations with previous top-notch Dell laptop. Purpose/Incremental Need - do video editing

2021: $3,400 MSI 15.6 Gaming Laptop:

  • I9, 2TB SSD, 32GB RAM, ~10GB Graphics chip, 4K resolution, Refresh rate - high)
  • Very heavy - but very cool. No worriies downloading Adobe Products

2017: $2,100 Dell XPS '13 2-in-1 Touch [light, for commuting NJ/NYC] -->

  • i7, 1 TB SSD. 16GB RAM, 0 graphics chip [pain point], 2 USB-C ports [fickle charging - pain point].
  • lag / slow in converting to 27 inch monitors/docking station - vs. gaming laptop no issues
  • https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-ge66-raider-15-6-gaming-laptop-intel-c…
  • MSI

     
    MSI - GE66 Raider 15.6" Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i9 - 32 GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 2 TB SSD - Titanium Blue  / Model:GE6611227 / SKU:6467437

Conclusion - gaming laptop has been a dream come true, solved all my problems, sets me up for the future, and looks cool as hell (Purple and blue light show when you power on)

XPS 13 9305bestbuy.com/site/msi-ge66-raider-15-6-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i9-32-gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-2-tb-ssd-titanium-blue/6467437.p?skuId=6467437

 

Anything from Lenovo or Asus lineup should do just fine
SSD should be at least 256Gb and if you work with professional video editing soft or playing games you should look for no less than 1-2GB of SSD or at least HDD
for work 8 GB or Ram should be enough, and everything above 16 GB is an overkill 
When it comes to GPU then everything from 3xxx Nvidia family is good but is very hard to find due to the high demand from crypto miners

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