i am, lol i need a new pc for my cellphone business that i literally run out of that same closet too ._.On the bright side, you can use the money you make to buy an even better one!
i am, lol i need a new pc for my cellphone business that i literally run out of that same closet too ._.On the bright side, you can use the money you make to buy an even better one!
Buy that kid something awesome. Just for not following the teen herd. Most every teen wants a macbook to "fit in with the cool kids". I applaud your niece for wanting what SHE wants, not the herd.So my sister is leaning toward getting her daughter a MacBook Air but my neice is insisting on a windows based laptop. Anyone have recommendations on brands that reliable and half way decent? My neice isn't a power user or power gamer. Minecraft seems to be the biggest game she plays.
I am tempted to tell my sister to go with the MBA and I'll install Parallels and Windows 11 on it for my niece. I feel thats the best of both worlds.
The pcs are so good these days even cheaper ones can do very well with all of these. My Inspiron 2 in 1 does awesome for even 4K video editing. I look at it this way….If my portable machine can render in a better than 1 to 1 ratio, it’s fine. My workstation is a beast and chews through it but my notebook still does fine with most anything I can toss at it.A couple of questions re use cases. Any interest in photography, video editing or drawing/illustrating?
I definitely have been impressed with the Ryzen 5 5600u in my sons little Aero 13. Packs a lot of performance for a 15 watt chip. He’s even been using it now with blender for some 3d design work. Once he starts getting more serious about it, I’m sure he’ll want to upgrade to something with a dedicated gpu but for now this little machine plugs along just fine.The pcs are so good these days even cheaper ones can do very well with all of these. My Inspiron 2 in 1 does awesome for even 4K video editing. I look at it this way….If my portable machine can render in a better than 1 to 1 ratio, it’s fine. My workstation is a beast and chews through it but my notebook still does fine with most anything I can toss at it.
Win11 2 in 1's that support Ntrig natively have excellent drawing/illustrating without the need for secondary device and/or accessory along with MS Surface pen enabled devicesThe pcs are so good these days even cheaper ones can do very well with all of these. My Inspiron 2 in 1 does awesome for even 4K video editing. I look at it this way….If my portable machine can render in a better than 1 to 1 ratio, it’s fine. My workstation is a beast and chews through it but my notebook still does fine with most anything I can toss at it.
The compute power is there from a CPU perspective on i5 or Ryzen 5 and above but the screen may not be suitable. There are many TN screens with low colour accuracy and non-touch/non-pen screens on the market.The pcs are so good these days even cheaper ones can do very well with all of these. My Inspiron 2 in 1 does awesome for even 4K video editing. I look at it this way….If my portable machine can render in a better than 1 to 1 ratio, it’s fine. My workstation is a beast and chews through it but my notebook still does fine with most anything I can toss at it.
I think the HP brand is quite reliable. There are many models, so you can choose depending on your budget and priorities.So my sister is leaning toward getting her daughter a MacBook Air but my neice is insisting on a windows based laptop. Anyone have recommendations on brands that reliable and half way decent? My neice isn't a power user or power gamer. Minecraft seems to be the biggest game she plays.
I am tempted to tell my sister to go with the MBA and I'll install Parallels and Windows 11 on it for my niece. I feel thats the best of both worlds.
My only knock on the major brands, like HP, and Dell are their propensity to have bloatware. Lenovo seems pretty good these days, they do include their vantage app - its debatable if that's bloatware as its the main app for managing your settings (RGB), drivers, updates and warranty.I think the HP brand is quite reliable.
I use my dell for example. Core i7 1165G7 Processor, Xe Graphics (capable of processing 4K video without issue), 64gb of ram 2tb of storage and a 95% RGB accurate screen that is pen with multi pressure availability and touch responsive. I paid 999 can for the system, another 200 for the drive, and 350 for the ram. All in all I have a system that you can upgrade in steps and do ANYTHING you need to beside game which I don’t do anyways.The compute power is there from a CPU perspective on i5 or Ryzen 5 and above but the screen may not be suitable. There are many TN screens with low colour accuracy and non-touch/non-pen screens on the market.
The low end of windows laptops here at least also seems to be saturated with low end CPUs like Celeron or Pentium and even a few AMD APUs, some of which are priced very close to laptops with much better specs laptops.
I have a thinkpad, and it only came with the Vantage app. I don't consider that bloat, its rather lightweight, doesn't stay in memory and is largely not needed. Of course there's no real LED to talk about, since its just back lighting.Even with Lenovo I still wipe and clean install Windows and replace essential bloat with light replacements like Lenovo Legion Toolkit.
I used to use McAfee antivirus, but it slowed down my computer a lot!I have Lenovo vantage on mine and quite like it. Not resource heavy at all. The stupid McAfee antivirus though… come on Lenovo!
Yeah, all that's needed now is windows defender. Works great.I used to use McAfee antivirus, but it slowed down my computer a lot!
She does not want a mac, so the air is out.I recommend and use myself Dell Latitude 2 in 1 styled laptops like the 5290, 7210 or 7320. They ar ebusiness graded machines, so buy refurbished/used and you should hit your budget accordingly.
But at a US$ 800,- pricepoint, e.g., don´t look further than a Macbook Air, just for the battery life alone.