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Need help(advice) with buying new laptop (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/15952791

Need help with buying new laptop

I have used my brothers' laptop 1)Asus fx504gd:

hate how bulky it is

how hot it gets that I can't play games with it in my lap(I played skyrim on the laptop with the trackpad and trackpad got ruined and my legs had burn marks)

it's corner are not rounded , and it becomes annoying to use.

battery life is 1 hour whatever you do

service center F1 services in my country didn't provide warranty even though it was under warranty

runs stuff like stable diffusion, kobold with silly tavern , VM to cheat on certain tests .

2)HP elite book 840 or 845 g7 (amd)

10 hour battery life

bought second hand with 3 months extended warranty left, was a import. After 1 month of use notice battery goes to 10% if not used for a few days, calls HP and then HP serviceman comes home next day replaces battery is done by time I bring him tea.

touchscreen

fingerprint

aluminum

just feels nice

portable

easy repairs and upgrades

can't use stable diffusion, llama.CPP and kobold ai with silly tavern , musicgen or deep live webcam

no games

best for most of my use as I only get to play games in summer vacations and have nearly no time for my hobbies like exploring alternative internet, or running ai projects with college and cfa prep

but I just feel like I should have a gpu

Macbook

love the power efficiency

great battery

I have no apple products so ecosystem has no benefits for me

walled garden

repair man David seems to hate them

costlier repairs

price gouging

non upgradeable -no idea how it might run things had little time with it

My main use cases: watching lectures, reading books on it, need to run VM to cheat a little, running games( occasionally) , llms and SD

What I like Power efficiency, repairable and upgradeable laptops, durable future proof But above all value for money cause I am on a budget which is less than 1000$

My confusion -Mac is price gouging but power efficient and has great battery -Elite book is great but doesn't have a GPU

I hate Asus but similar gaming laptops which are bulky and feel crappy have great specs on paper

Should I just get 2 devices (steam deck is not available in my country, am not gonna buy rog ally and can't find anything similar second hand) but then if I get a elite book my wife won't let me get a PC or a something like steam deck

Ideal world scenario I would like a laptop I can use and play games on in my lap, it being with coreboot and Linux mint and still being able to explore my hobbies like ai projects on AMD CPU and GPU (ideally power efficient as ARM) and still being repair able and upgradeable.

But that's an ideal world Nowadays I'd be happy if I can get a laptop and use with a wireless keyboard comfortably

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks for good advice.