What laptop to buy? Where to buy?

[Chinga]

In the market for a new laptop to replace an old brick I have. Primarily be used for email, excel and other applications but nothing complex like the coordination of a Mars landing. I'm thinking I can get away with spending $700.00 - $1200.00 for a decent machine. School me please.

Best Buy or Costco for the purchase of it?

[hammerhead]

the conditions I work in are shitty dusty dirty - I use a laptop daily just for functions you mentioned - I have a ACER its my second one - normally I would buy a mac but this does the job I need it to do - it's pretty close to other more expensive models but lacks high rez - I generally don't stream, download, game or utube - but I do read a lot - its called Aspire3 - I'm not much into the geeky side of what these things can do - It's an AMD radeon dual processor 8 gb ddr 4 memory - 1000 gb hdd (its all French to me) - always buy mine at Staples was around $500.00 - i'm experimenting with not getting anti-virus I've never had a problem on my phone so I don't think I will have an issue's with this - we will see what happens

edit: the first ACER was very similar was about 100 cheaper and lasted me about 3-4 years was used daily for probably more that 12 hours a day on average...

[Laffs]

Been buying all our office computers from Newegg.ca . Seem to have the buck go further there than in big box stores. Last couple have been Lenovos but have also run a couple ASUS, no complaints. I think minimum you need 8gb memory, ideally more. I care less about physical storage since we store everything to cloud, only the software is local so I look for an SSD over HDD.

Something like is what I go with. https://www.newegg.ca/black-lenovo-ideapad-130-mainstream/p/1TS-000E-0DBB2

[Ghost Rider]

Thinkpad with Trackpoint

[Gr8Stang]

I have a DELL Inspiron 15, 5000 Series. Purchased it for $700 on sale early in 2019 @ Best Buy. Has been a great laptop so far; light and fast. Definitely recommend the SDD vs. standard HDD (hard drive). The solid state drive makes things much faster. My machine boots up in about 15 secs. Also has finger print recognition so signing in is also a breeze/fast. Has Wifi, ethernet, 3 USB ports and an SD Card reader and support for HDMI connection as well.

I had used AMD processor machines previously.....and found they ran to hot, so chose Intel I5 processor this time, and it definitely runs cooler.

[Blackmare]

Black Friday is coming up at the end of the month. Might be some great deals to be had.

Best Buy (https://fave.co/2PHIweR) - Best Buy Canada will be introducing a Black Friday price guarantee this year. Starting Nov. 8, Best Buy will be offering special deals flagged as “Black Friday Price Now” – those products will be the same price for Black Friday. They’ll also be introducing more Black Friday deals every week leading up to the day of.

[True Blue]

Black Friday is coming up at the end of the month. Might be some great deals to be had.



This!! If you can wait, deals will be coming.

OP, you have a healthy budget. With that, get minimum 8GB of ram, SSD storage, Intel I5 and FHD screen.

[Blackmare]

^^ Agree with those specs.

[Mustang4]

“Thinkpad with Trackpoint” as per GR

Second that

[Chinga]

Black Friday is coming up at the end of the month. Might be some great deals to be had.

Best Buy (https://fave.co/2PHIweR) - Best Buy Canada will be introducing a Black Friday price guarantee this year. Starting Nov. 8, Best Buy will be offering special deals flagged as “Black Friday Price Now” – those products will be the same price for Black Friday. They’ll also be introducing more Black Friday deals every week leading up to the day of.

I had considered waiting but I don't know if I can stomach using this old brick for another few weeks. Multiple times per day I am ready to Hulk Smash it as it struggles along to perform the most basic of tasks. It is quite old and is Windows 7 which will no longer be supported in short order. Not sure if those I'd be interested in would have a substantial savings offered on Black Friday.

[5.4MarkVIII]

I have a ASUS ROG edition. happy with performance but displeased with the weekness of the case, mostly in the hinge and screen surround area. was "fixed" once under warranty and the second time I glued it together with super glue.

iirc mine was in the 1500 range about a year ago.

[Ghost Rider]

I have a couple ThinkPads: E560, P73, X1 Carbon (They are all great!!)

The P73 and Carbon are probably overkill for what you need, I use them for a lot of production stuff...actually bought the P73 to replace the Carbon, the E-Series is great though for everyday whatever...web, Microsoft office stuff, porn... etc.

P73

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Processor
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H (2.60GHz, up to 4.50GHz with Turbo Boost, 6 Cores, 12MB Cache)
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64
Display Type
17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, anti-glare, 300 nits
Memory
16GB DDR4 2666MHz
Hard Drive
512GB SSD, PCIe-NVME OPAL2.0 M.2
Mouse Interface
TrackPoint & TrackPad
Warranty
1 Year Depot or Carry-in
Graphics
NVIDIA® Quadro® T2000 4GB
Camera
IR & 720p HD
Fingerprint Reader
Fingerprint Reader
Keyboard
Backlit with Number Pad - US English
Wireless
Intel® AX200 Wi-Fi 6 802.11AX (2 x 2) & Bluetooth® 5.0
Cost
$2,769.00 (As I have equipped)
$2,179.00 (Base Model)



E590 (I have a 560 which is the previous gen model, but still great)

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Processor
Intel Core i7-8565U Processor (1.80GHz, up to 4.60GHz with Turbo Boost, 4 cores, 8MB Cache)
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64
Display Type
15.6" FHD (1920x1080) Anti-glare
Memory
8GB DDR4 2400MHz
Hard Drive
512GB Solid State Drive M.2 PCIe-NVME
Mouse Interface
TrackPoint & TrackPad
Warranty
1 Year Depot or Carry-in
Graphics
Integrated Intel® UHD 620 graphics
Battery
3 Cell Li-Polymer 45Wh
Camera
720p HD camera with integrated microphone
Fingerprint Reader
Security Chip
Keyboard
Keyboard with Number Pad - US English
Wireless
Intel Wireless-AC 9260 802.11AC (2 x 2) & Bluetooth 5.0
Cost
$1,567.30 (As I have equipped)
$928.85 (Base Model)



X1 Carbon

https://www.lenovo.com/medias/lenovo-gallery-02-Thinkpad-X1-Carbon-Hero-Front-facing-right-Silver.jpg?context=bWFzdGVyfHJvb3R8MzY1Njl8aW1hZ2U vanBlZ3xoMzQvaDA4Lzk1OTcwODE5NDQwOTQuanBnfGRjODg0Y jRhMTgyZGVlNDdhOGJjNTRmODhkNjNjY2RhZTZkODA0ZjkxM2E zZTNhMTVmNzk3NzAzODQ1ZThkYmE

Processor
8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U with vPro™ (1.90GHz, up to 4.20GHz with Turbo Boost, 8MB Cache)
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64
Display Type
14.0" HDR WQHD (2560 x 1440) IPS, glossy with Dolby Vision™, 500 nits
Memory
16GB LPDDR3 2133 MHz (Soldered)
Hard Drive
1TB SSD, PCIe-NVME OPAL2.0 M.2
Mouse Interface
TrackPoint & TrackPad
Warranty
1 Year Depot or Carry-in
Graphics
Integrated Intel® UHD 620
Camera
720p HD
Fingerprint Reader
Included
Keyboard
Backlit - US English
Wireless
Intel® Dual Band 8265 AC (2 x 2) & Bluetooth® 4.1 with vPro™
Cost
$2,738.45 (As I have equipped)
$2,075.40 (Base Model)

[StAnger]

Thinkpad with Trackpoint

+1 for a Lenovo. If you don't need a brand new one, you can usually find decent deals on off lease units.

[Scrape]

Lenovo Thinkpad is what I use at work and at home for Laptops. I have a Mac Mini for a desktop computer.

[Darkhorse]

Agreed on Lenovo think pad. They are over a grand, but I get mine every 3-4 years for around 400 tax in used from techsource. i7 and plenty of hp for what I do.

[83 5.0]

Saw this in yesterday's Best Buy flyer
18599

[True Blue]

Not a bad deal at all.

https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-300-series/Lenovo-IdeaPad-S340-15API/p/88IPS301219?clickid=zI7VHh0RjxyOWXEwUx0Mo38QUknwP-wgEzWe040&irgwc=1&PID=341376&acid=ww:affiliate:bv0as6

Reg price: $879.99
Instant Saving: $549.99
eCoupon: -$20.00 (code: HOLIDAY1)

Final price: $529.99

-Ideapad S340
-15.6" FHD screen
-AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
-8GB of Ram
-256GB SSD
-720p Camera
-Backlit Keyboard
-Win 10 Home

[Harbinger]

Asus is the way to go.

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[92redragtop]

You should be able to get a decent machine for about $700 with BF deals given what you want to use it for. I'd look at Dell Inspiron (direct) for sales or Lenovo if you can get a Thinkpad at a good price although the Thinkpads are generally geared more for business. I've had Thinkpads at work for the past 10+ years (currently on an X1 Carbon) but on our 4th Dell at home (3 are still working with the oldest from around 2006 - wife uses the oldest for workout tracking). My newest personal use Dell Inspiron is about 3 years old I think and works fine (upgraded video card, etc).