When you are thinking of buying a new laptop, what features/specifications do you focus on before you choose?

[Genie23]

What matters to you the most when buying a laptop and won't buy a laptop that doesn't fit into that criteria? Also, Do you have any preference for a certain company?

I prefer Dell over any other companies' laptops.

[DiegoO]

Buy it according to what you need it for. If you are scientist, average laptops may not help much, but the ones you would need are way more expensive. If you are an artist, regular computers may be enough. Anything with the capacity of running programs of your interest, is the right thing to buy.

[Genie23]

Even artist need more expensive laptops because they need fastest processor to handle their multitasking, video editing and other things. Regular laptops are good for office work from home and also for students.

[DiegoO]

Agree👍

[BoopBoopBeep]

Battery life. I travel a lot. Don't want to always be tethered to a plug. I like the small size of the smaller Surface Pros because I can still walk with them one handed at the airport or what have you, but they're strong enough to do what I need them to do.

[alice55]

I just buy the newest apple laptop and that's it, I don't check anything else cause I don't know a things about computer and apple computer are the best never had a problem with them.

[Nikki1989]

A fast processor, 16 GB ram, and I don't need much else. People always talk about brand names, but my oldest one is a 14-year-old HP laptop, and it still works fine.

[Genie23]

Wow! 14 years old and it's still running fine. That's impressive. I have heard HP makes really good laptops with good build but I never got to use it.. but you're right, RAM is what matters the most. My properties are RAM, bright enough screen so I can read on the screen under sunlight, good battery and good ventilation so it won't heat up and then generation.

[Nikki1989]

It just shows price doesn't always mean reliability. I had the same experience with phones, the best phone I have ever owed cost me $60.

[Genie23]

Same!! I have used expensive ones, mid range ones and cheap ones too. The one that costed me lowest was the one that lasted for years while the expensive ones were "too delicate" and a headache to go to a service centre and get repaired while the cheaper ones never needed to visit the service centre.

[DiegoO]

HP doesn't make them lost that long anymore.

[the_sinner]

I prefer the laptop to be slim with an aluminium body, it should have an SSD and a fast processor, screen quality should be good, I don’t need any ports apart from the charging port.


I currently have a Mac M1 but I desperately want to switch back to windows so the next laptop I will buy in the future would most likely be Samsung/ Asus.

[Genie23]

Same here!! I look for those things too Except the companies you mentioned.

I've heard Asus laptops are great. How's your experience with Mac?

[the_sinner]

As I had switched from Lenovo to Mac 3 years ago so my experience has been great, performance wise. But as I am missing the free features and application usage in a windows environment I wanna switch back.
Nowadays microsoft, asus and Samsung are trying to copy Apple’s build quality and design so I suppose it’s safe to switch to these companies products.

[Genie23]

True, free features are what makes the experience worth it

Indeed, it is
. To be honest, I'd never bought Apple products, I feel they're bit overpriced and overhyped when there are few companies laptops in the market which is just as good but it's good that you had the experience of both. At least you know what you want now.

[the_sinner]

I agree that Apple products are too hyped up and overpriced but the only reason I’m using a Mac is because my brother had gifted it to me 😁😋 otherwise I don’t like Apple in general.

As a one time experience I’m cool with the product.

[Genie23]

Awwwwww!!! That's so sweet!! It sounds like your brother really adores you. 😇☺️

I see. Thank you for your input.

[llorando]

First and biggest priority when buying a laptop is upgradeability, followed buy processor specs. Never cheap out on your laptops processor, unless you don't mind throwing your laptop in a rage of fit. It's OK to cheap out on ram and storage provided you get a upgradeable laptop, some time's it's cheaper to go bare minimum on ram and storage and upgrade it your self. Dell's Business laptops are OK, but I prefer Lenovo, better quality and they have some of the best keyboards. If you want raw CPU performance, get a Intel laptop, if you don't mind 5% less CPU performance in exchange for double the graphics and double the battery life get an AMD laptop.

[AviatorTom]

How long the laptop survives on its battery, and multiple USB ports (for my wireless mouse and external disk drive for safe backups) are the main things I look for. Other than that, most laptops have similar features: decent display, WiFi, reasonable size SSD and/or hard drive, CPU speed, RAM memory.

Oh, one more thing... it better not have the name Apple anywhere on it. Apple laptops are way overpriced, plus IOS is inferior to most other operating systems (Windows, Linux, Android).

[MysticDevice]

Solid state drive
At least 1 terabyte storage
Dual to quad core processor
Nvidia graphics card
And a disk drive.

The amount of computers being built without a disk drive is ridiculous.


Of all the computers I've had, asus has performed the best for longest so I prefer them. Sony and Toshiba are pretty solid as well.

I avoid Dell, HP, Chromebook, and Mac like they're the plague.

[ChiTown33]

It depends mainly on your needs, what you're using it for. I haven't bought a computer (assuming you don't count smartphones) since 2011. And even I bought a desktop (I don't care for laptops). At the time I was still using it primarily for gaming. So my main concern was RAM, processor speed, and the video card.

[exitseven]

I look at what models have what processors. I find the one with the fastest processor and get the next level down. You can put more memory in a machine and upgrade thr hard drive but there is not much tyou can do about the CPU.

[Grond21]

It's funny, I'm looking to buy a new one right now. I have a bunch of things I'm looking for, and I'm not focused on any particular company. But I won't get a mac.

[CrimsonAngel09]

That it just works. I don't need nothing fancy.

[OfMiceandMen]

I have an Asus through work, which I love and my own personal laptop is an Apple.

[AlexEfron]

1. Price vs Quality

I find laptops to be overpriced as compared to comparable desktop specifications

2. Specifications

If I'm paying for something, I want my money's worth

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I like a keyboard that lights up and good sounding speakers.

[_no_one_]

Gpu model, Vram, CPU, Ram, Ssd, cooling then Battery life

[LavLavLuv]

If it has everything I need for work stuff then I’ll buy it

[inhua]

lightweight and extended battery life