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Dude, you're getting a Dell
Posted on 7/28/25 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 7/28/25 at 5:28 pm
Any reason I shouldn't get my final college bound kid a Lenovo ? I even got my wife one while she worked on her Masters the last few years..
Prices seem to be a little high for what you get these days, but I have a Lenovo from 15 years ago that I guarantee I could still use today..
Prices seem to be a little high for what you get these days, but I have a Lenovo from 15 years ago that I guarantee I could still use today..
This post was edited on 7/28/25 at 5:36 pm
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Posted on 7/28/25 at 5:43 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Nope. Lenovo has been my go to laptop brand since I quit working at Dell more than 2 decades ago. I did just get a used Microsoft Surface (Microsoft Surface Touch Laptop 4 1959 13" Ryzen 5 16GB RAM 256GB SSD Win11) for under $300 a couple of months ago from eBay, and it's faster, lighter and sexier than my Lenovo from 2015 with discrete graphics. Gotta love an ultrabook.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 5:54 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Unless you have a very specific use case in mind, or you’re buying a Mac, Get a used enterprise class laptop. Elitebook, thinkpad, and latitude are all similar.
I just saw today you can get a 1135G7 enterprise class laptop for under $150 on eBay. It’s well over double that for the mini PC form factor I wanted. It’ll also outclass many 12-14 gen CPU due to AVX512 instructions that Intel had to abandon on consumer chips when they went big/little.
Now if just a weird time to buy new. Copilot+ certified laptops give you an idea of where software is headed but it’s in its infancy right now. Also those start at $800 with cheap plastic and a poor screen.
I just saw today you can get a 1135G7 enterprise class laptop for under $150 on eBay. It’s well over double that for the mini PC form factor I wanted. It’ll also outclass many 12-14 gen CPU due to AVX512 instructions that Intel had to abandon on consumer chips when they went big/little.
Now if just a weird time to buy new. Copilot+ certified laptops give you an idea of where software is headed but it’s in its infancy right now. Also those start at $800 with cheap plastic and a poor screen.
This post was edited on 7/28/25 at 6:00 pm
Posted on 7/28/25 at 7:55 pm to GrammarKnotsi
I would take a look at Asus also. I have one of these zenbooks for a while and it has been fantastic.
Asus Zenbook
Asus Zenbook
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:45 am to GrammarKnotsi
If I were buying a Windows laptop today, it'd 100% be a Lenovo. Very good machines
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:07 am to GrammarKnotsi
I got mine one, but it was because his college had pretty particular requirements for his major. Building a Lenovo with those specs and parts was pretty easy. I am pretty sure I started a thread on it because I am not a laptop person.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 12:08 pm to GrammarKnotsi
I just got a refurb Lenovo P14s with AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850u / 32gb ram / 1tb SSD for $365 on eBay. Think it’s from around 2022/23.
I’ve had Lenovos for work, but never as my personal machine. Hoping this one will last as long as my outgoing budget Asus UX305…bought it in 2014 and still works great
I’ve had Lenovos for work, but never as my personal machine. Hoping this one will last as long as my outgoing budget Asus UX305…bought it in 2014 and still works great
Posted on 7/29/25 at 5:33 pm to LemmyLives
Just bought a Lenovo on tax free weekend. Don't have it yet to judge. Do it this month with IDEAINJULY code for a potential discount. I think that was it.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 9:18 pm to GrammarKnotsi
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Prices seem to be a little high for what you get these days, but I have a Lenovo from 15 years ago that I guarantee I could still use today..
my boss at my last government job came in and said we were going lenovo over dell. i protested, but after a few years, i realized he was 100% right. when i landed at my private sector job, i slowly converted everything over to that. i'd say that outside of one person shattering their laptop, every single one has lasted 5+ years.
my son still uses my lenovo thinkpad that i bought 13 years ago that became a hand me down..
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