Need Recommendations For New Laptop

[ONE LOAN RANGER]

I have been a faithful laptop user for many, many years. I am afraid I need to update my laptop before I have to replace it. What are you guys using and what do you like and/or recommend? Old faithful is a DELL Latitude E5430. I am have not posted here much, but frequently visit for insight and info. GO

 

[Elliott]

Lenovo Yoga's get good reviews (sturdy). Depends on how much you want to spend. I have a two year old HP Spectre 13 (thin/light) that I like. HPs are popular again, something to consider.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Asus Transformer / Vivobook w Win 10
dirt cheap used, get the 12"+ screen,
used office machines may have pro model software and get biggest you can afford. New or late new...

 

[Michigander]

Dell Precision line?

 

[Mike Kennedy]

Best Laptops for $500 or Less - Consumer Reports
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[Carnivore]

Samsung! Certain models have very easy access to internals. Meaning you can upgrade/replace the HD very easily. I have a SF410. I have replaced the HD in it one time. Not because it failed, but because it was getting old and its mechanical. So I mirrored it to a new one, then installed it. Walla one less hardware failure to worry about. Now I am looking at buying a new Samsung with two drives. Old style HD and SSD.

Just as a side note. Life of my laptops seem to be very high. That's partly because I have one rule: I am the only user. No one has ever used my laptop except me. I have had family and guest ask to use it because it was on and they just wanted to look something up. NOPE! NADA, NEVER.

 

[Tom Woolford]

Here's another vote for Lenovo. Spend a couple hundred extra and get a good one no matter which brand you wind up with.

 

[Head Surfer]

Get an i7 intel processor and screen size of your choice. Get at least 12mb of RAM. Don't spend extra money on features you don't need or a larger hard drive.

Hard drive size doesn't matter. Why? Take out the hard drive and replace it with a 1TB SSD. About $250. Well worth it, you will experience very fast boot ups and shut downs. Programs respond almost instantly when you click on them. Plus it is more reliable than a hard drive since it doesn't have moving parts.

The SINGLE most important thing you can spend your money on is a large SSD! It is cheaper to get about a $500 or $600 laptop and put a $250 1TB SSD in it than to buy a laptop with a 1TB already in it!

 

[NachoPerito]

I love my Lenovo Thinkpad. Sturdy and great performance. I am a heavy user.

I spent extra for a SSD, but it certainly isn't necessary. With a Solid state drive your startup time is zero and you have no overheating issues because there is nothing spinning in your computer.

 

[Tom Woolford]

I love my Lenovo Thinkpad. Sturdy and great performance. I am a heavy user.

I spent extra for a SSD, but it certainly isn't necessary. With a Solid state drive your startup time is zero and you have no overheating issues because there is nothing spinning in your computer.

Agree on the SSD. I installed one in my Ideapad and it really boosted performance. I installed a couple in the last desktop computer build and performance is outstanding.