As you can probably tell, my budget is $1000. I’ll be buying from Best Buy in neighboring state since there’s no sales tax there. All have 16gb ram, and windows was a must.

Thinkpad E16 1 16" - $939

• Chip: Intel i7 13
• Graphics: Intel Iris Xe
• Storage: 512gb

LG Gram 17" - $999

• Chip: Intel i7 13
• Graphics: Intel Iris Xe
• Storage: 1tb

Samsung Galaxy Book3 15" - $999

• Chip: Intel i7 13
• Graphics: Intel Iris Xe
• Storage: 1tb

ASUS TUF 15" - $999

• Chip: Intel i7 12
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
• Storage: 1tb