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  • NCResident5BtoLaptops@hardware.watchLaptop for web browsing
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    11 months ago

    It should work really well.

    I am not the greatest on predicting the future, but it has plenty of cores and cpu power.

    I know some people who buy Dell Latitude after a 4 year lease expires, and they have said i5 version 8 or 9 is plenty fast for streaming or productivity stuff like Office or Adobe Editor for PDFs.





  • It seems the Ryzen 7s on a budget machine are decent if you want to play basic things, especially if things like Roblox or Minecraft were good enough.

    The newer version of what I picked up is a Ryzen 7 7730. It is decent on basic stuff.

    I heard the Ryzen 5 5500u is supposed to be really good for gaming. It seems to have a great turbo mode. So, if you find a new or mint used budget laptop with that it should perform well if the ram is 16 or can be upgraded.






  • NCResident5BtoLaptops@hardware.watchRecommendations?
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    11 months ago

    the build on the last one looked good. I read PC World, and they really liked the Nitro 5 with i5-12500H and a 3060 gpu. This one from Lenovo looks like you would get similar good results. They tested it with some older games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider, but it seemed like the play was pretty good. I think they could get about 90 fps on a high setting.


  • I think for right now 8gb should be okay. I have 12 gb with an Ideapad, and I always have plenty of room. It is just hard to predict the future, but if you are doing basic stuff like office and Adobe PDF editor. I think you will be fine.

    Maybe as an experiment do a short zoom meeting or cisco webex (I think those are free if they are short) with a friend and open up some pdf or office documents.

    Many people would love an ultra lite. So, if you sell when you start needing super intensive software, I think the price would be good at ebay or FB marketplace.


  • That does look solid. The Ryzen 5 5500u actually is faster and better for games. Acer only recently stopped selling an Aspire 3 with a Ryzen 5 5500u. So, it should be available new.

    Walmart had some good deals too that seem to be still be available. They had an Aspire 3 with an i5 version 12 at 400. They also had an Asus Vivobook with an i3-N chip, which is actually pretty good for about 375.

    I also saw Staples had some nice Ideapad 3 models with i3 version 11 or 12.