And given that those are conservative estimates, it is good policy to get a system double those requirements, which means 128 gb ssd, 8 gb ram, and a quad core. 4 gb ram would barely run windows let a

And we don't need the oled screen. And this is the thing. :Laptops come in a package. Eluktronics for example has a prometheus 17, but the amd R9 model also has a 3080 GPU, which massively inflates th

See though for someone on a budget this new AMD systemv is good specs. https://www.theverge.com/22538867/asus-zenbook-13-oled-review-amd-ryzen-specs-features-price

Well, I guess so. But this is for regular users. A power user will likely want that 32 gb of ram, i9 or r9/r7 processor, higher SSD, etc. This was my point. It makes sense to spend more, get a quality

I didn't factor deals or mass sales like black Friday into the pricepoint. I had internded to say a machine costing arounnd 800-900 normally would be a good product. But instead of buying a laptop wit

i7 always had four cores, the eighth generation or so added two cores to midrange and lower end.

Hi John, The issue with thhis one is it has an AMD 3400 U processor. This processor is two generatyions behind. Though the 5000 series didn't bring a massive improvement, the 4000 generation sure did,

Gene, This hasn't changed. i3 are still bottom of the barrel, and lack standard features found in the i5. All Intel processors are 4 core, with the possuible exception of i3, and AMD processors go up

Again, 400 is an inadequate price point for a desktop. A good processor alone would cost nearly that much. Not to mention motherboard, power supply. This would be solidly budget machine built with bud

I am saying your price range of 600-700 for desktops is ok, but laptops the same level of quality on the unit goes for 800-100 or so as stated in the articles. As they are portable, you get less perfo

Well I guess the next thing would be to flash bios and try out win10 and win11.

a good example of that infact is the am4 socket for AMD. They have been using it since 2017.

I think though not upgrading to the latest and greatest windows would hobble the processor. Skylake was released when win10 was a thing, and if I recall it has features only natively supported on 10.

not to mention an r7/I7. It is possible to find one less than a thousand dollars. AMD adds two additional cores for the r7, more cache and a higher boost clock.

also this https://www.ebuyer.com/blog/2019/07/laptops-why-you-need-to-spend-more-on-one/

Also see this article that summarizes this nicely. https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/dont-be-so-cheap-five-reasons-you-should-spend-more-on-your-next-laptop/

That isn't correct though. 99% of people will feel speed matters. There is a poiunt where things are overkill, but an i7 or unllocked processor isn't where it begins. Look at it this way. If you open

Gene remember though the pricepoints for desktops and laptops are totally different. A 600-700 machine for a desktop is around 900 or more for a laptop to achieve a similar level of performance. And d

Well other apps will though. Browsers certainly do, windows presumably does, and several other things. So it isn't for nothing.

Hi, The 10th gen was released last year, and is a modern processor. If you can aford it, I would get the fifth gen 5500 from AMD instead. It would be around same price, and have much better performanc