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What is the best laptop you can get for under 650€? (lemmy.asudox.dev)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.asudox.dev/post/2687123

I am looking for a new laptop for my sister. Her budget is 650€. What laptop is the best overall? Macbooks are excluded, as she doesn't like them. The OS is not important, I can install the OS myself. It shouldn't be a gaming laptop and it also should have a long battery life. No ARM or RISC-V laptops please. Build quality should be decent.

Thanks in advance.

edit: specific requirements

Display size: 13 to 15 inches
Display resolution: +1920x1080px
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Thickness: Slim
Screen color accuracy is not important
Screen should be anti glare
RAM: +8GB SODIMM DDR5
Storage: +512GB SSD
Touchscreen: preferred
Foldable screen: preferred
Upgradeability: RAM and the SSD should be upgradeable
Keyboard: QWERTZ, DE-AT
GPU performance does not matter, would be only useful for video hardware acceleration
CPU performance does matter

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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Used ThinkPad T14 or so

[–] aura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

OP might easily find a used thinkpad t14/t14s for less than €650, up to gen 4.

when choosing the thinkpad generation, it's often a trade-off between CPU performance (newer gen) and RAM upgradability (older gen). some gen 3+ models use soldered memory, but you get better CPU performance ;) check carefully

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Like everyone says, used thinkpad. Around here, craigslist always has lots of them. Woot often has them too, but sometimes it's worth waiting around and checking the site til something good comes up.

https://www.woot.com/category/computers/laptops

Added: Hmm obviously the US sources listed here won't help so much for items priced in Euros, but you get the idea.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

Used Thinkpad some corpo is getting rid of

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

I'm pretty happy with the asus vivobook I bought for half that. Very fast processor, 8gb, 256. My only criticism is it's a little flexible in that if you lift by one corner the track button will fire. Minor issue, otherwise it's been great for two years.

As everyone is saying "used thinkpad" - do your homework for the specific model. They are legendary, but that legend is not universal. Lenovo traded on their name and produced some pretty poor models for a long time. They are very often: Overpriced. Or crap quality. Or so old that they're not usable.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

At this budget you'll have trouble finding anything decent. I'd look at the second hand market, if I were you.