u/Artistic_Carob570

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: $1000 - $1500
• Are you open to refurbs/used? Refurbs maybe, no used tho.
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? Decent build quality and battery life. Very good performance.
• How important is weight and thinness to you? Kinda important but can manage. I'd prefer light and thin tho without compromising on performance.
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. N/A
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Coding using ai and gaming. Cursor. Valorant, modded minecraft.
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Valorant at 250 fps.
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? keyboard should be decent.
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. N/A

I live in USA, specifically Maryland. My budget for a laptop is about $1000 to $1500. I need a laptop for daily use like school work aswell as heavy ai use and coding + gaming like valorant and modded minecraft. Battery life should be decent but that does not matter when I'm gaming. The build quality should be solid and the laptop itself should be minimalistic and not much design going on. I don't like macbooks so there's that. What are the best laptops I should look at and consider buying?