- Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:
Below $2,000
- Are you open to refurbs/used?
Preferably not unless I'm 100% sure they're in good condition
- How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?
Form factor - Somewhat important. I mostly just want something small and portable. I current have a huge 16'' Lenovo Legion that isn't very practical to carry around
Build Quality - Also somewhat important. Metal would be prefered though I'm not opposed to plastic
Performance - I'm looking for something I can do moderate gaming with. I do a lot of flight simulator but as I mentioned before I have a Lenovo Legion that I can use for heavy duty stuff since I don't really do flight sim on the go. It would be nice to have enough performance to run something like Minecraft at decent FPS. I am also a developer and use a lot of adobe products so having enough CPU power and Ram to run that sort of thing is important but I don't need top-of-the-line specs.
Battery Life - Not crazy important. If I'm spending a lot on a laptop it's nice but so many spaces of tons of outlets so I'm not too bothered if I need to be plugged in.
- How important is weight and thinness to you?
Very important. I want something that is easy to take to class and throw in a backpack and isn't cumbersome to carry around like the Legion
- Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A
Somewhere around 12'' to 14''
- Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.
As mentioned before, I use Adobe products. Especially Premiere and Photoshop. My gaming preferences are mentioned above. I just need some basic performance, nothing crazy
- If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?
Minecraft - 60fps prefered
Flight sim is on the Legion and I don't really play anything else
- Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?
Preferably no AI nonsense but I'm most likely going to install linux anyways to get rid of that stuff so I don't really care. Other than that I don't really have preferences. I have a lot of external stuff like keyboard, mice, microphones and cameras so I don't place huge value on that.
- Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.
N/A