u/SamO60

Hello everyone,

I’ll be starting an Erasmus+ master’s soon and I’ll be spending one semester each in **Hungary, France, and Spain** over the next couple of years.

I’m considering buying a reliable used car instead of relying only on trains and buses (I’m a huge public transport fan, specially in Europe, but…) mainly because I’d love to take road trips around Europe and have more of that flexibility.

I don’t even have a budget or any plan tbh but I was thinking of something like a **VW Golf** or **Honda Civic**, around **10–15 years old**, with a decent maintenance history and mileage.

Is this a terrible idea?

I was also wondering:

Which country would make the most sense to buy and register the car (Hungary, Spain, or France)? You know because of inspections, taxes bureaucracy and whatnot.

I’m actually a huge motorbike fan and had a Kawasaki vulcan 700 while living in Thailand, as a broke ass student renting that for a couple of months was probably the best decision I’ve made in my life ngl 😂 but for Europe I think a car may be a better option, obviously because of the weather but also safety.

I’d love hearing from people who’ve done something similar.

Thanks!z

Hello everyone,

I’ll be starting an Erasmus+ master’s soon and I’ll be spending one semester each in Hungary, France, and Spain over the next couple of years.

I’m considering buying a reliable used car instead of relying only on trains and buses (I’m a huge public transport fan, specially in Europe, but…) mainly because I’d love to take road trips around Europe and have more of that flexibility.

I don’t even have a budget or any plan tbh but I was thinking of a VW Golf or Honda Civic, around 10–15 years old, with a decent maintenance history and mileage.

Is this a terrible idea?

I was also wondering:

Which country would make the most sense to buy and register the car (Hungary, Spain, or France)? You know because of inspections, taxes bureaucracy and whatnot.

I’m actually a huge motorbike fan and had a Kawasaki vulcan 700 while living in Thailand, as a broke ass student renting that for a couple of months was probably the best decision I’ve made in my life ngl 😂 but for Europe I think a car may be a better option, obviously because of the weather but also safety.

I’d love hearing from people who’ve done something similar.

Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I’ll be starting an Erasmus+ master’s soon and I’ll be spending one semester each in Hungary, France, and Spain over the next couple of years.

I’m considering buying a reliable used car instead of relying only on trains and buses (I’m a huge public transport fan, specially in Europe, but…) mainly because I’d love to take road trips around Europe and have more of that flexibility.

I don’t even have a budget or any plan tbh but I was thinking of a VW Golf or Honda Civic, around 10–15 years old, with a decent maintenance history and mileage.

Is this a terrible idea?

I was also wondering:

Which country would make the most sense to buy and register the car (Hungary, Spain, or France)? You know because of inspections, taxes bureaucracy and whatnot.

I’m actually a huge motorbike fan and had a Kawasaki vulcan 700 while living in Thailand, as a broke ass student renting that for a couple of months was probably the best decision I’ve made in my life ngl 😂 but for Europe I think a car may be a better option, obviously because of the weather but also safety.

I’d love hearing from people who’ve done something similar.

Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I’ll be starting an Erasmus+ master’s soon and I’ll be spending one semester each in Hungary, France, and Spain over the next couple of years.

I’m considering buying a reliable used car instead of relying only on trains and buses (I’m a huge public transport fan, specially in Europe, but…) mainly because I’d love to take road trips around Europe and have more of that flexibility.

I don’t even have a budget or any plan tbh but I was thinking of a VW Golf or Honda Civic, around 10–15 years old, with a decent maintenance history and mileage.

Is this a terrible idea?

I was also wondering:

Which country would make the most sense to buy and register the car (Hungary, Spain, or France)? You know because of inspections, taxes bureaucracy and whatnot.

I’m actually a huge motorbike fan and had a Kawasaki vulcan 700 while living in Thailand, as a broke ass student renting that for a couple of months was probably the best decision I’ve made in my life ngl 😂 but for Europe I think a car may be a better option, obviously because of the weather but also safety.

I’d love hearing from people who’ve done something similar.

Thanks!

Hey everyone, trying to decide between these two and could use real-world input from anyone who’s owned either long-term:

Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Gen 10) Intel, RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB. Classmates back in uni all had Legions and they held up well.

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI also RTX 5070 Ti, seems to check the OLED/P3 box strongly.

I need power for both gaming and engineering/design work, and portability, durability, matters but reliability matters more than anything else. I travel a lot so it can’t be something that breaks on me, and warranty support is often region-locked or inconsistent depending on where I’m at, so it needs to hold up on its own merits.

Budget was ~$2000 USD, but prices have jumped hard recently, the Legion was sitting around $1900 and is now creeping toward $3000, same story with the Acer. Trying to figure out if it’s worth waiting or just biting the bullet.

If anyone’s owned either of these (or dealt with their support/build quality long-term), I’d love to hear real experience. Reliability, power and a good and display quality are my top two priorities here.

Backstory, for context: this is a replacement for my ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2020, which I posted about a while back. Long story short, that laptop went through two separate hardware disasters in six years. First, the motherboard got fried by a factory defect in the USB-C port — charging through it somehow killed the board, cost me $400+ for a replacement PCB. Then more recently the GPU appeared to die and, according to three different technicians, took the motherboard down with it too. Turned out it wasn’t actually dead；a clean reinstall using an older Windows 11 ISO brought it back, with only a minor annoying cold-boot black screen issue that a few power-button resets would clear. Sold it for $600 and moved on. Point is, between the USB-C fiasco and the GPU scare, I’m done trusting ASUS ROG. So now it’s between these two.

Also if anyone knows why prices spiked so hard recently or if there’s any chance they come back down soon, genuinely curious.

Thanks in advance, hoping to actually keep this one past the 3-year mark without drama.

Hey everyone, trying to decide between these two and could use real-world input from anyone who’s owned either long-term:

Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Gen 10) Intel, RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB. Classmates back in uni all had Legions and they held up well.

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI also RTX 5070 Ti, seems to check the OLED/P3 box strongly.

I need power for both gaming and engineering/design work, and portability, durability, matters but reliability matters more than anything else. I travel a lot so it can’t be something that breaks on me, and warranty support is often region-locked or inconsistent depending on where I’m at, so it needs to hold up on its own merits.

Budget was ~$2000 USD, but prices have jumped hard recently, the Legion was sitting around $1900 and is now creeping toward $3000, same story with the Acer. Trying to figure out if it’s worth waiting or just biting the bullet.

If anyone’s owned either of these (or dealt with their support/build quality long-term), I’d love to hear real experience. Reliability, power and a good and display quality are my top two priorities here.

Backstory, for context: this is a replacement for my ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2020, which I posted about a while back. Long story short, that laptop went through two separate hardware disasters in six years. First, the motherboard got fried by a factory defect in the USB-C port — charging through it somehow killed the board, cost me $400+ for a replacement PCB. Then more recently the GPU appeared to die and, according to three different technicians, took the motherboard down with it too. Turned out it wasn’t actually dead；a clean reinstall using an older Windows 11 ISO brought it back, with only a minor annoying cold-boot black screen issue that a few power-button resets would clear. Sold it for $600 and moved on. Point is, between the USB-C fiasco and the GPU scare, I’m done trusting ASUS ROG. So now it’s between these two.

Also if anyone knows why prices spiked so hard recently or if there’s any chance they come back down soon, genuinely curious.

Thanks in advance, hoping to actually keep this one past the 3-year mark without drama.

Hey everyone, trying to decide between these two and could use real-world input from anyone who’s owned either long-term:

Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Gen 10) Intel, RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB. Classmates back in uni all had Legions and they held up well.

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI also RTX 5070 Ti, seems to check the OLED/P3 box strongly.

I need power for both gaming and engineering/design work, and portability, durability, matters but reliability matters more than anything else. I travel a lot so it can’t be something that breaks on me, and warranty support is often region-locked or inconsistent depending on where I’m at, so it needs to hold up on its own merits.

Budget was ~$2000 USD, but prices have jumped hard recently, the Legion was sitting around $1900 and is now creeping toward $3000, same story with the Acer. Trying to figure out if it’s worth waiting or just biting the bullet.

If anyone’s owned either of these (or dealt with their support/build quality long-term), I’d love to hear real experience. Reliability, power and a good and display quality are my top two priorities here.

Backstory, for context: this is a replacement for my ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2020, which I posted about a while back. Long story short, that laptop went through two separate hardware disasters in six years. First, the motherboard got fried by a factory defect in the USB-C port — charging through it somehow killed the board, cost me $400+ for a replacement PCB. Then more recently the GPU appeared to die and, according to three different technicians, took the motherboard down with it too. Turned out it wasn’t actually dead；a clean reinstall using an older Windows 11 ISO brought it back, with only a minor annoying cold-boot black screen issue that a few power-button resets would clear. Sold it for $600 and moved on. Point is, between the USB-C fiasco and the GPU scare, I’m done trusting ASUS ROG. So now it’s between these two.

Also if anyone knows why prices spiked so hard recently or if there’s any chance they come back down soon, genuinely curious.

Thanks in advance, hoping to actually keep this one past the 3-year mark without drama.

This is a help post and also a tiny bit of a funeral, bear with me.

My Zephyrus G14 2020 (Ryzen 9, RTX 2060, 16GB) is officially dead. About 2 years ago the motherboard got fried due to a factory defect on some units where the USB-C port would fry the board if you tried to charge through it. Not a user error, just ASUS shipping a ticking time bomb on a small batch of units. Replaced the whole board for $400, it came back strong, ran alright for 2 more years. Then 2 weeks ago I did a routine reformat and the GPU decided that was a good moment to permanently kick the bucket. Six years total, one resurrection, not a bad run. But here we are.

I genuinely loved that laptop. Portable, powerful, stealthy. Would buy it again if it weren’t for the whole “factory defect that fried my motherboard” thing. That’s the kind of thing that sticks with you, you know? So ASUS is a hard sell for me right now even though I know the ROG Strix is a completely different product line. Emotionally I’m just not there.

What I’m looking at now:

Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Intel Ultra 9 / RTX 5070 Ti / 32GB is my current frontrunner. Back in architecture school everyone around me ran Legions and they seemed indestructible. I’ve seen some posts about units dying early though so I’m not fully convinced yet.

ASUS ROG Strix 16: same specs is the obvious alternative on paper. Great machine. See above re: emotional baggage.

MSI and Acer — looked at both, specs are great and prices are better, but build quality concerns keep me hesitant. Open to being convinced.

Gigabyte — heard decent things, haven’t gone deep on it yet.

Also please don’t say MacBook, i wish i could but my entire workflow, software stack and team are Windows-only. That ship has sailed and sunk sadly.

The actual specs and requirements:

- Country: US
- Budget: ~$2000, same laptops were cheaper before but yeah… it sucks now.
- GPU/CPU: RTX 5070 Ti + Intel Ultra 9, emphasis on Ti since decent vram is needed for rendering, and da Vinci
- RAM: 32GB
- good display, dci p3 100% oled ideally, i need that decent color accuracy.
- Screen: up to 16” bigger than that hurts commuting.
- Form factor: normal laptop, like the ones I mentioned above, nothing exotic
- Battery: not a top priority, 5 hours on light/silent use is perfectly fine
- Use case: I’m an architect and designer so it’s Revit, Rhino, heavy rendering, Photoshop, da Vinci, cavalry. AND gaming. Needs to handle both seriously
- decent Portability: I travel internationally a lot so it needs to be manageable to carry, sadly can’t rely too much on regional warranty support, therefore reliability is na must!
- Lifespan: at least 3 years, ideally more

If something else in this range fits better than anything I mentioned, I’m all ears. Buying this angrily but buying it.

Not a Legion owner yet but seriously considering the Pro 7i. Can you all give me an honest read on it?

Context: I just lost my Zephyrus G14 2020 to what I can only describe as a slow-motion disaster. First the motherboard got fried ~2 years ago from a factory USB-C defect (known issue on some units, r/ZephyrusG14 has a thread on it). Replaced the whole board for $400. Then 2 weeks ago I reformatted and the GPU died. Six years total so I’m not devastated, but I’m done with ASUS for now.

Back in architecture school everyone around me ran Legions and they always seemed like workhorses. That stuck with me. So I’m looking seriously at the Pro 7i with Intel Ultra 9, RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB RAM.
But I’ve also seen posts about units dying within months or having issues that never get resolved, so I genuinely don’t know what the current reliability picture looks like.
A few things I really need to know:

1.	How’s build quality on the current gen compared to older Legions?  
2.	Any common failure points or known defects to watch out for?  
3.	I travel internationally constantly, how is Lenovo’s global warranty in practice? Is it actually region-free or is that marketing?  
4.	How does it hold up for professional creative work, not just gaming?

Budget is around $2000 (since those are the prices now it seems, checked same laptop a year ago and it was 1900 or so) Need it to last at least 3 years without drama, ideally more. I still remember when laptops lasted more than that smh.

Hey everyone. My trusty Zephyrus G14 2020 (Ryzen 9, RTX 2060, 16GB) just officially kicked the bucket and I need to replace it here’s what happened: the motherboard got fried ~2 years ago due to a factory defect with the USB-C port (there’s actually a post about this exact issue in r/ZephyrusG14), I replaced the whole board for $400, and it worked beautifully until 2 weeks ago when I reformatted and the GPU somehow died in the process. Six years total, so I can’t really complain, but here we are.

What I need:

- Budget: ~$2000 USD (prices are awful now), flexible if it’s really worth it
- Use case: architecture and design work (heavy CAD, rendering, Photoshop, da Vinci, rhino, cavalry etc.) AND gaming. Not just one or the other, I genuinely need both
- Portability matters tbh. I travel frequently and can’t be lugging a brick around
- Reliability above everything. Warranty is often region-locked or inconsistent depending on where I am, so I need something that just… doesn’t break
- Minimum 3 years lifespan (awful that this is a metric now smh), ideally more
- 32GB RAM and an RTX 5070 Ti and INTEL are basically the baseline I’m looking at

I’m seriously considering the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Intel Ultra 9 + RTX 5070 Ti + 32GB), back in uni all my classmates had Legions and they seemed solid. 16” is not too bad portability-wise either. Or the ASUS ROG Strix 16 with similar specs, though after my G14 experience I’m very hesitant about ASUS. Very hard to trust them again after the motherboard got fried just from trying to charge via USB-C PD.

Took a look at Gigabyte, MSI, and Acer, seem fine on paper but build quality feels lacking from what I’ve seen. If reliability is there though, especially at a lower price point, I’m not totally opposed.

Open to anything in this range that checks the boxes. Thanks in advance. Buying this angrily but buying it nonetheless.

Hey everyone. My trusty Zephyrus G14 2020 (Ryzen 9, RTX 2060, 16GB) just officially gave up the ghost and I need to replace it. I’ll spare you the full saga but the short version: the motherboard got fried ~2 years ago due to a factory defect with the USB-C port (there’s actually a post about this exact issue in this same subreddit from 4y ago or so), I replaced the whole board for $400 at the time, and it worked fine until 2 weeks ago when I reformatted, and the GPU somehow died in the process. Six years total, so I can’t really complain, but here we are.

What I need:

- Budget: ~$2000 USD (prices are awful now), flexible if it’s really worth it
- Use case: architecture and design work (heavy CAD, rendering, Photoshop, etc.) AND gaming. Not just one or the other, I genuinely need both
- Portability matters a lot. I travel frequently and I can’t be lugging a brick around
- Reliability above everything. I travel a lot and warranty is often region-locked or inconsistent depending on where I am, so I need something that just… doesn’t break
- Minimum 3 years lifespan (awful that this is meta now smh), ideally more
- 32GB RAM and an RTX 5070 Ti are basically the baseline I’m looking at

I’m currently seriously considering these two: Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Intel Ultra 9 + RTX 5070 Ti + 32GB) since back in uni all my classmates had Legions and they seemed solid, though I know they’re not exactly light but that’s ok, 16’ is not too bad either.

Or the ASUS ROG Strix 16 with similar specs, nice machine on paper but after my G14 experience I’m very very hesitant about ASUS, very hard to trust them again after the freaking motherboard got fried after just trying to charge using the pd usb-c.

Open to other suggestions heard gigabyte is not bad, and also checked msi and acer, seem good on paper but the built quality is honestly lacking, however if it’s realiable that’s fine, also cause is cheaper hehe.

if there’s something else in this range that checks the boxes better, I’m all ears. MSI? Razer? Something I’m not thinking of?

Thanks in advance. Buying this angrily but buying it nonetheless.

Been applying to remote architecture/design jobs for about 6 months now. No huge success yet, but I’m not in a desperate situation either (I run a small business + considering a master’s soon).

Just wanted to share one of the weirdest hiring processes I’ve run into and see if anyone else has experienced something similar.

Applied through Remote Leverage and got into their process:

First interview → group Zoom call with people from completely different industries. Felt a bit chaotic but okay.

Then a few of us got kept for a second round → more detailed questions, portfolio, experience, etc. Honestly felt like I did pretty well.

Then they scheduled me for an interview with a client.

I show up on time… and nothing. No one joins. (They even sent multiple Zoom links, none worked.)

I emailed everyone I had contact with → no replies at all.

Then like a month later they hit me with a generic “are you still looking for a job?” email like nothing happened.

No explanation, no apology, nothing.

So yeah, kinda feels like I just wasted my time.

Has anyone here actually gotten anything real out of Remote Leverage? Or is this kind of thing normal with these remote hiring agencies?

Also open to recommendations for legit platforms, especially for architecture/design. I’m fine with lower-than-US rates (it’s still decent where I live), but I’m trying to avoid unreliable pipelines like this, hate the unprofessionality and overall precarious vibe.

At this point I feel like half these sites are just noise.

I’m an architect/designer and I’ve been trying to land a remote role for ~6 months with no real luck so far.

I’ve applied through LinkedIn, Indeed, and a few remote job sites. The only place where I actually got interviews was Remote Leverage, but the experience was sh*tty to say the least lol, this is how it went:

first group Zoom interview with people from completely different fields (architecture, UI/UX, sales, admin, etc.)

Got shortlisted into a second round, everything seemed fine

Later invited to interview with a “client” → I show up and no one joins (they even sent multiple Zoom links, all dead)

Followed up multiple times → zero response

A month later they send a generic “are you still looking for a job?” email

At this point I don’t know if it’s just disorganized or straight up a waste of time.

So I wanted to ask:

Has anyone here actually been hired through Remote Leverage?

What platforms have worked for you for remote architecture/design roles?

Any tips for landing clients or companies hiring internationally?

I’m fine with lower-than-US rates (it’s still decent where I live), but I’m trying to avoid unreliable pipelines like this, hate the unprofessionality and overall precarious vibe.

Would appreciate any solid recommendations, couldn't find any realiable info on remote leverage either, besides some philipino subreddits tailored to them specifically with no real hiring info.