r/Laptop

Moin Leude,

Ich brauche eure Hilfe. Ich brauche einen all in one Laptop aber bin leider kein "Kenner" von Laptops.

1. Usecase
2. Windows findings
3. MacBook findings
4. RTX Spark?
5. MacBook Input Lag Ergänzung

Usecase: Alles Adobe, besonders After Effects. Die meisten meiner After Effects Projekte brauchen mehr als 64GB RAM um flüssig zu laufen. Mit weniger arbeite ich ungerne. Budget ist erstmal egal. Ich lasse mich erstmal gerne belehren. Ich plane den Kauf in den kommenden Monaten. Ich werde nächstes Jahr viel reisen. Es muss zwingend was mobiles sein. Kann auch gerne 16" sein. Oder 15". 14" finde ich ein bisschen klein zum kreativen arbeiten/videos produzieren.

Habe selber schon rumgetestet und ein paar Befunde:
- Windows Laptops generell halten nicht so lange durch wie ich es gerne hätte. Aber noch kein deal breaker.
- Sie tendieren dazu ziemlich laut zu sein.
- Ohne Netzbetrieb bricht auch meistens alles ein. Refreshrate geht runter, Helligkeit geht runter und die Leistung sinkt rapide runter.

MacBooks hingegen nicht. Aber bei MacBooks habe ich wiederrum andere Probleme.
- Wenn ich einen Klick am MacBook setze, dauert es ungewöhnlich lange, bis dieser vom System angenommen wird. Ich habe da schon verschiedene Mäuse getestet und verschiedene MacBooks. Ich habe auch mal humanbenchmark gemacht - den reactiontime test. Und dort erreiche ich am MacBook nie schneller als 200ms Reaktionszeit. Auch verschiedene Browser getestet. Am Windows PC kann ich konsistent 150ms landen und an Windows Laptops ebenso. Ob 240Hz oder 120Hz macht bei mir wenig Unterschied. So ~5ms Unterschied.
- Ich muss an MacBooks natural scrolling aus machen, damit ich normal mit der Maus scrollen kann. Aber wieder umstellen, wenn ich das Trackpad benutzen will. Ist das nicht gut durchdacht, oder übersehe ich hier was?
- Wenn ich die Maus am MacBook nutze, fühlt sich das so "floaty" an. Als würde man einen Zeiger über Eis rutschen lassen. Mouse Accelleration habe ich bereits deaktiviert.
- Kein Smooth scrolling mit der Maus?
- Das System ist ein bisschen fiddelig und nicht so direkt wie Windows.

Und dann gibt es bald noch RTX Spark. Was hat es damit jetzt auf sich? Windows ARM? Ich lese manchmal MacBook killer? Wer oder was wird jetzt gekillt?

Wie ihr merkt bin ich ein bisschen überfordert und habe mir darüber auch noch nie Gedanken gemacht. Würde gerne hier auf Reddit durch Gespräche mehr darüber erfahren und gucken was ich alles lernen kann.

Zitat Kommentar mit der Input Lag Erklärung.

>Sind die Zahlen wirklich schlecht? Mein Windows PC fühlkt sich meines Erachtens sehr direkt an. Auf welche Zahlen kommst du, wenn du auf https://humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime gehst? Ich weiß es ist kein wissenschaftlicher Benchmark, doch er zeigt eine gewisse Tendenz.

>Am Windows Desktop Computer erreiche ich dort 150ms Durchschnitt. Am Windows Laptop (ASUS ROG Zephyrus) auch um die 150ms Durchschnitt. Alles mehrere runs, auf mehrere Tage verteilt.

>Bloß an einem M1 Max 16", M3 Max 14 und M5 Basic 14 erreiche ich nie schneller als 200ms.

>Die Testumgebung ist für alle Systeme identisch. Alle HDMI = gleiche (praktisch Identische Tendenz) Werte.
Windows Laptop vs MacBooks via USB-C (DisplayPort) angeschlossen um mehr Testwerte zu erreichen = auch die Tendenzen sind identisch.

I just wanted to see how bad other laptops are cuz mine is the worst 4 gigs of ram 200 gb of storage is like 5 years old has a shitty battery and it barely withstands any normal game the best thing it handled was Minecraft! Now it doesn't even work anymore. I'm pretty sure school chrome books are better than my laptop

I've Nitro V15 with an rtx 4050 and i5 13420h this laptop is 1 yrs and 3 months old and i changed the thermal paste approx 1 yrs ago and from march onwards it starts heating again so i took it to the service center of acer because i had an extended warranty of 3 yrs .

So according to them my bios is causing this heating issue and they updated my bios and then nothing happens temps are same so they cleaned my fans and changed the thermal paste but nothing changed and they did it not in front of me so idk they really changed the paste or not so after 1 months i again took it to the service center and they said they need to reset my laptop because it has corrupt windows and malware inside and they reset my laptop and changed the thermal paste too but nothing changed .

After 10 days of noticing i convinced myself to open the laptop myself and repaste the thermal paste so i did some research and i find out about the PTM 7950 and the Thermal putty called HY206 (HY236 Pink) .

After sometime i bought it and when i opened my laptop back panel it was a mess they nothing cleaned anything my fans were dirty as hell my cpu and gpu thermal paste were pushed out of the die and their is bit left onto it ,that was the reason my cpu was heating soo much i will also attach the screenshot of before and after ptm 7950 .

And its awesome.

Before

After

After

These are the results after applying .

If any of u are not sure anything about PTM 7950 ask me ill clear it for u.

Links of the product from amazon

Ptm 7950 - https://amzn.in/d/0cCWdKpf

HY236 Thermal Putty - https://amzn.in/d/0cDyV0Mq

And btw your usual or expensive thermal paste need to be changed after 6 months to 1years , but PTM 7950 need to be changed after 3-5yrs .

I'm in the process of buying my next laptop and have narrowed my shortlist down to three:

* **Dell Pro 5 Series 14 (P514265)**,

* **HP ZBook 8 G2a**,

* **Lenovo P14s Gen 7**

I've configured each of them to be as close to equivalent as possible (AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450, 64 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, 14" display, minimum 500 nits, 100% sRGB, etc.).

On paper, the HP is coming out significantly cheaper than the other two for an almost identical specification. That's obviously attractive, but I don't want to buy purely because it's the cheapest if there are compromises that don't show up on a spec sheet.

I'd therefore be really interested to hear from anyone who has owned or worked with any of these machines. How have they held up over time? Any reliability issues, build quality concerns, thermal problems, keyboard or trackpad preferences, warranty experiences, or anything else that isn't obvious from reading the specifications?

Many thanks!

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r/laptop's obligatory questionnaire answers, below:

**Country:** Nomad. I travel a lot. Location isn't really an issue.

**Budget:** N/A

**Are you open to refurbs/used?** No

**Screen size:** 14"

**Weight limit:** Around 1.5 kg

**Purpose:** It needs to be a workhorse, capable of comfortably running multiple demanding applications simultaneously, including (but not limited to) multiple AI sessions (often with different LLMs), video editing, trading software, virtual meetings, and a large number of browser tabs.

**Form factor:** Traditional laptop. No 2-in-1s or overly flexible designs, it needs to be quite rugged. It will have a hard life

**Typical workload:** Linux and Windows, ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, trading software, CapCut, Canva, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, usually 80-100 browser tabs open, and almost everything running through a VPN.

**Desired battery life:** Minimum 8 hours

**Priorities (highest to lowest):**

1. Performance

2. Battery life

3. Size

4. Weight

Requirement are 16gb ram and lil bit of gaming likely Roblox or any less intensive game

The school I am going to start at is giving out information to all new students about laptops for work, and you have two options, either a cost free HP Chromebook laptop that you can get for free from the school and get to keep it when you graduate, or pay 200 dollars to the school every year (for three years) and get a MacBook Air M5 13” with 16GB, and pay 50 dollars after you graduate to keep it. So it would cost about 650 dollars together for a MacBook.

I have no idea what to choose, I want a laptop that is quiet and good for school obviously, but I haven’t had good experiences with these cheap chromebooks, I just had one for three years and it really started to give up at the end of my school year, i once dropped it, then from then on the screen would turn black sometimes and then I basically had to kind of hit it gently to the desk to make the screen come back again🫩 it used to make weird sounds by the charging port and the whole thing really annoyed me, but this was also cost free.

On the other hand, I’ve never had a MacBook, and I don’t know how good they are for school, if I would pay the price, I would also pay to keep it after graduation, and use it for even higher education (like uni or other classes) but then I would need it to be reliable expect it to work for multiple years. We also don’t have a laptop at home, only a PC, and it might be nice to have a reliable laptop that’s always there for work and studies.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, I’m curious on how long these MacBooks last and how reliable they are, or if I should choose the Chromebook instead.🤝

Hey everyone, I posted recently about my Lenovo situation and got a lot of views so I wanted to give a full update for anyone new.

Quick summary:

• Lenovo repaired my IdeaPad Gaming 3
• Laptop came back with physical damage that wasn't there before — gaps in chassis, screws falling out, now only 5 out of 10 screws remaining
• Fan issue from the repair was never fixed
• Filed a complaint within 5 days — got ghosted for 3 months despite a written commitment from a Lenovo representative to follow up
• Escalated through 15+ emails to Service Head, Technical Team Lead, Sr. Analyst, everyone
• Keep receiving the exact same copy paste response word for word
• Even u/LenovoSupport on Twitter told me "we cannot help you much"

Current status:

• Filed on Twitter tagging u/jagograhakjago
• Planning to file with National Consumer Helpline next
• Considering consumer court

What I need:

• Has anyone successfully resolved something similar with Lenovo India?
• Has anyone used the National Consumer Helpline against Lenovo? Did it work?
• Any advice on next steps?

If you've had similar experiences or just want to help, please share this post or tweet about it with #JusticeForSastaHiguruma 😭

Every share helps put pressure on Lenovo to actually respond properly. Thank you 🙏

My Twitter/X page: https://x.com/SastaHiguruma/status/2073480382260150497?s=20

Hey everyone, I've been dealing with a nightmare situation with Lenovo India and I genuinely don't know what to do anymore.

Here's the short version:

• My laptop developed fan and keyboard issues which were covered under my Premium Care + ADP warranty
• Lenovo sent a technician for repair. After the repair, physical damage appeared on my laptop that wasn't there before — gaps in the chassis, components not fitting properly, screws gradually falling out. I currently only have 5 out of 10 screws remaining
• I reported this within 5 days but got zero response for 3 months despite a written commitment from a Lenovo representative to follow up
• After 6 months and 15+ emails I escalated all the way to the Service Head
• Every time I escalate, I either get redirected to someone else or receive the exact same copy paste response — literally word for word, twice

I have a full complaint document with email screenshots and timestamps as evidence. I've contacted J Arthi, Rakesh P (Technical Team Lead), Rishav Raj (Sr. Analyst, Escalation Team), Surya Narayan Behera (Manager), and the Service Head. Nobody has actually read my complaint.

Has anyone dealt with something like this? Is the National Consumer Helpline actually effective? Should I go straight to consumer court?

Any advice appreciated 🙏

I’m considering buying a used Dell Latitude 7430 for C$500. The specifications are:
Intel Core i7-1265U
32GB RAM
512GB NVMe SSD
14-inch FHD display
Windows 11 Pro
Original Dell charger included
The battery report shows:
Design capacity: 58,003 mWh
Full-charge capacity: 38,030 mWh
Approximately 66% battery health

I’ll mainly use it for a project-management contractor role involving Power BI, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Teams and occasional SAP data pulls. I’ll work from home four days per week and go into the office once per week.
The seller originally wanted C$600 but agreed to C$500. Is this a good deal despite the battery wear? How reliable is the Latitude 7430, and are there any common problems I should check before buying?

So, my current school laptop is a 4-year-old Lenovo V14 Gen 3 IAP and it’s absolute trash at this point. The hinges are completely wobbly, the hinge cover is hanging on for dear life, the screen bezel is popping off, and the webcam cover has entered another dimension. It’s so structurally dead that a strong breeze might destroy it completely. Also, it’s slow AF and the battery dies after like 2 hours.

My alternative is my personal ThinkPad T470s. I upgraded it to 12GB RAM, it runs super fast, and it’s built like a literal tank. Plus, since it’s my private machine, I won’t have any annoying school MDM or restrictions on it.

Should I just let the V14 die and switch to the older but reliable ThinkPad, or try to duct-tape the V14 through another school year?

Hi all,

I bought an HP Probook 4 gli 16 Ultra 5 225H CPU with 32Gb RAM and 256 NVME storage for $470 in open box condition for $470, is this worth it or should I return it?

I have this laptop i bought used for 56k. I am now thinking if i was scammed by the seller. Not sure if it was a good buy for 4k editing or not.

i currently have a dell and it has given me a lot of issues in the past 2 years and my experience with other apple products have been amazing so far so was thinking of buying m5 but have also looked up some windows option and liked the lenovo slim 7 so now i am confused.

I have a Dell Inspiron 15 5509 (i5 variant, 11th gen) that currently has 8GB Kingston DDR4 RAM (single stick). I want to upgrade to 16GB by adding one more 8GB stick in the empty slot.

The new RAM I'm considering:

Crucial 8GB Single DDR4 3200 MT/s (PC4-25600) CL22 SR X8 Unbuffered SODIMM 260-Pin — model CT8G4SFS832A

Questions:

Will this work reliably with my existing Kingston 8GB stick for dual-channel at 3200 MHz?

Any known issues mixing brands or should I get two identical Crucial sticks?

Is "Unbuffered" fine? (I believe yes, since it's a standard laptop)

Initially I was about to buy Macbook air m5 24gb +1tb @₹134900 but due to price hike it's not feasible for me so I need a laptop which will work flowless for me for the following usecase:

1. Video editing in Davinci resolve (free version)

2. Manim rendering

3. Computational physics - for coding big programs

4. General purpose usecase - browsing and all

5. Decent battery life for college movement

I can easily spent ₹1.30 lac

A few days ago I went to a laptop shop with one of my cousin to buy a laptop for his sister and he was asking so many specification about that laptop from the shopkeeper and I was just looking their faces because I don't know anything about it. So if there's anyone who knows tell me please.