r/Laptop

I purchased Lenovo IdeaPad slim 3 15.6” AMD Ryzen 7 5825U 2022 for around $630 last week, sticking to my budget of under $700. However, I’m not super impressed with the laptop, make me feel like I'm using an old laptop!

I'm considering returning it and looking for alternatives. I’m not interested in getting a Mac (Mac Neo is in the budget)but I could use some recommendations for a better option in my price range.

What do you think? Should I return it, and what should I look for instead? I am mostly going to use it for personal work, studying and tools, movies and all, don’t play any games.

Thanks!

I'm really wondering if i should get a framework 13 laptop or a X2D combo and ams 2 pro (alr own the a1). The framework has a Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and 64GB RAM, along with 1tb for around 1k. Prob gonna sell the ram. Have to pick one or the other. I don't fully need a laptop right now, but i travel alot and its mainly gonna be for school. I want to also do a little gaming. The games I play do run on the 155H (tested on a friend's framework). I do like the idea of having a 2nd 3d printer, but i dont print asa or abs or anything that needs a enclosure. I do have 2 ams 1s for 8 color printing alr so might not need it. I really want to know what do you guys think abt it. This will be cross posted on a few subreddits btw.

I can't afford a new laptop right now but my mom has her old laptop just sitting unused in my childhood home. How much power does watching movies/series from dvd require?

And if I were to find a dvd player/"station" with burning abilities, how hard would that be on the laptop?

It is a bit slow but functional laptop currently running Linux. I think she bought it from her work maybe five years ago since they were getting rid of stuff

Best way to clean a laptop screen, suggest tips.

Hey guys, I bought a new laptop (Legion 7i 275HX 5090). I have massive rubber banding and microstuttering to the point that I can't bear to play the game. I tried all the smaller fixes (turning off crossplay, ray-tracing, etc.). Wondering if anyone has any idea what the problem could be or how I can fix this. Thank you so much! I've also tried turning down all the graphics and back up and all that. It's been the same.

So i read about this things that after 2008

Every laptop manufactured have

This chip M.E ( intel mangement engine )

That have all administrative access ,networking , boot process acces , and has its own firmware inspite of what operation system you running or whatever security u have applied .

Well also heard that addition to this there is also something along with that is

Intel active management intel tech. (AMIT)

Which has remote administrative access .

Long back i was ready ways to disable it kinda stuff.

So yesterday everything was fine but today when I woke up I am seeing tons of ants after coming out from my plug point and my laptop charger was connected to that plug point luckily my laptop was not connected with it otherwise ants would have went inside my laptop now the main problem I think some ants went inside my charger like they are literally coming out from the gaps of my charger the main problem is when I turn on my charger without connecting it to laptop it behaves normally but whenever I connect it to my laptop the light turns off and my charger stop charging if I turn off the charger and turn it on again the light turns on and again turns off after 1 min. This is dell 180 watt charger and the problem is my laptop cant be changed via usb c it can only be charged via the laptop charger my laptop is Dell G15 plz help me

Hey everyone, I have a bit of a dilemma and could use some outside perspective.

I'm considering buying an M1 MacBook Pro 13" — I have a good deal on a 512GB / 16GB RAM model, so price isn't the main concern. The real question is whether I actually need it.

Why I'm considering it:

• Lightweight and very portable
• Powerful enough for my needs
• Much better display than my current laptop

My current setup: I have both a desktop PC and a laptop, but the laptop is a gaming machine — bulky, heavy (adds ~3kg to my bag), and the display quality is about what you'd expect. Carrying it around has actually been causing me back pain, which is a big motivator here.

The hesitation: I've never used a Mac before, so there would be a learning curve involved.

The core question: Is it worth spending the money on an M1 MacBook Pro if the primary reason is portability and ease of travel? I do travel somewhat now and plan to travel more in the future.

I have an old ThinkPad T470s with i7 6th gen, 8GB RAM, and a 128GB SSD.

• The issue started around 5–6 months ago when the laptop began lagging heavily
• Initially thought it was a Windows corruption issue, so Windows was reinstalled, but the problem remained
• Took it to a repair shop

• One technician said motherboard replacement is needed (almost the cost of the laptop)
• Another said it is not fixable

• Current usage goal is basic tasks like YouTube, MS Word, and PowerPoint

• Observations during troubleshooting

• Works fine on Ubuntu/Linux
• Lags heavily on Windows even during boot
• BIOS shows no lag or issues
• CPU temperatures go above 90°C if not limited
• Currently temperature is capped at 75°C in settings
• Behavior suggests possible thermal throttling but not confirmed

• Fixes already tried

• SSD replacement
• Switching between Windows and Linux installs
• Multiple thermal paste applications
• Last thermal paste job was not perfect (done for testing), which may contribute to high temperatures

• Additional issue

• After repair attempt, keyboard and speakers were damaged

• Looking for advice on

• Whether this can be fixed cheaply
• How to make it usable again for basic browsing and documentation work

I have a six year old Asus studio book pro x w730. Had it since it came out aa my workstation. Took care of it well well. It has getting too hot recently and check my cpu that it was going way over.

Mouse was stuttering so prob graphic issue.

But I wanted to the further investigation to find out what was causing the issue so I searched Asus to find the local Micro Center as affiliated tech service center.

I explained everything along with fan rattling.

After the stress test they said the GPU failed and prob because of motherboard. They searched and Asus no longer makes this motherboard.

Since cpu gets hot when I play games but not as well when I edit videos so I wanted to fix the fan and repaste the cpu and cpu with thermal pad.

I just wanted to get fan& heatsink replacement parts and replace it my own.

Went to pick I up just now and what do you know...

They damaged one of my 2tb m2 ssd

Since it's raided I can not boot up.

The pc was running fine before I dropped it for $50 diagnose and now they said it's because of my motherboard and had virus.

Only thing they said they could do was to reinstall fresh windows which will wipe out everything.

I have more than 3tb worth of work in there. Since it's raided to 4tb, Im left with 2tb without ever gaining a hope to recover the file.

This is so frustrating and one thing that drove me nuts was the tech was asking others "Who worked on it, did you work on it" to the other techs. All gathered up inside to talk what happened. Also asked me if my computer booted up normal before. Of course it booted up fine. That's why I gave you my pass code to log in.

They put it into ez bios mode and just left me with no boot up. I went back in and they were like oh it's because of the motherboard and virus you had.

No joke. That would not break my raided ssd. Come on...

I dont have any other option except to reinstall windows and hopefully the parts they stress tested are okay. This is so dumb and frustrating for me since it was supposed to be a simple diagnose. Disgusted to see the tech implying it is my fault is not something I would expect from the giant company.

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Update

After a call with Microcenter supervisor, I just received a text from Microcenter which is 2hr later.

"This is the Micro Center Service Department. We performed one final test to verify whether the unit would boot into the operating system. During testing, we rearranged the two drives to ensure they were installed in the correct locations. After doing so, the unit successfully booted into the original OS.

Your unit is now ready for pickup."

This tells me they did take out my ssd before and did not properly reinstall them in order. I told them multiple times it's raided 4tb. That text me is basically saying 'Sorry' without actually saying sorry in corporate environment. They imidiately started a new ticket while I was having this issue at the show and offered a fresh install is nonsense. Like they sound it like they are doing a big favor. Hey I can install new window my own. But checking ssd in order for raided ssd is not something you would know as a technican, that's basic, then how can anyone trust you with the building up a pc with them?? Anyway, I will make an update as soon I pick them up again. I will make sure it boots up correctly and has all the file before I step out the shop.

Hey All,
I bought a new F16 (Core 5 210H, RTX3050) and it has been insanely laggy since the day I got it from Flipkart, and since yesterday it has been randomly shutting down. What maybe the reasons? I checked for software updates in settings and in myasus its saying software up to date. Even with basic tasks as in opening chrome, or apps, it has been really laggy. I really dont want to RMA it since my college starts soon. What can I do?

hello everyone,

i need to put a new battery in my laptop due to the old one being "used up" only half the battery live compared to new. while im at it i want to renew the thermalpaste. do you have any recomenadtions on eas of aplication, cost and performance?

i still have some mx-4 laying around but its about 7 years old. searved me well for gpus cpus and laptops in the past. but my curent laptop due to being a thin 2in1 can get toasty and any reduction would be very welcome

SO, im starting uni in september after taking a gap year and theres a few things im lacking SUCH AS A LAPTOP. But i’m not sure what laptop, i should get but i assume it needs to be really good RAM and be able to hold CAD and 3D modelling n all that well PLUS i also wanna be able to use to play games like sims 4. I JUST DONT WANNA BE SPENDING ALOT !

sooo i narrrowed it down to the Lenovo ideapad slim 5, Asus vivobook 14 perhaps but im not sure, it needs to be worthwhile.

SO to all product design students ? what do you use that holds well for uni and in general that isnt crazy in price.

Tl;dr: i want a good budget friendly laptop to use as a product design student but i can also use for occasional gaming

The Lenovo laptop is a Ideapad 330S-15IKB.

While Lenovo & Intel wanted customers to belive was this was an SSD drive, well sort of.

The Optane Hybrid in my inherited laptop has a 5400rpm HD with 16GB super cache running an upgrade of Win11.

Does have NVME HD connector on mb.

Has anyone been sucessful upgrading and cloning old HD without using Intel Optane drivers?

What concerns me is will the Intel Optane drivers be a problem with new HD that does NOT use or have Optane hybrid inline with HD.

Hi, I bought a new laptop (Acer Aspire Lite AL15-42P-R6WC) two days ago. On the first day I used it, it came out of the box fully charged at 100%. I used it for about three hours, and according to the battery history, it was still at 57% after the second hour. During the third hour, the battery suddenly dropped to 0% without any warning. I wasn’t doing anything intensive, just browsing social media on Chrome to test it.

The next day, I charged it back to 100%, and it charged quickly. I was able to use it normally. I was on a Discord call through Chrome for about 6 hours and also played Habbo. Even after more than 6 hours of use, the battery only dropped to 19%.

I didn’t go back to the store after what happened on the first day because it was already nighttime, and on the second day I wasn’t feeling well.

Now it’s the third day, and I’m still recovering. Should I still return it to the store tomorrow?

I'm planning to buy the Galaxy Book 6 Pro 16 with the X7 chip. How's the battery life with everyday use - Office, Emails, youtube, Multiple tabs open in Edge/Brave browser etc.?
Im using the Asus Zenbook S14 Oled with the Lunar Lake chip now and I get roughly about 6 hours of usage give or take with the balanced mode - Brightness at 40% and variable refresh rate. I was planning to buy the Ultra with the Nvidia GPU but it doesn't have a MUX switch option and have heard that the battery back up is not that great.