r/laptops

I bought the HP Omnibook X with 16GB and 1TB, and 1tb extra added for files only)

But I still feel iffy because of reviews saying HP is meant to last only a year or two. I’m entering college and I need a laptop that will last 5 years or so

Would this laptop be reliable? Anyone who has it, what do you think about it? Or should I return it and get another one

My laptop standards consist of
- no Mac.
- durable for years
- not too huge
- not crazy expensive
- storage!!

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE
Country
[USA]
Budget
[≈ 1500]
Are you open to refurbs/used options?
[No]
Screen size
[Any]
Weight limit
[light weight would be ideal but not super important]
Purpose
[software engineer major]
Form factor
[Standard/Clamshell (a regular laptop).]
Intended usage
[4 years of uni , i just dont want to worry about it not being strong enough to handle the apps i might use in swe , i am probably gonna use apps like Visual studio ,IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm , i would need to do testing and local runtimes on it , maybe even build systems and devops platforms ]
Desired battery life
[not super important but preferred to be decent enough to where i dont need to have it plugged in all day and night ]

Should I wait till the prices go down? or am I just wasting my time?

The first one I tried to get was an elitebook 845 g9 from woot. It stays in preparing for shipment for almost 3 weeks and finally they cancelled and refunded my money. I then tried to buy the same laptop with a slightly worse cpu and storage from eBay. It cost more but I felt like I was paying for the "ebay refurbished" and "like new" condition. It arrives with an admin account still setup, strike 1. I reinstall windows and check the battery because it's draining fast, it needs replacing. I check the ssd, it's at 49%. Obviously it's a pallet flipper laptop and they didn't look at this thing once. Currently waiting for my money back but just feeling really disappointed this morning. Did I just have back to back bad luck? Are these usually reliable ways to get a used laptop?

Same as totle

I am a first year student and need for study and bit of gaming for games like Ark , Minecraft or Valo

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to decide between these two laptops for university and would appreciate some advice:

Option 1 — Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 2

• Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
• 16GB RAM
• 512GB SSD
• Refurbished
• $449.99 CAD

Option 2 — MacBook Air 15.3"

• M4 chip
• 16GB RAM
• 512GB SSD
• Open Box
• $1,299.99 CAD

I'm going into Computer Science, so the laptop will mainly be used for programming, IDEs, schoolwork, browsing, etc.

I'll also have a desktop PC that I can use for gaming and other demanding stuff, so I don't really need the laptop for gaming.

My main question is: Is the MacBook Air worth spending an extra $850 CAD over the ThinkPad for a CS student? Or would the T14 be more than enough for university?

I'm also wondering about things like macOS compatibility with CS courses, programming tools, battery life, portability, and how useful the extra performance of the M4 would actually be.

Which one would you choose, and why?

I’m struggling to choose between these two models and I’m leaning more towards the P16 mainly because of the larger screen.

PX13: Ryzen AI MAX+ 395, Radeon Graphics, 64 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD
P16: Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, GeForce RTX 5070, 64 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD

Which one would perform better for music production (Ableton), video editing, some light blender use and occasional light gaming?

How big would the performance difference actually be between these two models?