I bought the Lenovo for my son, everything was working fine until his friends told him to install free office and now the laptop has damage to the operating system.
He installed malware, then? Did you try just running a Windows Defender scan? You can also just follow any online guide about removing malware from your device, though it could involve reinstalling Windows.
I work at target in the tech section. Our laptop selection isn't huge and the default prices are a joke, but they frequently go on sale for crazy discounts and are actually competitive. So if nothing good is on sale, just don't buy from Target
I saw lots of discount tags and browsed what they had, and there were some more-than-solid deals on Vivobooks & Zenbooks (if you can tolerate ASUS support)
@@Collin_J if you're lucky enough to catch clearance for laptops, the deals are wild. Clearance is in store only and laptops only hit clearance like once or twice a year, but I got an MSI laptop with similar specs to the one Austin got in this video for around $300 because it was way overpriced at nearly $1,000 but clearance took off 70%
That’s why when I was in college I created specific power plans that switch throughout the day depending what class I was in. No need to use the GPU to render everything when you are not doing a graphical intensive task. Sure it was a little inconvenient to setup at first and then automate. But after that it was able to be used through my entire day without the need of a recharge.
Disable the dedicated GPU and mess with the Windows power settings a bit (i.e. lower CPU clock while on battery in Control Center, set Power Saving Mode to always on while on battery in Settings) and voila, you laptop now lasts about as much as the similarly priced office laptop. If that fails, just buy a 20-30k mAh power bank for $60 or so and that should carry you through the entire day with battery to spare.
I have rarely used Laptops in the Past. I see things like the Track Pads, as being last resort options. I almost always pack a mouse and pad if I am going to use my laptop away from home. I usually use a different keyboard and 2nd Monitor when I am at home. Port selection and ease of upgrading should have been heavier emphasized. How much of a chore is it to open, just to add a new battery or extra Ram(assuming it is not soldered)?
Obviously I am not an Apple guy, but I would choose a Macbook M1, if I just want all around (non gaming) use. I just think it is cringe only having one port. Also, I would have chosen the Lenovo LOQ, or Legion 5, before the ASUS TUF.
@@greenman8 New batteries are not practical to install at all, and you cant fit a bigger battery in a spot where there was a smaller one, and the problem does not lay in the battery but the performance and optimisation of the laptop. Apple has 20 years of experience in laptops and phones and know how to make a very power efficient device as the chips and batteries in the newer macbooks actually originate from phone hardware.
@@herblybxb_ I had to sacrifice space intended for a 2-1/2 inch drive, but the first thing I did with my Lenovo was install a higher amp-hour battery (60ahr to 90ahr I believe) It really wasn't a sacrifice, I used an m.2 nvme drive instead of the 2-1/2" In hindsight, I really didn't need to do that upgrade, my Laptop is docked at home 90% of the time.
Exactly for most people those things are fine in my tutorial classes at unis most people have like low to mid-range 13 inch windows laptops and a close second is jut base macs. For most students your main concern isnt power its just having a laptop that'll still work if you accidentally spill coffee on em
@@lynnrotter8642 Chromebooks and lenovo kind of laptop ( any brand but something focuses on medium GPU for school photoshops and such , not intensive GPU photoshop stuff ) Yeah school laptop sure but I think 700 is not bad if you want a normal task laptop like the one you'll use for work or just daily consumption. School , I think isn't needed much. I have 800$ gaming laptop but it's about 500$ price , my 300 comes from importing and all tax-wax , stuff, It does heat in heavy games but nice at playing old games ( like dead space or those - very old ) , And for new games I never got to test since it's 512Gb of space and I filled it with 2010 ~ games because I haven't played them.
This one hundred percent. Most university courses, especially in the stem section, have programs that you need to run that require strong laptop hardware, and a Chromebook won't cut it.
I graduated college last year and used a Acer Nitro 5 with the 17” screen for 2-3 years. I don’t regret it all. It was harder to carry around and the battery sucked but the speed, screen quality, and keyboard made it worth it. There’s just so much performance in it and I can game literally anywhere I have internet and a power plug. I would strongly not recommend a MacBook. I’ve never been a fan but the big problem is a lot of our software’s we would have to download is only windows compatible. Many of the people with MacBooks had to buy cheap laptops just for school.
Why wouldn't you target a price point or form factor for testing? There are way too many variables here for any valid conclusion to be made, especially when comparing them to each other. There's a reason laptops are rated by category ie. best budget, best small form factor, etc.
Zero technical comparisons (Cinebench, TimeSpy, Battery life, Screen brightness, App compatibility, Weight, Value per dollar etc.) make this video pointless, its just random devices not even being tested for school use
There is also some aspects that makes the Macbook a bad choice. It SUCKS to use it in a school format! What if you need to use software that is only made for edge browsers or special programs that can only be used on Windows? You're going to be forced to buy a $200 windows laptop just to do those tasks. The 8GB ram is going to be a bottleneck in gaming before you consider the lack of a gaming library on Mac. Also for high ram use tasks like video editing as mentioned because the student is likely going to be using other programs along side with the video editor. Web browsers just don't take little bites into the RAM anymore. Plus what if the video editing program they need to use is not compatible with the Mac? Then they are forced to spend at minimum of $400 to get a Windows laptop for that task. No one is going to care about the screen or speakers if something else is keeping the task from being finished.
When I started college they specifically told us MacBooks would not work for most of our school work. This rang true as when following along in lecture all the professors used windows and they had little to no knowledge of how to communicate differences in excel hotkeys etc. They recommended an ASUS Zenbook. I got a Dell XPS15 and have liked everything about it except the placement of the webcam and some initial microphone issues that were fixed with an update.
@alexgreen9571 You can't... Bootcamp is not supported on ARM devices from Apple. Parallels does sort of work, but isn't guaranteed to run all X86 applications & you need to pay for it afaik. Doesn't really solve the compatibility issue.
Some laptops make opening the item to be serviced/upgraded a nightmare. You wouold think all Laptops would make it easy to swap out the battery or RAM. Hell even a simple access panel would be glorious! (A Glory Hole for your Laptops-Sexy Time!)
@@BattaCham So? If you have several browser windows/tabs open and a video feed in the background you will run out of memory and the whole thing will become unresponsive. I know because this would happen constantly with the PC I used to work from home. Difference being I could upgrade to 16GB (and did). Many laptops today don't have an upgrade option so you're stuck with a piece of hardware that costs hundreds and is effectively a facebook machine for your grandparents.
There's a multitude of reasons why i say you should pick the lenovo over the MacBook in this scenario, but only one that isn't biased on my own opinion: compatibility. How many school apps are available on Windows vs macOS (or even ChromeOS for that matter)? We, at one of my schools, had some students with MacBooks. The school had classes in a program that didn't work with the M1 for some unknown reason (it wasn't a macOS issue, as the older ones with intel cpu's faced no issues at all) So they had to either use vm (and we know what apple thinks of doing that) or get/borrow a windows laptop. So while i say the MacBook and Lenovo is a tie, you should think about what kind of OS is needed, although it's certainly a small percentage that doesn't work with apples proprietary cpu's today anyway, but it can still happen.
If a school is requiring apps that don't work on Macs they are doing something wrong. Quick google search says most college students have Macs. I manage just fine.
@@treymatus5014 right so because apple have decided to not support a certain game developement tool on their macbooks, the school is doing something wrong?
@@Saibanaito If the school requires it, yes. Macs are far too popular to require something that doesn't work on them. Also, I'm fairly certain it's not "Apple not supporting" but the developer of the tool chosing to not make it available.
I was absolutely baffled by that, I knew apple pricing was obscene but jesus christ, the Microsoft Surface uses the literal same kind of keyboard and I got mine brand new for $30 but even not getting super lucky like I did, you can easily find them $80 or less.
Just buy a Bluetooth mechanical keyboard for around 50-80$ and trust me, it will be insanely more worth it than apples 249$ keyboard that’s very overpriced. I recommend the Royal Kludges keyboards because they are really good for their price point.
2:21 you select "tablet" as a filter and are surprised there's tablets in the selection?? + the one on the right was a laptop. a chromebook and 2 in 1, but a laptop anyway. Unless those are just images pulled by the editor after the fact but that still doesnt mean there was no laptop to be found
More memory can go in quite easily as well as having room for a M.2 and also a 2.5 SSD so no need to carry an external HD. Also kids want to game so they can be happy with that instead of bugging their parents for a gaming console.
When I was in school-a few years ago-we didn't get a choice to bring our own laptop. My schools wanted to use their Chromebooks so they can literally see what you were doing on their laptops. Whoever these kids are getting a choice to bring their own device, consider yourself lucky. I know things are different on the college level.
Not to play devil's advocate, but the reason they have to have all that monitoring is to comply with E-Rate funding. To get the funding, the school/district is required to install some sort of content monitoring software. Its not that schools and admins want to be evil and spy on you, but it is because they're required to do that. I mean, we have kids who regularly try to watch fury pron on their school computer. We have kids searching for self harm. These are things that we're required to act on.
Right??? I'm sitting here like - You don't go to the computer lab to use one of the 100 identical Dell Office-Pad-Opti-Think-Stations to do all your Microsoft Word-ing? And on that rare occasion get the cart full of the tiny 8-inch laptops that are pretty slow but ooooohhh so fun to use? You just... buy your own freaking entire laptop? I had to beg my parents for a graphing calculator (The ultimate overpriced item) let alone an entire computer!
My school didn't mind if you had them but you couldn't use them in most classes unless you had a SEN accommodation or the teacher allowed use of mobile devices (this included laptops) for specific activities. I even checked my old high schools policy today and its even stricter now than I was when I left 10 years ago, They don't allow any mobile device (cell phone, iPad, smart watch, laptop etc) to be used on school grounds even during breaks unless the teacher gives permission they have to be powered off and in your bag!! When i was there we were at least able to use our cell phones and laptops during breaks.
I work as a sales rep for a laptop brand in best buy. You'll get a much different experience in there, cause people go to best buy to go and see their electronics first-hand. Many workers will ask if you need any help, looking to guide you based on your needs. The selfish incentives most of them have is a revenue number they shoot for, but that's more shooting for standards more than anything else. Some of us are literally just there by the hour to talk to you and help guide you, for me, through a specific brand. Online isn't terrible, but you're overwhelmed with options the employees are meant to help you with.
What more do you need than something that can run a search engine and word processing software for school? Outside of certain college classes that require 3d modeling or video rendering.....a base level reliable laptop is all anyone needs.
I wouldn’t call school computers a base computer. They’re awful and just genuinely worse at helping students. Who deserves actual technology that last and works well.
Pretty much, good battery life, low weight, screen bright enough to see in a very well lit environment, enough ram to have 50 tabs open which is the average of most students I've met, even if it's stupid, decent enough mic which is more important than the camera so people can understand you. You can live with bad versions of everything above, but all those things will make your life a lot easier. And if you have around 500 bucks you can have all those things with a used macbook m1 or better, or a nice ryzen 5 5000 series or better windows laptop new (or used if you can find a good deal). You can also go for an old thinkpad for closer to 200 bucks if you need something that can still do most of those things well enough for a few years.
@@Waspinmymindalways student needs is a word document in my browser I mean a $30 tablet can do that too so no they don't need a 500 hard laptop for school don't even start that BS
@@melu0o 1. General Recommendation: - Avoid MacBooks with Intel processors; opt for those with M series chips instead. 2. MacBook Air: - 13" or 15" Models (M2-M3): - Ideal for general use. - Includes features like MagSafe and a modern design. - No significant difference in power between the M1 Air 13” and M1 Pro 13”models with the same chip, except the Pro has a Touch Bar and fan. These don’t include the MagSafe charger. 3. MacBook Pro: - 13" Model (M1): - Similar in performance to the MacBook Air but includes a Touch Bar and a fan for better cooling. - 14" or 16" Models (M1-M3): - Best for demanding tasks like software development, machine learning, and 3D modeling. - Features a new design, MagSafe, and additional ports such as HDMI and an SD card reader for better connectivity.
In my opinion pricing on laptops nowadays are really improving. Laptops in 2018-2023 had the worst value ever that i had to stick with old thinkpads and precisions. I think I might upgrade soon!
Tip - when you do videos reviewing sites selling refurbished tech, instead of buying multiple different items, buy 3-4 of the same item in different conditions to properly assess the quality control of the site.
Coming from an Ideapad 1 owner here: The hinges on these things snap just so very easily. I bought one for school, didn't even last a year. Build quality is terrible overtime (when adjusting the screen the whole chassis bends), the screen is not great, it's just not great overall. I switched to an M1 Air and I have not regretted it once. Best of class build quality and performance. One advantage of the Ideapad 1 with the Ryzen chips is they are power efficient and very fast (when plugged in) and absolutely devour tasks for the price. Great video pointing out these things!
The winner here is definitely Lenovo. It runs Windows, so you have a great choice of software, it is light and slim, it costs not so much money, you can upgrade its RAM and SSD, it is much easier to repair and most importantly it has a lot of connectors for peripherals.
it's much easier to repair because it will potentially break within a year or two, these cheap ideapads usually has some weak plastic, especially those that holds the hinges
You made 2 major mistakes. 1. No student carries a small bag. You forget they have to carry textbooks and other school items. 2. You were using the laptops all wrong. The only one you did right was the iPad. You don't hunch over your laptop. You hurt your back when you hunch over the laptop.
Eh, I’ve rocked a smaller bag through all of college so far. No need to bother if I can get all my textbooks online. Also take all my notes digitally as well so no need for notebooks.
@@davidholloway1042 It’s not for everyone but it has definitely become more reasonable. Got an ipad 9th gen that handles all my notes, online quizzes, and homework. Before that I used a midrange 3 in 1. Can get some pretty good deals on midrange laptops when they go on sale. How reasonable the setup is depends on your universities curriculum. Only times I’ve really touched paper are for quizzes and exams.
@@jj926 - Makes three categories of Value, Performance and Practicality - Gets the cheapest Mac - Defines "performance" as "webcam and speaker quality" - Defines "practicality" as "battery life" - Oh wow, Mac wins! Yeah, this was pretty shameless, wasn't it?
I used to work at Best Buy, I always steered my customers away from anything 8gb RAM or under $500. I just knew the kind of people I was working with wanted a laptop that wouldn't implode within a year and I spent way too much time in hs fixing shitty budget laptops.
8 gb ram sucks for windows 11. A MacBook with 8 gb of ram is decent since Mac’s optimize their software depending on the computer. Windows 11 eats up your ram you need atleast 16 gb.
@@personyt55 8gb for windows is the same for MacOS and Windows. I've used both. The issue is price not the 8gb. It's up to the person to open up too many programs and saturate up that 8gb on Mac or Windows. MacBook Air 8gb can easily hit the limit and go into swap
7:29 nobody uses a laptop on their lap -- they go to a coffee shop or library and put it on a table -- they might use it on the floor or on their bed, but nobody puts it on their lap
you should have set a price maximum or minimum hardware this just feels like going for a random pick of laptops. another test for the market of school laptops is to buy a bunch of school recommended laptops (these are usually closer to that vivobook)
Can't go wrong with MacBook Air (M1 & above) as a back to school laptop. Powerful enough for most task, great battery life, and lightweight. The TUF is amazing too if you're into gaming.
The problem for college use is most (engineering) applications don't run on mac os. Everyone who has a Mac runs a windows vm. Good gaming laptops are almost a must
Lol wish I had a laptop when I was in school. I mean in highschool I did but it was an old Thinkpad with Linux Mint on it. Worked perfectly for the Google suite that I used in school.
This is gonna be a long one As a college student, after both watching the video and reading the comments I have a lot of objections to add: 1. You set a price range that it's a bit too high for the average household and also you haven't stuck to it (c'mon, the Lenovo and Ipad *no case or pen version*, are half the price of the Mac and TUF). You should've researched how much people are willing to pay for a pure school laptop (low to no gaming, practical and very portable). Most of the comments suggested $200-$300 as a price range and I agree, if you know you don't want top of the range performance, it's good enough for every household (especially with young students who might not take the best care of it. I've had a cheap Asus Vivobook, short time after I bought it, my cousin took it and dropped it, still works 5 years later). 2. The Target situation. After reading the comments, yea, your search got messed up by adding "Tablet computers" as a filter. Still, you had an HP chromebook on screen at 2:21, so there were laptops to compare. Even if there weren't, you should've chose another common store who had to be able to have a fair comparison (really, comparing 3 laptops to an Ipad, 1 of them even being a Mac is stupid). 3. Speaking of bad comparisons, the choices where too scattered and really hard to compare. You compare a Macbook meant for Apple Ecosystem (mainly businesses), a Lenovo Thinkpad (which is actually meant for the purpose of your video), a gaming laptop (which is meant for performance rather than ease of portability) and a tablet (which the video is about laptop), maybe you could've chose laptops with similar specs for the price range. That's why your battery test sucked, the Ipad has a small battery and the Tuf was meant to be held plugged most of the time, while the Mac and the Lenovo are build for long days away from an outlet. 4. Most schools rely on what Google and Microsoft offers for their workflow. I heard many cases where students were either required to have a Chromebook or a good Windows device, even I had to get a Windows laptop in school since we were taught on the Windows way of things (also Apple may not support some of the programs schools use with Windows). 5. The backpack, few people had that small of a backpack in school, and they were just carrying 1 or 2 notebooks in them and some food (that barely fit). Even in college I see people with big backpacks since most of them still use pen and paper to take notes. Also, at least in Europe, it's not that viable to carry a laptop with you since you are still required to carry physical books, notebooks and other study materials with you everyday, despite having a phone and laptop (at least till college, where there is more leasure with study methods). You were complaining about the portability of the Tuf in that small backpack, you should've bought an actual school backpack from Wallmart to test the portability. As a fun fact, my friend carries his Lenovo Legion to college everyday because of his major (he doesn't carry anything else, just the laptop, its charger and a water bottle) and he sometimes complains of sore back since he carries it with him all day. Can't imagine a middle to highschool student carrying a gaming laptop (which is about 2-2.5kg) and the tower of study materials required by the teacher everyday (which may be more than the laptop). I hope that you would revisit this topic with a bit more research in mind. Edit : Grammar, some rewordings and added more context to some points.
I mean - in terms of the ipad keyboard - you do know you can pair any bluetooth keyboard with it right, or use a mechanical switch type C keyboard? And that opens up some really good and inexpensive options.
As an Apple Tech, those M1 Air have an issue with the Battery just failing out of the blue. I have lost count how many Batteries i have replaced on that very same unit you purchased.(ironically i am watching at work AND replacing batteries on 7 of these just today) It's a great Device otherwise. That said, the Air battery is actually REPLACEABLE! Unlike the Macbook Pro versions where the entire top case/Battery/Keyboard needs to be replaced (entire system teardown)....So, i guess that's a feature?
For school, battery life is very important. I’d give the MacBook Air a big bonus for the battery life alone. It will actually last an entire school day, and for a laptop, that’s amazing.
One of the main reasons the tuf has such bad battery life is usually using armoury crate, as it is extremely bad, I own a tuf f15 and I got about 3 hrs of battery life out of the box, but with ghealper instead of armoury crate, I now get closer t 11 hrs using microsoft edge
Something important to keep in mind about best buy, as a former employee, is that their first priority is credit cards. It is entirely understandable that the website will try and push the most expensive model in a given category right at the top because that's what associates are encouraged to do in store, since the goal is credit card and membership sales.
The M1 Air is the best laptop I’ve ever owned. Still powerful, super portable, and, most importantly, I can actually use it on my lap without a significant risk of burning myself. I have a Steam Deck, so gaming performance isn’t important to me in a laptop.
The tuf definitely deserved first place at performance. Suddenly some parts that definitely fall under practicality were involved in the performance score. The performance category isn't about the total package, the totals are about the total package. Performance should be rated on pure performance, just the numbers, the pure power.
the colour grading in Austins videos are alway so warm like seriously you need to get that fixed it looks so bad its like im watching the video with night shift on
My exact job is getting laptops for online learners. Go ahead and throw the iPad away because it's not going to be compatible with lockdown browsers and state testing apps. That's a non starter.
I work at Best Buy in the computing section, I can say that some of our laptops we sell are going for a fairly decent price. Although it was shady that the first one they recommended is a Dell XPS LMAO. I would also add the factor of how many people take home Macbooks from Best Buy. One of our top sellers even though it isn;t touch screen or 2-1 featured. People also shame the open box factors of a laptop but I would ALWAYS look in store before buying an open box online. Our systems to make those open box tags really suck :(
What school are you going to? Every course along with our assignments are managed in canvas, gradescope, webassign etc. Thats not to mentioned external sites and software that we need, which aside software with specific student access like Solidworks, they make us pay for (which can be a couple hundred more dollars for a class). I go to a large state university as well and they basically cover nothing.
So the #1 issue I always see with any Macbook in the school space, isn't the upfront cost its the year over year cost especially IF IT BREAKS, unless you have apple care which might not be in your budget year after year. The price to repair an Apple anything is much higher then most Windows computers. What I normally recommend to college students needing a laptop is a 2nd hand business laptop from a year or so ago. A Lenovo Thinkpad E14 with a Ryzen can 4/5500u can be had for 300-400$ depending on how you spec it. It can be easily upgraded and repairs prices are dirt cheap. The Dell Latitude 7410, and Surface Laptop 4's are also solid 2nd hand buys from businesses but repair prices are not as low as the Thinkpads most the time.
m1 air in 2024 is crazy. like even for school, having a 100 tabs open for homework, some youtube and all of that. pages, numbers and VS code? the laptop is cooked
why're you lying lmao, I still use my m1 air for school, and I use vs-code and have like 3 different chromes with 10 tabs each for hw. It's completely fine and runs well.
Nah man, apple products are under specced so you spend on upgrades then you can't do a thing to them afterwards, then they have limited lifetime of updates, but Linux can fix that unlike on iOS devices once their iOS is done a few years later you have a slow brick, plain don't invest in apple, just buy used laptops
@@noahsilva-lopez3491 try running multiple docker containers with localstack, one server, one db maybe a redis. you're going to need that for a project now wouldn't you. good luck trying to use android studio or any of the jetbrains IDEs (including pycharm). while that's running in the background caching , reading, writing, clogging up L1, L2 and L3 cache , using up RAM, open up your chrome and come back to this video to comment "wow you were so right, this laptop does suck"
Another point for iPad: left the thing on the roof of the car and then hit the highway. When I retrieved it it was mildly damaged but nothing serious. It flew off the roof at 66 mph without a screen protector and there was no damage to the screen.
My M1 Air is about 3 years old a this point and not gonna lie, it's still running great and handles everything I throw at it very nicely. Probably going to keep it for another couple years.
2:21 Dude, u literally sorted by tablet computers (as shown in the top left) and ur saying they're "acting" like a tablet is a laptop? That's ur fault that's all that came up.
One thing I can say about laptops for kids, is to ensure as best you can that the laptop can grow with the kids needs, don't get something that will only run word and powerpoint, have a bit more flexibility to allow for other tasks outside the classroom such as projects, social activities and the ability to be creative. Also teaching your child the responsibility of owning a laptop is important to not have them treat it like a toy that they will break. On the other end of the spectrum, having the most expensive laptop doesn't mean its any better, take the time to do the research and fit the needs of you child to the computer. Also make sure your school network and software needs are compatible to Mac before getting a Mac book. Some school systems will do laptop loaners and laptop school pricing to allow for savings.
For 10-12th grade, my primary computer was actually an M1 iPad Air with an ESR keyboard. Against the equipment it gives at school, it was surprisingly amazing. It performed better and did better than other kids that had their own computers. Even for college, an iPad will do everything you need a computer can do, webcam, great battery, good multitask, and unless the laptop it’s better at note taking. I now primarily use a MacBook Pro, but the iPad is still a useful tool for my college note taking, doing math to save paper, and as an extra display for my MacBook. Really long but there’s my thoughts on being an iPad kid in school.
For school you don't need a huge and heavy gaming laptop which will drain the battery as quick as the roadrunner, an expensive, hard to repair and to upgrade Apple or a tablet with a keyboard. IMO the most convenient option is something like that Lenovo (not that model/brand especially). Normal more than enough specs and run under Windows.
It is always ALWAYS better to buy an older or refurbished device that's more powerful and capable rather than a newer device that's slower and has worse specs, as long as it has a warranty and a return policy if it's not in the advertisement condition or there's any issues with it.
Another issue with the MacBook that Austin didn’t mention is that most middle and high schools online work websites tend to only be optimized for windows and many colleges only have their corses on windows for similar reasons that being both limitations of macOS as well as the more open nature of windows and it simply being easier to program for at least according to most teachers
iPad is amazing for college level because of its note taking ability. Being able to do homework and take notes and take pictures of the white board and put them in your notes is unreal. It doesn’t do everything a laptop can do, but a laptop certainly can’t do everything an iPad can do. I think the iPad should have done better for practicality, but since this was a laptop video, it never had a proper shot
my dad paid 2700 USD for a "back to school" all-in-one with no gpu at Best Buy. you can literally get a laptop with an *RTX* series gpu for less than a third of the price of what my dad bought.
i think judging the TUF display being too dim in studio lighting on a set was kinda throwing your results off because most students are not gonna be in studio lighting they are just gonna be chilling in class or at home
When I was in college taking 3D animation classes, I took a summer job and saved up for a high end Windows laptop. Yes the battery life sucked and it is heavy but it easily did my 3D renders in class. I still use my laptop today, upgraded the RAM and storage size (I opened it up and replaced it). I still work on 3D projects with teams remotely. It does struggle sometimes if it's really dense or something like 8K which takes a while to render but it gets the job done. Besides working, it is a great video editing machine and I play games on it, media consumption.
I think one important factor that you should consider when buying a school laptop is your (or your kid's) attitude towards longevity. Like, if you're gonna have to replace the thing in two years because it's getting handled roughly, you're gonna want a different laptop than one you expect to still be using in five to seven years. Like, my laptop carried me from the start of high school all the way through college, so I'm happy I chose a pretty performant laptop that I handled with care, but I wouldn't just broadly recommend that approach to everybody. And of course you should always try to take care of your stuff, but it's an inevitability that some things are made to last and some just get you to where you need to be (e.g. just finishing high school) and no further. And that's fine, just watch out you don't end up spending long-term amounts of money on a short-term item, y'know.
Let’s be honest, they’re usually the cheapest of cheap laptops that they sell. It’ll only last a year because they’re made of the crappiest components plus college students, you never know what gets spilled or if the laptop falls out of the bag. Then for the next school year they either go for a premium windows laptop or MacBook. I know because this happened to my sister during the end of her freshman year and she ended up buying a Mac for her sophomore year.
I'm throughly confused how Austin didn't see any actual laptops on Target's website. 6 of the top 10 options when I go there are proper laptops and only two are of the same brand.
Ikr. I got so confused when Austin literally showed on screen an HP 2-in-1 Chromebook at 2:21, yet he chose the Ipad and said Target doesn't have any laptops Edit: Also, I think Target showed him tablets in the laptop section because he chose "Tablet Computers" as a filter and the system considers any tablet that can be used with a keyboard as one (like the Ipad and the Magic Case)
Austin did mentioned one very important thing is the weight running around school with a heavy laptop is going to be a pain unless your training to be rock lee. 😅
@@wolfbrave4866 No one, repeat, NO ONE, knows what carrying a heavy laptop is like, until they’ve carried around an HP ZD8000 in college. The thing is easily double the weight and thickness of my Lenovo Legion 5 Slim laptop. The thing also ran a Pentium 4M (this is Netburst, not the better Pentium M), and a Mobility Radeon x600.
I feel like the majority of these are a tad expensive or odd choices as "back to school" laptops, the Lenovo being more in line with most people's budgets and uses.
Seeing laptops without any upgradable storage is painful. Also those cheapo things that have CPUs like the Intel Nxxx aren't worth it, if your budget is low, go secondhand.
Say what you want, but that Samsung Galaxy Book2 360 that I got off eBay for $500 that was practically new (technically used, but the seller hardly even used it, had zero scratches/dents), has a low power i7, 16gb ram, 512gb ssd, and an oled touch screen is a steal in my book. Best part is, it can double up as a tablet, combining the aspects of the iPad and MacBook into one device. I don't think I could have asked for a better school laptop than what I mentioned here.
I can imagine many parents buying most of these. Chromebooks and lower end windows laptops are usually what get purchased due to their value. The iPad is a good option for most school students especially if you get a lower cost keyboard.
ive actually seen a lot of students in university using ipads insteads of laptops, granted its a business course so theres not really any applications being used apart from note taking but still
Just buy a Bluetooth mechanical keyboard for around 50-80$ and trust me, it will be insanely more worth it than apples 249$ keyboard that’s very overpriced. I recommend the Royal Kludges keyboards because they are really good for their price point.
