How to Save BIG Buying a Laptop 

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I like your no-nonsense laptop advise. Definitely my #1 pc channel!

Nice advice 👍

0:23 the price difference is actually insane for basically the same thing

The latest Ideapad 5 Pro 14" with an AMD cpu (model 14AHP9) has a Ryzen 7 8845HS. I do understand that this is a rebranded 7840HS, which is available in the previous gen 8. However, the gen 9 has a bigger battery and a better screen (2.8k OLED 120hz), and that swung it for me. I also had the option to upgrade from 16 to 32GB ram for an extra ~4% on the price. Direct from the UK Lenovo store with a business discount, it was a very good deal - a no brainer for the specification, tbh. I did consider second hand / refurbished previous gen models, but didn't think the savings were large enough to negate the uncertainty of a second hand unit or the spec compromises of the older model. After a hands on in a local store with various manufacturers' laptops, I had my heart set on a Lenovo Ideapad & AMD processor with the 780M iGPU as it seems quite a capable performer for games. Thank you for your great videos. They are extremely helpful 👍

I hate that the average consumer needs a video like this to not get screwed by the companies that want our money, but I'm glad they have a no-nonsense tech reviewer to do the job.

I love my Thinkpads and have always gotten them second hand.

Step 1: Don't live on an island in Europe...

Similar thing happened with me. When I bought the Spectre 14, I call HP to enquire if they are including pen and dongles s I saw on many laptop reviews in youtube. They said they only include Pen in the UK. And just when I was about hang on the phone to buy it online, the guy on the call said that if I buy from them over the call, I can get a discount. I saved £200 on the laptop. I got the £1699 one for £1502 .

Thanks for the tip Josh. I recently purchased the M3 Pro MBP 14 because the "upgrades" already installed at the base price. If only I had waited until it went on sale....

Thanks for the good advise. I can always count you to tell it like it is.

Absolutely a fantastically helpful video that really sheds light on smart laptop buying. Wished I would have had this information a few years ago when I purchased my Aleinware laptop on Amazon during prime day.

hey Josh great tips! you think you can add deals for rest of the world like EU as well? it's tough to get good deals here...

I used to work at Apple Retail: they do price matching at the retail stores IF you can show them the price of the brick and mortar listing of a competing offer (meaning no Amazon, but matches Best Buy if it’s an in store offer). If you’re a college student, that’s also a discount (though it doesn’t stack)

wait wait wait... you can negotiate?? that's an option??

Im quite unsure which laptop I should get for school (has to be a 2 in 1 Windows) but right now I’m considering the Ms laptop studio 2 or the new hp spectre.I really really like the design of the laptop studio just bc I don’t have to flip my laptop over every time I just want to use the pen but I also want the Oled screen from the spectre ahhh I can’t decide haha

Hey Josh, I wanted to ask you what your opinion on the macbook pro m3 16 gb vs the m3 pro 18 gb is. I havent seen any reviews that compare them.

Suggest what ram configuration MacBook will be good for stock market trading

Is the legion slim 5 16" (2023) a good buy from last year ?

These are awesome tips all around! Just sucks that the laptops I'm eyeing from watching your videos don't exist in the same specs here in Australia as they do in the US... so the hunt continues XD

I work from home for three customer service companies and sometimes I have up to 50 tabs in different browsers open and working on them, I do a lot of work in Microsoft Office in all its tools. For a person like me who doesn't edit photos or videos but demands a lot from my labtop, what suggestions do you have for people like me? Sometimes we focus a lot on recommendations for video and image content editors. I would be deeply grateful if you could bring some information for people like me. Thank you and much success :)

Josh, I actually appreciate your no-nonsense laptop advice. Love this channel. However, I was wondering if you could do a full review on the Razer Blade 14. I am mainly asking about the battery life and the QC. I heard some razer laptops have really bad QC but I wan't to know if you faced any issues. Thanks man. Appreciate it.

Another great laptop buying guide. I truly get the pain of our dearest ones giving their hard earned money for useless upgrades, especially to these evil companies.

Another excellent video

Just discovered this channel - outstanding! Lots of relevant detail without the chatter. Great to find a reviewer who has used a laptop for more than a handful of days, and tracks models across may years. I've binged a few like it's a Netflix show.

Do you think Fourth of July is our next best chance for a deal I want the new Lenovo Legion 7i, but at 1,850 still seems overpriced.

@JustJosh between the surface laptop 7 13.8 x elite and the intel hp Spectre 14 2024 which is on sale for $1399.99 which should i buy for web browsing and watching video

Hey Josh! Great video! I bought a 2024 Zephyrus G16 with a 4070 at Best Buy in Open Box Excellent condition, and saved 500 DOLLARS! Combined with some PayPal points I had saved and Best Buy gift cards, I was able to get the 2,000 dollar laptop for only 620 dollars. I then bought Best Buy’s great geek squad warranty, and finished out at around 1250 dollars with tax. Love the laptop!

Is 16" Galaxy book 4 pro @ 1100 dollar a good deal? Core Ultra 5, 16gb, 512 gb Or should I consider snapdragon x elite one? Thanks in advance!

any chance of reviewing tuxedo laptops?

I’m going to college for mechanical engineering and I have a budget of around 800-900$ and I was looking at the zenbook 14 with the r7 8840hs do you think that it will be strong enough for what I’m going to be doing?

There should be more RU-vidrs like you around Josh, greak work.

Apple Zen 3 processors? :))

My work has a perkspot employee discount deal with several manufacturers and i can get the ideapad pro 5 16 for less that $800!! thanks so much for your reviews, you’ve saved me from throwing money at something i couldn’t afford ❤

Can you showcase the Huawei Matebook x pro(2024)

I posted a comment regarding pen issues on your previous Snapdragon X video, but for some reason it’s not showing up.

How about warranty? Should i take 4 year warranty? should i pay for an extra warranty? sealed battery?

Man Can You Review Lenovo Legion pro 5i 2024?

Josh is right about Macs as usual. They hold value after years plus they keep marching for 5+ years easily. I used my last Mac for 6 years without any problem. I still have it. I Bought Macbook Pro 14 M1 pro base model in March 2022 because of Josh's recommendation. It works perfectly and will stay with me for 6+ years just like the last one. The last one was the Intel Mac with only 1 fan, it ran hotter. My current M1 Mac has 2 fans in it and I can't hear them no matter how hard I try eavesdropping on it :D

I want to buy an laptop to start coding and I've been looking to macbook air m3 but only have 8gb ram. Do you guys have another option with good battery life for coding?

Bought a used lenovo legion 5 with a ryzen 7,a 3070, and 16gb of ram for £580 on ebay, it has been great and the laptop is like new and usually it would sell for £750 on CEX. Always worth looking there for some bargains.

I've always been afraid to buy Open-Box products, but I ended up getting my Asus G14 as excellent Open-Box quality, and it ended up being a great choice - the laptop was in like new condition, the seal on the box was just broken and the wrapping on the laptop was removed. A note on the box just said the laptop wasn't what the previous owner was looking for. Great way to save up to a few hundred dollars if you ask me, especially if you have the time/patience!

@JustJoshTech, please do more reviews on Windows laptops that have a lighter weight, for those who want something with a great display resolution that's around 2.9 lbs or less. Thanks for your helpful content!

Im stuck between Legion Pro5i with i7-13700HX 32Gb ddr5 VS zephyrus g16 2023 with i7 13620H 32Gb ddr4 HELP!

What would you recommend for students for Computer Science/ Cybersecurity?

I bought myself an Acer Swift Go 16" with i5 13th gen for $499, 512gb storage and 8gb, it is terribly slow... Any recommendations under $699?

I found an Ideapad pro 5 14" with r7 8845HS, Radeon 780M and OLED screen 2880x1800 at €800 instead of 1k. I thought it was insane value but after seeing your video I'm not so sure anymore. That's because it's a Lenovo discount besides the rebranding of the CPU. Should I still buy it in your opinion?

Can i someone tell me aby laptops better than Alienware m16 r2 in the same price range

A lot of these tips also apply to other tech as well

Hey josh Whats the most important thing to have in a laptop 💻 when your use case is heavy downloading daily through torrents . Multiple web tabs open always And Multiple apps open And media players open 2d video editing Daily How much ram Ssd etc

Tx Josh

Best advice on buying new laptop. Great channel.

Should I buy the Lenovo yoga 9i is for 1350 (with 32 ram, 1tb) should I go for the yoga slim 7x instead for 1300?

Good video but might not be applicable to people outside of North America and UK such as myself.

Dell offers a discount if you tell them you want to return their laptop when purchased from their website because they probably don’t want to take it back and deal with it again.

I realize U and HS are basically the same in AMD's case, so this is a nitpick, but 8840HS isn't exactly the same as last year's 7840HS - it's the same as 7840U. AMD themselves have confirmed this on their site. 7840HS' "successor" (read, rebrand) is 8845HS.

I think personally the only laptops worth thinking about getting this year on sale are Asus G14 or G16. Or lenovos Legion 7i.

Josh...I found the lenovo slim 7 or yoga 7 gen 8 wth the rtx 3050 for 550 franc (nearly 620 usd) in lenovo's switzerland website, im considering buyung it. It's worth it right?

This is all very confusing to the average buyer. Can someone help me out and let me know which is overall the better option? Intel’s new core ultra 7 155H or last year’s Ryzen 7 7840hs? Or not much in it?

Why are laptops so much cheaper in the US ? 🇺🇸 vs UK ?

The script delivery in this video is awesome, great video💯

Bro please do for india

You said in your g14 2024 review that it's better than g14 2023 with less gaming capabilities and no screen door effect

The Best 14 inch budget friendly gaming Laptop for 2024 plzzz

Does your site list the price history for the laptop? Say you see a Zenbook for $100 off but your sites says wait a minute, that laptop is usually $300 off so hold off for a better sale if you can.

The Best budget friendly portable 14 inch Laptop for 2024 plzzzz

Hab nen G15 Advantage Edition für 1000 € gekauft in 2023

I dont like buying refurbished. A lot of the time there is a well hidden defect that their qc didn't catch, but the consumer caught and returned it. From my personal experience: -motherboard problem, once every month the pc has a boot loop and it takes like 20 minutes of pluging/unpluging to get it through to the OS -jack doesn't work when plugged into power (power leaking somewhere ofc) -combo jack works for heaphones, but not for microphone -wifi sometimes breaking (that was an old xps, and i lost SO MANY HOURS on that) Imo it's better to buy new. Used is better too, average person mixed with scammers is more trustworthy than the companies nowadays.

I have a request. Can you guys leave the graphs on the screens for a few more seconds. I don't want to pause the video to just take in the information. Love the vids tho.

Doing the lords work. Thanks for saving us money.

In my country 2 years older model costs more than this year's budget offerings let alone newer models. Whatever model you buy , you are paying double the price. Such a SCAM.

Power to the refurbished market! If there isn't a work changing laptop in terms of performance, just wait for a 1-year-old model on sale.

This guy is amazing.

“Just show them these cute puppies” 😂

Since when Fanboys do care about best price? They buy the hype and are gladly giving away their money to Apple. They know they can buy Apple products from other stores but they want to feel the magic, be part from something amazing while at the Apple Store (you get the point)

Thanks for posting this a few days after I bought a 2000$ laptop 💀

I'm here for the puppies!

Reverse notches (thx, Lenovo) belong in the trash bin 🗑️

I live in Europe, plus in the country torn by a war. The prices on laptops are ASTRONOMICAL. Dat's no joke, I've got no clue how people are buying their new shinies :D edit: oh and yeah. The best channel. Before going and checking out laptops I go here first.))

The Best budget friendly portable gaming Laptop for 2024

Excellent video, with one mistake repeating Apple rubbish marketing. They do not have excellent retail value, p it doesn't matter what percentage a laptop retains, what matters is overall number lost by depreciation. Example, my 600.00 2 + 1,000 lost about 80% in value. I could easily sell it for $200 The MacBook pro with less performance what's 2,400. If that only lost 50%, (it lost more but that doesn't matter) the buyer still lost more than double what I paid for my laptop. This is true in just about every supposed case of excellent resale on a Mac. It gets worse, suppose like myself you take the extra $1,800 and put it in your 401, or annuity if your 401 is maxed out. Well you've almost doubled that 1800 dollars extra you spend on your overpriced Apple I'm not against buying Apple products when the need presents, I have an air myself, but forget that excellent resale value bull, it's sleight of hand bologna

Yeah, I don't understand why so many people buy new MacBooks from Apple when they can get the exact same model from someone else for hundreds less.

Or just not buy an Apple laptop at all hahaha. I still find Windows laptop to be just good enough for any user if you are intended to get work done.

This video post is only relevant to the US & Canada and you should make this fact explicit upfront. In Europe, Asia or Oz it simply is not applicable. Click bait.

W josh

Hey josh when do I get to speak about ai on laptops im al ready to let the world know about the truth

There IS actually one thing you should check : the 2023 generation of CPUs may not support 48GB DDR5 memory sticks, so instead of 2x 48GB = 96GB, you may be limited to 2x 32GB = 64GB. For those looking into the future ...

Will probably buy M2 Air 512 GB....Confused whether 8 GB is enough or 16 GB update makes future proofing sense. I, for sure, do not need 16 GB right now but I tend to keep my laptops for their entire life cycle! (Using MBP 2012... updated RAM and SSDs myself)

Have you ever used a laptop you reviewed for more than 3 months ? Hinges on half these laptops fall apart very quickly I see them in my repair shop all the time. I hate RU-vid "reviewers".

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Another video of absolutely no use whatsoever to anyone outside of North America.

just buy a pc from last year or two.

But I want the g14 2024 to go on sale 🥲🥲🥲

The Best 14 inch budget friendly gaming Laptop for 2024 plzzz

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