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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone!

I need to buy a new laptop to replace my 12 years old laptop. I didn't look after hardware for a while for some personal reasons.

I will buy something new. My needs are:

photo editing
video editing
vector graphics editing/creation
good battery life (I don't want to worry about)
web navigating, docs, spreadsheets
USB-C charging would be nice

I don't game, and Framework isn't available where I live.

I would be happy to have some recommendation on what is a good hardware for this use and good brand.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

As someone who frequents the laptop market, I'll throw in my two-cents.

If you're looking for value, don't compromise on performance, buy refurbished.

While I'm certain it is definitely different from country to country, a refurbished laptop typically has more life to give in them.

I'd recommend business laptops, such as the Dell Latitudes or the Lenovo Thinkpads, but an M1 MacBook Air provides an absolutely shocking amount of performance for the price.

Checking sites like eBay or the pages of hardware resellers rather than big box stores is definitely where I'd go.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I will not compromise on the performance. I will definitively look to the refurbished units. The biggest issue we have here, it's we are a small country and our own keyboard layout (the keyboard isn't a real issue).

Thanks for the help.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

True, M1 and even M2 macs have superb battery life. Fedora Asahi remix will still be pretty hacky though and have more problems. But a lot works now, it has opengl support, a FOSS rust driver for the GPU and more.