Question (Canada) Looking for a quiet 15" laptop with decent display ?

[stargazerj]

Summary
Basically I need a laptop for work and multimedia use. Something with decent brightness and color (not washed out) and also quiet fan noise.

1. What is your budget?
-$700 Canadian Dollars

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
-15 inches

3. What screen resolution do you want?
-1920x1080

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
-Need something portable. I will bringing it out often with me.

5. How much battery life do you need?
-Doesn't need to have amazing battery life. I will be charging it often.

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
-No gaming.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)

• Word processing.
• Web browsing
• Watching videos (netflix/youtube)

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?

• 500 GB SSD
• 8 GB Ram

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
- No specific sellers. However I want to finance the purchase.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
- At least 3 years.

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
-Not required.

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
- No specific brands. Just something reliable and has decent customer service.

13. What country do you live in?
- Ontario Canada.

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

• Like mentioned in the title I would like something with a decent quality screen. Nothing too washed out with good brightness and color rating. It does not have to be amazing but not terrible either.
• I would like the fan noise to be quiet. Not constantly running at 100% all the time which gets very annoying.

 

[JWNoctis]

If you have no need for battery, 4K video playback, or any specialized, architecture- or OS-limiting software requirements at all, I'd almost recommend a Pi 400 with a good external display. It should be much cheaper too, especially since financing tech purchases is not (usually) a good idea and too costly in the long run.

Oh and it's also fanless and completely silent.

Otherwise, good quality display can be uncommon on laptops of that price range. Check out a few reviews and look for 100% sRGB coverage and 300nit minimum.

Customer service quality also could vary quite a bit by region, and can be hard to determine without local knowledge.