deleting this laptop recommend post

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moved over to → https://forums.tomsguide.com/thread...s-are-better-than-building-a-small-pc.462975/

ppl there prob know more on laptops

full complete requirements for the best laptop

1. verifiably good - has analysis, tests, and reviews where most sites says it's good
2. has max upgradable ram of 16-32 ram, or has that amount of ram in it already
3. is good value - has analysis, tests, and reviews where most sites says it's good value for the base price
4. is no more than 1 or 2 years old since newer ones are likely to be better

anyone good at recommending a list of laptops that fits the basic requirements above?
from that list of good laptops that fits the requirements above, then am going with a good resolution + large screen size

building a mini pc was not the way to go:

→ https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...and-cases-in-this-post.3568581/#post-21544021
→ https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...-of-stock-or-something.3568289/#post-21547748

dunno why this site makes you make another account even tho i think it's from the same company
it prob has different users that knows more on the topic of laptops tho


discussion on readability of 2560 x 1440 here:
→ https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/readability-of-2560-x-1440.3572173/

it's one way to narrow down the list of recommendations later on

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Well, a laptop need an external power brick too, so...

What price are you looking at? What will you use it for?

 

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external power brick

whats 'external power brick'? is it just a plug? i asked in your other reponse. a plug doesnt matter thats very small

dont have a set price just cost efficient low cost good value etc

 

[pleaselinkto_helpfulsites]

doesnt see how price would matter, but can just use price of w/e that 'deskmini' thing comes out to be total

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Normally with a standard PC, you have a cable that goes from the wall to your PC. Then you have a power supply inside the pc that converts the AC wall power to DC, then converts it to the required voltages. The power supply connects to your hardware in your PC.

With a laptop or a small PC case, a standard power supply cannot fit. Because of this, they use a power brick outside of the machine to convert the AC wall power to DC, often 19v. One end plugs into your laptop or Pico PSU often using a small cylindrical "Barrel" jack and the other end plugs into your wall outlet.

The Pico basically takes the 19v or incoming from the power brick and then regulates it to the 3.3v, 5v, and 12v needed for a PC. It also supplies the appropriate connectors to plug into your PC.

A power brick is one of these:

 

[hang-the-9]

doesnt see how price would matter, but can just use price of w/e that 'deskmini' thing comes out to be total

Of course price matters, you asked for "low cost" without specifying anything outside of RAM. Which you can upgrade yourself. For a gaming laptop $1,000 is a decent low price, for a basic use system then maybe 4-500, depends on the specs you need and size and type. Thin fancy aluminum systems cost more, fatter black plastic stuff is less.

You need to first sort out what you want,for what use, what size system, exact cost you are looking for, etc... You can get laptops from about 10" to 17" for "low cost" although most "low cost" systems won't come with 16 gb of RAM as standard. Need some more info from you before trying to suggest 20 things that you won't like.

 

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Pico

ok but whats the dimensions of the plug thing in the 'deskmini' thing that's all we really care about, if it's small then it doesnt matter and can go in a backpack

then we dont even need to look for the laptop anymore

 

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in case we have to go the laptop route,

can someone who knows about laptops link some laptops recent laptops that is asked in op thx

so at least there's some kind of progress and at least there's actually things to look at

 

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list of low cost recent laptops anywhere that fit this?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

The list would be massive. Go to pcpp and look at laptops with 16gb ram

 

[LordVile]

building a computer has come to a halt currently cos im not sure if anyone on here knows about small cases

- https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...-are-these-out-of-stock-or-something.3568289/

- https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...under-these-dimensions.3568581/#post-21544023

so gonna see how much progress going with laptops can get

good recent low cost laptops that has 16g ram? just link

recent within the last year or 2

You could always look for an 8GB one with upgradable RAM and put another 8 in yourself?

 

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1. verifiably good - has analysis, tests, and reviews where most sites says it's good
2. has max upgradable ram of 16-32 ram, or has that amount of ram in it already
3. is good value - has analysis, tests, and reviews where most sites says it's good value for the base price
4. is no more than 1 or 2 years old since newer ones are likely to be better

anyone good at recommending a list of laptops that fits the basic requirements above?

from that list of good laptops that fits the requirements above, then am going with a good resolution + large screen size

building a mini pc was not the way to go:

https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...and-cases-in-this-post.3568581/#post-21544021

https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...-of-stock-or-something.3568289/#post-21564583

 

[USAFRet]

What, exactly, are you asking?

 

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moved over to → https://forums.tomsguide.com/thread...s-are-better-than-building-a-small-pc.462975/

ppl there prob know more on laptops

i already deleted this post

 

[hang-the-9]

moved over to → https://forums.tomsguide.com/thread...s-are-better-than-building-a-small-pc.462975/

ppl there prob know more on laptops

i already deleted this post

Actually tomshardware is more of a in-depth tech site than tomsguide, and almost all the moderators are on both sites. You can find what you need simply by reading reviews. First thing you need to do is list a price.