Question I'm looking for advice on buying a new laptop ?

Tanix

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Hi all, see below. Looking for advice on a good laptop. Thanks!

1. What is your budget?

Up to $1200 but I would prefer to spend closer to $500

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

No smaller than 13" but preferably 15".

3. What screen resolution do you want?

1920x1080 (high refresh rate would be nice)

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

Portable. My last laptop was purchased in 2015 and I only use it when on vacation or travelling so it is only used a handful of times a year.

5. How much battery life do you need?

5 hours or more would be fine.

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)?

Yes. Last Epoch would be a good game to use at the moment. I would be fine medium to high settings.

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

Nothing hardware intense.

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

512 GB should be plenty (prefer 1 TB)

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

I'm not considering anything yet. I've seen a handful of decent options but I'm looking for a solution to the issue that I had with my previous laptop; specifically the start up issue. I can't stand how long it takes to load up.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

8-10 years.

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

Don't need any of that.

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.

I'm not picky about the brand. Just the quality,

13. What country do you live in?

United States.

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

The main things I'm looking for is something that will last a long time, isn't extremely sluggish after long periods of inactivity, and is powerful enough to play some games with decent quality.
 
Up to $1200 but I would prefer to spend closer to $500
Perhaps something like these;
https://www.walmart.com/browse/elec..._oos:Show+available+items+only&sort=price_low
?

Of which this one would be a good option;
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Restored...111752?conditionGroupCode=2&classType=REGULAR
to invest into. Should last you a long while, regardless of what you throw at it.

Nothing hardware intense.
If you're doing anything besides gaming, please state the name to the app's without an etc.

The main things I'm looking for is something that will last a long time, isn't extremely sluggish after long periods of inactivity, and is powerful enough to play some games with decent quality.

You might want to state the titles that you'd be gaming on(besides Last Epoch) in case you need more oomph than what's linked above.
 
I did see a Victus laptop that seemed to fit. Here. Thoughts?

My current laptop has a GTX 1060 and once I get past the loading issues games mostly run fine. If the new laptop has a graphics card that can run stuff like Last Epoch, POE2, or Baldur's Gate 3 reasonably well that should be fine. If it can't run the latest and greatest games, I can drop back and play older stuff since I will use it so infrequently.