Laptop Recommendations

[jordo0909]

Hopefully I can post tbis here but I’m looking for a laptop for a friend. Should he just wait for something good on Black Friday ?




Budget -
$500
Resolution -
would like 13” to 15”

System Purpose (gaming, workstation, HTPC, etc)—
Would be used for torrenting, iTunes, and he said maybe download GameCube emulator

If a gaming system, what games and settings are desired? GameCube emulator (does this qualify haha), maybe even Age of empires

Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc) —
No

Do you plan to overclock? -No

Country - Canada
Preferred Stores / Sites a nine

Parts that can be reused - laptop

Do you need an OS?- No

Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? - no


Edit—

The Acer Spin 3 2 and 1 goes on sale at Best Buy Black Friday. Is that even worth looking at





Maybe I could convince him to just build a tower


Budget - $500-$600

Resolution - owns a 27” 120hz gaming monitor from Costco for his Xbox

System Purpose (gaming, workstation, HTPC, etc)
If a gaming system, what games and settings are desired? - same as above

Any other intensiv software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc) - no

Do you plan to overclock? - no

Country- Canada
Preferred Stores / Sites - none
Parts that can be reused - already has 27” monitor, keyboard and mouse

Do you need an OS?- yes could just get one off Rakuten though
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? - no

[Thunderball]

600 CAD for a tower? Not a chance dude, sorry. In terms of laptops - the only thing decent that's under $500 and is not a chromebook/ultrabook and decent is something like Acer Aspire 5. I also like ASUS budget stuff for reliability but it has some serious drawbacks this year, so check reviews (I'm talking about Vivobook 15).

[kukkamies]

Could get a Ryzen 3200G for a tower build. It'll run 1080p games with low quality for only 100 dollars. And another 100 for mobo, 50-60 for ram. It'll be much faster than any budget laptop.
It's not powerful, but still runs even some current games on low graphics.

[Alantor]

I would save a little and get the new Macbook Air honestly. If not, look into Honor MagicBooks (there are several models, all similar).

[julabula]

I would save a little and get the new Macbook Air honestly. If not, look into Honor MagicBooks (there are several models, all similar).

Seriously? He is looking for a gaming laptop and you're suggesting Mac Air? If OP wants to play PACMAN, then Mac Air is Fine. Else, Get a windows Laptop. To OP, I see he owns a XBOX, why do you need a gaming laptop?

Now, I'm slightly agreeing Alantor, as for gaming - you already have a xbox. for work - Get a Mac Air.

[Temp name]

Seriously? He is looking for a gaming laptop and you're suggesting Mac Air? If OP wants to play PACMAN, then Mac Air is Fine. Else, Get a windows Laptop. To OP, I see he owns a XBOX, why do you need a gaming laptop?

Now, I'm slightly agreeing Alantor, as for gaming - you already have a xbox. for work - Get a Mac Air.

Because sometimes you need to play games that aren't on Xbox, or have a decently powerful computer for something else.


But really 5-600 dollars isn't enough for a gaming laptop, it's barely enough for an entry-level desktop

[chikor]

i think Lenovo 15.6 ThinkBook is a good idea it will cost you around 500 dollars. However you may read post on cputemper.com on best gaming laptop under $500 it will help you decide which is the best that fulfils you demand