Just went through the whole ordeal of updating myself to the latest and greatest tech in the laptop space to replace my now dead MacBook Air, listening to dozens of YouTube videos. Curious to know whom others here listen to.
Which is your favourite YouTube channel to reference when shopping for laptops?
wisdomtooth on 09/08/2020 - 18:53
Last edited 09/08/2020 - 19:57
Last edited 09/08/2020 - 19:57
Poll Options
- 6Jarrod's Tech
- 1Techno Panda
- 1Lon.TV
- 1Just Josh
- 0UFD Tech
- 0Andrew Marc David
- 0codeHusky
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Oh, yeah, forgot that one. Doesn't OzB allow adding poll options?
LTT doesn't do many laptop reviews, and it's usually from a 'gamer' perspective.
True but still LTT :)
I don't shop for laptops because I use a desktop computer from 2013 and have upgraded it over time.
Dave2D
You should watch videos from multiple channels about the same laptop to get an unbiased opinion. Following just one channel blindly means you trust just one person's opinion.
Myself I watch multiple channels and multiple videos about a laptop before I decide to buy it.
MobileTechReviews
Down to earth and no fluff. Lisa (the host) is awesome.
I read reviews.
Mixture of a few.
A recent purchase I made on a RTX 2070 laptop included a lot of comparing benchmarks of gpus with other gpus and some cpu related videos from Jarrods Tech and Dave2D and a bunch of other benchmark videos I actually didn't look at any LTT videos this time around but LTT is a good resource for anything tech related normally.
Dave Lee aka Dave2D has some great videos on specific brands and models but is definitely not thorough but handpicked as he is just a single person and can't review everything so a mixture of YouTube channels is definitely needed.
Jarrods Tech has more content but same issue can't review every laptop in existence but gets very close.
There is quite a lot of reasons to go a different gpu or even laptop from better cooling to better battery life to better performance.
I went the safe route and got a RTX card laptop because of the better cooling compared to a higher performing GTX card laptop in the same price range and budget.
I find RTX cards use less power and have better cooling compared to GTX cards with similar performance not similar number models plus they do better in RTX or ray tracing applications obviously.
Just wait for the next popular deal under gaming laptops and you should find something good like the $2000 Dell RTX 2070 laptop from ebay last month.
It was a very good price but you could probably get slightly better specs and value if you buy used from the U.S. on ebay but you need to source an Australian power plug and pay customs duty tax and be fine with no warranty obviously because very few if any laptops have international warranty that I am aware of.
Australian buy and sell classifieds like ozbargain, gumtree and Facebook marketplace are some other options and just check for ebay promos and checking ozbargain laptop tags.
I didn't even know about the laptop deal until I saw the "find out how we can make this item cheaper by $XXX.XX amount by using code etc" link under the ebay auction which took off 20% a $2500 laptop making it come to $2000 saving me $500 which was what made me go with the Dell.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/product/dell-g7-17
Imho if the purchase was for my own usage and not a birthday present for someone else I would have gotten the RTX 2060 variant for $500 cheaper and put that into a larger nvme drive but only 60hz FHD panel and smaller ssd or go all out for a 17 inch 60hz 4k panel instead but the birthday recipient was not interested in 4K at all so we went with the 17 inch 144hz FHD panel.
LTT, Dave2d
MobileTechReviews
Notebookcheck - not a YT channel but their written reviews are painfully in depth
I've used it a lot in my most recent laptop quest. Not for the reviews but for their benchmarks database.
Faster to read than watch.
Interesting. I'm faster at watching than reading (I watch at increased playback speed, of course).
"my now dead MacBook Air"
How old is it?
7
LTT