Recommend Me a Laptop around $1,500 for Productivity

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  spc12go on 12/06/2024 - 22:45

  Here

  https://www.dell.com/en-au/outlet/refurbished-latitude-14-74…

  Or better screen

  https://www.dell.com/en-au/outlet/refurbished-latitude-14-74…

  Comes with 3 years warranty, add extra year for $50.

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  ChewiePlays on 12/06/2024 - 22:47

  Macs are pretty good, get an M2 and it would work well.

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    ssfps on 13/06/2024 - 00:26

    For $1500? You're looking at a low spec, maybe 8GB RAM - garbage for work/productivity.
    Despite what mac fans often say, their 8GB isn't really the same as having 16GB. My macbook pro has 16GB and I often get OOM errors when i try to multitask - and that's not running VMs.

    Having a quick look, you'll be out around $2500 or more for a 15" macbook with 16 GB RAM. Close to twice OPs budget.

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  ssfps on 13/06/2024 - 00:25

  +1

  My work requires heavy web based browsing activities.

  "heavy web based browsing" is a bullshit phrase OP.
  What will you actually be doing in the browser?
  - Just shitloads of tabs of text?
  - Webgl rendering
  - Simulations
  - Video decoding
  - Mining bitcoin

  If you're just going to browse office365 and have a dozen tabs open, you can do that on any laptop from the last 10 years.

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    dirtyhen on 13/06/2024 - 11:33

    +1

    All of the applications I'm using now are web based so yes it's heavy usage and it's struggling on my NUC units

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  MichelleMaBelle on 17/06/2024 - 14:28

  Lenovo's Thinkpads start at $800 and aren't the prettiest or thinnest beasts, but I've found them really solid for productivity (above-average keyboards, plenty of ports, solid screen, proper fans for cooling) and they have a great feature sadly missing in many competitors: you can unscrew a single plastic cover on the bottom and add your own RAM and SSDs in in about thirty seconds. Doing so works out much cheaper than buying a model more with more RAM and storage to begin with. Means I got a machine with a Ryzen 5500U, 32 GB RAM, and 1.5 TB SSD for under $1000.

  Plus they still have the little clit mouse in the middle of the keyboard and proper mouse buttons above the trackpad, which I find works surprisingly well for precision stuff. Worst part is the crappy speakers but the nicer Macbooks are the only laptops I've ever seen with decent speakers, and that's night and day for price.