- What is your budget? 1500$ (Even laptops that range to 1800$ as I will buy on black friday and they will drop in price)
- What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? Doesn't really matter
- What screen resolution do you want? Doesn't really matter.
- Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Desktop replacement
- How much battery life do you need? Not that much, can be kept charged fairly easily
- 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)? High, the most difficult games to run I want to play are Baldurs Gate 3 and Dragon Age Veilguard
- What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) Not much, probably just your usual word and excel.
- How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? Minimum of 500 GB
- If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. Best buy https://www.bestbuy.com/
- How long do you want to keep your laptop? At least 5 years.
- 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 dont have a preference, just something that is reputable or has a good track.
- What country do you live in? USA.
- Please tell us any additional information if needed. International student who travels twice a year, dont know much about laptops or components but just need enough to play Baldurs Gate 3 and that it stays good for a long time
The gaming laptops with the highest consumer ratings are Lenovo and HP. I've owned many gaming laptops through the years, and I will only buy from these two brands now. Everything else has problems and low build quality. I've had MSi, Asus, Acer, Sager, etc. Do yourself a favor and get either a Lenovo or HP. My current laptop is an HP Omen, and it's fantastic. Never gets hot. The keyboard is great. I bought my kids Lenovos, and they are fantastic as well.
Also, if you want your laptop to last 5 years, you might want to consider buying the extended warranty, although that's more for the other brands than the HP and Lenovo. It still wouldn't hurt. Laptops, even the best ones, are just not as reliable long-term as a desktop.
If you need help with specs, it's better that you post links to some that you are looking at, and I'll look through them