What is a good general purpose laptop on the market right now? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by mobiuscoffee@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hey lemmings!

I'm looking to get a new laptop in the near future but I keep getting lost in the details of what is good versus what I'd need.

I'm not really a gamer and already have a console for most games, but would like something that can at least run something like league of legends.

I also would be doing some light video editing but even so I don't think I'd need some top of the line cutting edge option.

So I thought I'd ask Lemmy for their thoughts on what's a good general purpose/workish laptop in 2023!

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[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

If you are a fellow Linux user, make sure you don't get Nvidia, and i believe Dell and Lenovo have good compatibility and support Linux, but check that out in any case.

[-] pztrn@bin.pztrn.online 7 points 1 year ago

nvidia works fine in Linux, haven't encountered any big problems ever in laptops. Just make sure that this is a discrete adaptor which will be used only for gaming or rendering (VAAPI, CUDA, etc.).

Yes, as main video adaptor nVidia isn't that great.

[-] lemmy@lemmy.quad442.com 2 points 1 year ago

As both. Arch user and a Nvidia fanboy This advice is barely valid just watch your Nvidia driver updates. I don't let mine go until after reports are out on how it works

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