Question Your pick for a laptop. (non-gaming)

[El Nenin]

I'm in the market for a new laptop. I have a $1000 budget. I know companies like Lenovo offer a military discount. So if the price after discount and before tax and shipping is $1000 or less that is fine. Right off let me say what I'm looking for specifically. 4 must haves. Metal chassis or lid (any metal ie. aluminum, magnesium, etc), 15" screen or larger, backlit keyboard, and a discreet video card. I'm not concerned about things such a as manufacturer, build quality, or storage capacity. Thanks I'm advance. I've owned several laptops over the years, but never one with the aforementioned attributes. This is my first post by the way.

 

[Eedat]

What are you doing with it? Gaming? Video editing? Just browsing the internet?

 

[El Nenin]

Mostly content streaming apps, VERY light gaming, and home movie video editing.

 

[rhyalus]

Not easy, my friend. Metal = higher build quality, and discrete video card is also getting more costly.

I am not sure what very light gaming is...can you be more specific and call out a game or two?

I'll take a look when I get a chance, but you may want to get some ideas from Amazon and maybe youtube videos.

Check out HP Pavillion 15" systems, Maybe an HP Envy on sale. For Dell I would look at the G5, but I am not sure what they are made of.

The build quality you are looking for is the tough thing to find in a low price machine.

R

 

[El Nenin]

Thanks for your input. I ended up going with a Lenovo Legion 5 with a Ryzen 4800H and an AMD 1650ti. I got it off of their website for just over 900 bucks after their own promo code and my military discount. I was about to pull the trigger on a Razer 15 that Amazon has for $500 off regular price, but I was unsure if it was the 2019 or the 2020 model. I heard some sketchy things about the quality control at Razer. Some folks have said they ironed a lot of them out in the 2020 models. Thanks again for the advice.