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!
Bang for the buck, Macs. Solid builds, last forever. I had a 2013 Air that I finally replaced this year with an M1. No PC I have ever had ever stuck around that long.
Second this. I threw Linux Mint on a 2012 Macbook Pro and have been happy with it. Had to install wifi drivers, but it was the last model with ethernet, so it wasn’t a big deal.
I get mine off of woot.
Keep in mind new Macbooks have proprietary silicon so you can’t easily install Linux on it yet. There’s a group working on Asahi Linux to bring Linux to Apple silicon, but they have to reverse engineering Apple’s whole architecture to get there. There’s a functional alpha after 3 years of work, but functionality still isn’t there (no brightness control, bluetooth, etc).
My 2015 MacBook pro is starting to slow down significantly. I’m heartbroken. I think I upgraded the OS one too many times. Poor dual core CPU is barely hanging on.
I have a Xps 13 from 2015. Still running well. I just need to replace the battery. The secret is the OS. I use linux, mac has a very similar OS. Laptops with a good OS can easily last a decade (with the exception of battery). I still have an hp from 2006, that I intensively used for work until 2013 with linux, that is still working. I had to change it because the wifi wasn’t working, otherwise it is still fine.
Meanwhile my current hp work laptop, valued over 2500 $, with windows on it, was already broken after less than 6 months. It is a completely shitshow. Unfortunately my current company doesn’t support any better OS.
I agree with you, in general, on all points, but I also think that build quality matters, and I have yet to find a manufactured PC that isn’t a race to the bottom for the cheapest parts (and I own a high-end name-brand customized PC for specifically for gaming). But, for my day to day, work and general purpose machine, it’s Macs and will be for the foreseeable future.