Wasn't sure if I should ask /v/ or Jow Forums but I got a lot of extra money and I'm thinking of investing in a mostly gaming laptop I can use for college on the side
What does Jow Forums recommend?
My budget is around $600
Laptop recommendation
Jayden Myers
Ethan Sanchez
Buy a thinkpad for 40 bucks, install gentoo and invest in something
Nathaniel Torres
Macbook Pro with Touch Bar
Joseph Howard
>investing
>gaming laptop
Luke Allen
a laptop isn't an investment
Juan Martin
Check the wiki, logicalincrements, or laptopscribes.com or just kys.
Austin Jackson
I've been looking for a cheap ThinkPad and I can only find overpriced bullshit, where do you guys find these cheap ass ThinkPads?
Michael Harris
>gaming laptop for college
when will this meme stop?
buy a refurbished business laptop for under 200 dollars on ebay. look for a hp elitebook, a lenovo thinkpad or a dell laditude. forget about the gaming shit. stick to a console.
there is no way you could get a good gaming laptop for 600 dollars. what you will most likely get is a laptop that barely plays 2009 games
Evan Jenkins
you look for refurbished ones on ebay. you don't buy new
Brody Baker
>a lot of extra money
>$600
$600 isn't really enough to get you a decent gaming laptop.
Unironically, buy an old i7 Thinkcentre and throw a 1060 in it for gaming at home, then buy a Thinkpad x230 for college work. This setup will outperform a $600 gaming laptop and will still be within budget.
Kayden Smith
Yeah, I have been, but it seems like everything is either broken to shit or $100 more than it should be.
Michael Richardson
They're right, OP. I bought an x220 for $100 on eBay (with an included ultrabase) and put in a $200 1 TB SSD and it does everything I need it to. Buy a PS4 (or switch if you're onions) or build a cheap pc if you want to play indie games that aren't graphics intensive or emulate.
Adam Robinson
>investing
>laptop
Yea boi you gonna get mad returns on that investment. Like -75% the second you open the box.
Brody Garcia
i didn't see that*
Ian Thomas
You don’t want to carry around a gaming laptop, get a smaller business laptop second hand and put the leftover money towards a desktop or console. A ps4 is an easy buy now anyway with the price of graphics and memory, it also has some great exclusives. Get a switch if you want something portable.
Xavier Howard
Buy from Lenovo and wait 10 months for your new Thinkpad.
Nicholas Hill
I bought one of these earlier this year and had a good experience with this seller.
dellrefurbished.com
Dell Latitude E6440
Outstanding reliability and performance
Travel and work with confidence knowing your Latitude E6440 features a business-rugged design. It’s MIL-STD-810G-tested Tri-metal chassis, anodized-aluminum exterior and powdercoated base combine for exceptional strength and lasting good looks.
This unit features:
Processor: Intel Core i7 (i7-4610M) 3.00 GHz
Memory: 8 GB
Hard Drive: 256 GB
Display: 14" FHD (1920 x 1080)
OS: Windows 7 Professional
$519.00
Isaac Smith
I like the rrackpoint but any recs with dedicated gpu?
Christian Gutierrez
Not op but how's dell inspiron 5566 I think it has good Linux drivers and a comes with a radeon GPU, besides that it seems to have OK refrigeration and easily swappable parts
Liam Bennett
The Latitude I bought was a bit different and less expensive. It has an Nvidia NVS 4200M and Intel HD on the processor - a bit weird. It was a cosmetic grade B but it is in excellent condition. I am very pleased.
Nathaniel Nelson
why didn't you just install Ubuntu mate?
Logan Anderson
This is Ubuntu Mate.
Nicholas Roberts
Got a Dell laptop on sale and it came preinstalled with Win 10. I've been using win 7 forever and I can't get used to this shit. What the fuck can I do ? Of course, there's no drivers on dell support for win 7
Grayson Baker
You could boot a Live USB of Ubuntu and explore it without any significant commitments. And if you like it...
ubuntu.com
tutorials.ubuntu.com
William Howard
Thanks! I'll give it a try
Jacob Ross
Cheap Thinkpad (xx20 or xx30 series) and EGPU setup.
Jeremiah Gonzalez
You know my aorus x3 r7 gets hot but a 13.9 inch laptop with a 1060 and a 7700hq it does a great job without all the extra egpu hardware
Lincoln Bell
Don't make the same mistake that I did! Don't buy a cheap gaming laptop. A gaming laptop under 1000$ is basically a super shitty laptop, with a mediocre graphics card thrown in.
Instead, get a thinkpad for 50-200$, and save up for a gaming desktop.
Austin Wilson
Shopineer.com click gaming laptops
Best you can find for 600 will be a dell 5567 woth a 1050. Try to pish budget to 900 or so and get a 1060 or at the very least a 1050ti. Sorry op but for 600 you cant get a good gaming laptop unless its used.
Landon Thomas
Chromebook. Video games have made you retarded.
Gabriel Hall
So something like this?
ebay.com.au
I'm looking for a laptop to replace my parents shitty old prebuilt that's dying.