Hi everyone!

I need to buy a new laptop to replace my 12 years old laptop. I didn’t look after hardware for a while for some personal reasons.

I will buy something new. My needs are:

  • photo editing
  • video editing
  • vector graphics editing/creation
  • good battery life (I don’t want to worry about)
  • web navigating, docs, spreadsheets
  • USB-C charging would be nice

I don’t game, and Framework isn’t available where I live.

I would be happy to have some recommendation on what is a good hardware for this use and good brand.

Thanks!

  • Josh@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    11 months ago

    As someone who frequents the laptop market, I’ll throw in my two-cents.

    If you’re looking for value, don’t compromise on performance, buy refurbished.

    While I’m certain it is definitely different from country to country, a refurbished laptop typically has more life to give in them.

    I’d recommend business laptops, such as the Dell Latitudes or the Lenovo Thinkpads, but an M1 MacBook Air provides an absolutely shocking amount of performance for the price.

    Checking sites like eBay or the pages of hardware resellers rather than big box stores is definitely where I’d go.

    • Pantherina@feddit.de
      2·
      11 months ago

      True, M1 and even M2 macs have superb battery life. Fedora Asahi remix will still be pretty hacky though and have more problems. But a lot works now, it has opengl support, a FOSS rust driver for the GPU and more.

    • moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      1·
      11 months ago

      I will not compromise on the performance. I will definitively look to the refurbished units. The biggest issue we have here, it’s we are a small country and our own keyboard layout (the keyboard isn’t a real issue).

      Thanks for the help.