"If i say the Hp Envy is good, it will go from good to sold out in 30 minutes." Thats a whole flex

@suntzu1409

2 жыл бұрын

Weird flex but ok

@BoSaGuy

2 жыл бұрын

@@suntzu1409 Not really weird. Weird for us? Yes, but for someone like them, no.

@BoSaGuy

2 жыл бұрын

And a valid one

@69k_gold

2 жыл бұрын

I've checked the sales 1 hour after this video is released vs now, HP envy ran out at 4 sellers

@umarabid150

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I checked it and its sold out at every single online and traditional store I could check even here overseas in Pakistan.. Soooo.....

Its badass knowing that you can single-handedly cut up the buying market by dropping a video

@robertkennion9020

2 жыл бұрын

No it isnt. Its what happens when someones head gets too big

@somethingdifferent9024

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertkennion9020 ooooookayyyyyyyy

@t3r619

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertkennion9020 but it’s not him buying them…

@punnequraq

2 жыл бұрын

Remember when he did a video on Walmart’s $300 laptop? It sold out in an hour and hasn’t been in stock for more than 30 minutes since that video came out

@Xfade81

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertkennion9020 You underestimate supply after dropping a favourable video when you reach millions of people with your video's.

For a back to school device, I would be particularly looking at durability and repairability. School devices are hard to not abuse.

@svenskanal

2 жыл бұрын

Buy a used Thinkpad. They are tanks built for hard abuse in business environments.

@heroninja1125

2 жыл бұрын

@@svenskanal damn right. The clerks at my local community health centre use 11 year old ThinkPad and I have seen them drop them and spill drinks on them and then wipe it off and put it back on the table like it was nothing

@rubymakesmusic

Жыл бұрын

@@heroninja1125 i have a (i think) prototype, i can confirm it is from a lab that designs hardware at amazon, cant say much to else, but it has windows 7 enterprise. forgot password and had to go with pro. as soon as i put in the new battery cause the old one would only work when plugged in, windows said "nope, you got a fake session, get recked." but yeah, old laptops i guess gang

@TheGeniusJanUncensored

Жыл бұрын

buy a gaming laptop their good for back to school too

@juicebx283

Жыл бұрын

@@heroninja1125 the nokia of the laptop world LOL

i love how most of the budget options are more expensive than my main pc lol

@desmondlau1385

2 жыл бұрын

ikr. I dig real hard and finally found my budget laptop that fits what I need for $500. Altho I had to make a few compromises but nevertheless are the right ones, like TN display and no backlit keyboard, but I'm happy with it being slim and lightweight, i3 11th gen processor, 8gb ram and 512gb nvme storage. Graphics is integrated graphics tho but the laptop works fast and flawless for my everyday needs.

@jasno_

2 жыл бұрын

reality slaps us in the face

@evolicious

2 жыл бұрын

Pay cheap, get cheap. You can't blame anyone but yourself when you are buying luxury items that don't exist as reliable products for a budget that only a 9 year old could handle.

@mn_0554

2 жыл бұрын

@@desmondlau1385 what laptop is it? I'm looking for one in the same price range

@mn_0554

2 жыл бұрын

@@desmondlau1385 thanks for the response, will look into it!

I love how LTT won't let Dell have it with the "Financing" issue with his buying guide video.

@keeperofthegood

2 жыл бұрын

@Quantum Only if you got the extended warranty with the at home service and paid the upgrade that wasn't actually installed.

@Liafram

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, Linus' secret shopper series has permanently affected how I feel about doing business with Dell. Seriously... fuck Dell.

@rlosangeleskings

2 жыл бұрын

A twist on an old classic Dell commercial... Dude... There's your problem... You own a Dell...

@noenic

2 жыл бұрын

@Quantum I called DELL service for my XPS order and nobody talked to me about financing or any thing x) maybe in France people don't like financing

@killertruth186

2 жыл бұрын

Funny enough, even with their refurbished Alienware gaming laptops cost over 2k....

The biggest flex is: "If i say the Hp Envy is good, it will go from good to sold out in 30 minutes."

@Jacob-zv7xw

2 жыл бұрын

he gives the best tech tips

@mathisbuilder

2 жыл бұрын

Does Linus really have that much influence?

@jinx9956

2 жыл бұрын

@@mathisbuilder yep,he can trash talk Nvidia and get away with it.

@datvu6

2 жыл бұрын

@@mathisbuilder he got 13.8 millions subscribers and this video netted 1 million views in less than a day. His influence is undeniable, especially on the PC and Laptop market.

@edwardmitchell6581

2 жыл бұрын

@@mathisbuilder If 1% of the viewers follow his advice, he's probably right.

Another important factor: *_key layout._* Language can always be changed in the OS, but key layout is fixed unless you get something like a Thinkpad with replaceable key layout options. For example, here in Québec brick-and-mortar stores basically have to sell laptops with the ANSI Canadian French layout or at the very least Canadian Multilingual Standard, so that people can actually use them. But online stores may only sell models with U.S.A. ISO layouts; which means you're getting fewer keys; and typing in your language could be a serious avoidable pain. Lots of people buy expensive laptops online, only to realize that they ended up with the ISO layout, which absolutely sucks for typing in French; or worse they end up with the european AZERTY "French" layout which is arguably even worse (at least USA ISO is still QWERTY). Canadian French ANSI is required by schools in the province and provincial public institutions in both official languages pretty much only use this one _exclusively_ because it is proven to be better for typing both in French _and_ also even just for typing in English. The older Canadian Multilingual Standard ANSI is still used by some federal institutions, but is low-key gradually being replaced by U.S.A. ISO just because most unilingual anglophones don't know how to tell the difference and the supply of U.S.A. ISO is easier to come by. And don't even get me started on how hard it is to preserve multilingual layouts for the various First Nations and Indigenous languages and prevent them from getting phased out too.

@realintensify

Жыл бұрын

Bro who’s reading that? No offense but it’s kinda alot

@soniccookie655

Жыл бұрын

@@realintensify Skim it, if it’s relevant to you read further, if not scroll past.

@realintensify

Жыл бұрын

@@soniccookie655 alright, what’s skim though?

@papetoast

Жыл бұрын

@@realintensify (Merriam-Webster) Skim: to glance through (something, such as a book) for the chief ideas or the plot Try to use google to search a word you dont know. Also, it really isn't a lot. You should get used to reading this amount of information.

@realintensify

Жыл бұрын

@@papetoast oh alright, English isn't my main language, so it seems like a lot for me xd, anyway have a nice day :D.

I have been looking into what I should look for while buying a laptop for like the past month, and this is probably one of the best videos I've watched, and also probably one of the best on this entire platform itself.

I can now stop spending an hour teaching my family and friends how to look for a laptop, which usually ends in me just picking one for them, and send them this video. Thank you LTT!

@firalia

2 жыл бұрын

Lmaoo same

@bayawak_

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao wait a while and they'll be asking you again

@nelsitcho

2 жыл бұрын

Do you really think that it's going to solve your problem? lmao

@John-Perry

2 жыл бұрын

Fucking Getter! I saw him at EDC 2017!

@SirBilliam96

2 жыл бұрын

@@bayawak_ you are probably right, but I will just send them the link again lol :p

Lots of great advice!

@aravpanwar2431

2 жыл бұрын

mmm yes

@Ben.N

2 жыл бұрын

ayy

@Priyajit_Ghosh

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jarrod, congrats! We will love to have a similar kind of Laptop buying guide from you.

@tkermi

2 жыл бұрын

But about the displays: Are OLED displays really that bad for the battery life 😳? I thought they are considerably better with dark content and slightly worse with bright content.

@user-xw1vn1il9l

2 жыл бұрын

omen 15 good?

It's nice to see that AMD has final matches the naming scheme with the Zen 3 for mobile and desktop CPUs

Great video guide, I really like to watch your reviews especially when I got Asus G14 after watching your review.

Glad to see Jarrod's Tech getting some recognition, the man really knows how to make proper laptop reviews.

@drincocaj2971

2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree, I've come to a point that I will refuse to buy a laptop that hasn't been tested and reviewed by Jarrod's Tech.

@XVindicare

2 жыл бұрын

YEP :D Used him as a guide as well when I got my expensive laptop

@ballistic0526

2 жыл бұрын

your right :)

@TaimatCR

2 жыл бұрын

I would also add Bob of all trades there, specifically for gaming laptop reviews, but he's been absent for a while so...

@kent2312

2 жыл бұрын

ikr

me: "so how do i buy a laptop?" LTT: "that's the neat part, you don't"

@Rockygaming241

2 жыл бұрын

he only tells u what config to buy, not how to buy

@jeanp.5929

2 сағат бұрын

go to the manufacturer's website maybe.

Linus can you *please* tell me where to find that Portal 2 wallpaper you have?

@ralphh796

2 жыл бұрын

a google search away

@heisernsu3813

2 жыл бұрын

@@ralphh796 I mean sometimes its pretty hard to find the exact one with just a google search lol

@drewdunham6189

2 жыл бұрын

Hey love the vids blue jay

@slayyyters_cigarette

2 жыл бұрын

@@heisernsu3813 that said, _with a microsoft profile picture_

@heisernsu3813

2 жыл бұрын

@@slayyyters_cigarette hey i don't like google stealing my information for advertisers and making bad business practices, but here's a secret: microsoft doesn't do it much differently. sometimes you need a partner in crime 🤠 I'm still sad that Windows Phone wasn't a success because of Google's Android and Apple :(

I just got an HP envy x360 13 with an i7 and 8gb of ram. I’m a bit sad that the ram is soldered but I absolutely love the size, screen and keyboard of this laptop. It also looks great

I'm born blind, I'm interacting here using a screen reader. And I admire your work, I really like your content, I'm very happy that it's growing so fast! Congratulations for work and dedication. Motivated by my interest in the computer field, together with my friends I created a project called Blind Center, our goal is to bring information and show how blind people use KZread and other digital platforms! Hope you like it! As we speak the Portuguese language, you can use KZread subtitles to understand the content of the videos.

@oksowhat

2 жыл бұрын

nice work,

@robert4you

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone needs to thumb up this comment!

@dehanbadenhorst1398

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@ddc171

2 жыл бұрын

This is wholesome

@alrightfritz9692

2 жыл бұрын

bruh so amazing

Another shoutout to Framework. Let's keep cheering for them.

@dustinedwards5642

2 жыл бұрын

I wish he’d gone into a little more depth on how well framework functions as a “gaming” laptop though. I’m debating buying one, and curious what titles would actually run on it. Regardless, great video!

@aronseptianto8142

2 жыл бұрын

@@dustinedwards5642 so here's a few things you can ask yourself 1. do you play only 2D games? 2. if it's 3D is it an old esport title (that you don't play competitively) / old in general 3. if not, is it a casual game with really simple graphics (see overcooked or anything that goes with that style) if any of this is a yes then an iris XE (which is framework's GPU) is probably enough for most of your need, note that you can off course still play heavier 3D games, but you might need to tolerate 24fps medium to low setting, which again, is a completely playable experience that I fully enjoy.

@harbirsingh7266

2 жыл бұрын

@@dustinedwards5642 framework doesn't make gaming laptops yet. If they prove the concept to be successful then they could release a new chassis with gaming hardware in the future.

@inconnudeuxmille1752

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't enough to my liking but at least they we're mentionned. Also he could have used the framework instead of the «HP envy 14» in the beginning to increase the preorder number… (But that's me being an fanboy of a laptop that I can't buy😢)

@tams805

2 жыл бұрын

@@dustinedwards5642 Well, you came to the wrong video. This isn't about Framework.

Really comprehensive and entertaining at the same time, this one was awesome!!

Even after all these years, I think way over a decade now that I've been following Linus on YT, every video I watch regardless of release date, is still relevant and fun with great presentation. Tl;dr Linus is a legend.

Wait, DELL has a financing option? But what about extended warranty!

@ohseabass6852

2 жыл бұрын

Whats your pfp from 🤔

@TheOmegaRiddler

2 жыл бұрын

you're getting it if you turn your back on Dell because they'll try to slip it in.

@YouAreBreathing

2 жыл бұрын

@Tamamo Don't forget about the extended warranty for that extended warranty. Oh, and you'll need to pay extra for shipping that extended warranty to you.

2 жыл бұрын

You are in luck! They can easily sell you two of those without your consent!

@ajspice

2 жыл бұрын

That's funny, because Dell's are the ONLY laptops I've ever purchased that lasted. My first Macbook in 2012? I tore it apart with my hands and pitched it the second year I had it because it was a piece of shit. Bought a Dell Inspiron shortly after. Nine years later the Dell still boots and runs like new. The only issue is the headphone jack is screwed. At work we have no less than FOUR dead Mac's.

The explanations of laptop cpu’s and gpu’s actually clarified a lot for me. This is a really well organized and executed video!

@avatarelharar218

2 жыл бұрын

They never explained the U series that I mostly see though for budget like 6-800$?

@JoeNokers

2 жыл бұрын

@@avatarelharar218 U type cores are low power efficient CPU's generally used in budget laptops or in ultrabooks where battery life is the most important thing

Thanks for making this, this really helped a friend who needed to buy a laptop

that image with the sRGB, adobe RGB and prophoto RGB to see was a nice touch!

One think that is often the most overlooked is the build quality and the port selection. It doesn't seams much but it makes a huge difference on how you can use it everyday.

@seeibe

2 жыл бұрын

Thunderbolt is all I need for ports TBH. I tend to just put docks or hubs everywhere I need to hook up my laptop and leave them there. Having the ports on the laptop itself is more of a downside because which ports are "popular" changes every few years. The only exception would be a Framework laptop I guess.

@pierrelezan

2 жыл бұрын

@@seeibe maybe for you but not for everyone. Having an HDMI plug is really usefull for students and teacher to use a projector. Having an usb type A will save you when you will need to work with an old school thumb drive / device I need an ethernet connexion for my work (security reasons) I've had to much issue of unreliable dongle to let them be my only solution.

@pierrelezan

2 жыл бұрын

but yes thunderbolt is a also a must

@ThiagoLc06

2 жыл бұрын

@@pierrelezan yes, for anyone, ports doesn't matter when you have hubs, stop crying scrub

@pierrelezan

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThiagoLc06My point was to take it into account the port selection at the purchase. If you only need thunderbolt to plug your hubs then go for it. Anyone have different needs. Hubs don't fit everyone needs.

‘Generally, they have the best cooling’ *shows an alienware laptop*

@pu239

2 жыл бұрын

@Shane Sahil for showing an example of excellent cooling they should've gone with an asus rog strix/zephyrus lol

@SheddysGaming

2 жыл бұрын

Precisely 🤣

@johnjia2736

2 жыл бұрын

X17 is actually pretty for this year. However the m15 r5/r6 is a different story.

@turboivtec

2 жыл бұрын

I will say having worked with them for years as a technician they are better designed then most competitors. The main reason they run hot is because Dell does not reduce clock speeds to show lower temperatures. They aim hard and fast for the highest scores possible. Their motherboards are also extremely well built with high end caps, chips, and components. There will be no bargain basement components to cut costs/corners. For example to perform motherboard repair, you can't use the same machine like most motherboards, it must run at double the heat to desolder.

@caesar485

2 жыл бұрын

@@turboivtec that's just not true. Their laptops are fine-ish. But their desktops are awful, look at the GN reviews and you'll know enough.

This really helps a lot especially since i am considering buying a new laptop soon thanks sm Linus!!!

I have watched this video 3 times from beginning to end. Really informative. Thank you

Honestly, something like this for server/home lab stuff would be amazing. By now I know just about everything I need to know about personal rigs, but anything servery is just out of scope and there aren't really any beginner-friendly hardware guides.

@academicpachyderm5155

2 жыл бұрын

ServeTheHome may have some good content for you

@muizzy

2 жыл бұрын

@@academicpachyderm5155 Yeah, I was looking at his channel/website and at craft computing. But neither have a video like "things to take into account when setting up your first homelab". A few videos about "check this cheap server" or "check this cool hardware" is as close as I've gotten to that 😅 So if you have any video recommendations, I'd love to hear them! :D

10:05 caption is incorrect. Caption: "...lower is generally better." Actual: "...more is generally better."

@StuckDuck

9 ай бұрын

most of LTT's captions are wrong because they probably commission them from external people, see the "iGP use" rather than "iGPUs" or "with your three" instead of "Witcher III" in this video, but there are more examples of this in other videos

Thanks Austin, I really needed help figuring my laptop out and this helped

Have to also add, as a G14 owner, with the R9 and 3060, holy shit. I finished Far Cry 5 on in with details cranked to high, and the fans were never really an issue ( I also have mild hearing loss) and it was a gorgeous experience. I can absolutely recommend it, specifically if your local Best Buy has one in the open box category, or they run it at 1400 bucks again (when I got it, though the open box, but new one was tempting at 1339)

XPS touchpad QC issue deserves an honorable mention too. Don’t let their financing dept take all the spotlight

@Purely4subs

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly - XPS QC is just awful. Although I suspect reviewers don't ever experience that problem

@ru2225

2 жыл бұрын

@@Purely4subs reviewers have constantly talked about XPS QC issues lol. And how they've had to send them back for replacements because of shitty track pads or something else

@TheNloth

2 жыл бұрын

@@ru2225 It appears the issue is more prevalent with retail units. The reviewers who only look at review units might not notice it. But the user complaints are getting harder to ignore. Surprised LTT haven't acknowledged it.

@evolicious

2 жыл бұрын

You idiots bought a Dell? LOLOLOLOLOL

this is a REALLY good video especially how everyone gets a portion to give advice on. Its also so "non techy" and general crowd friendly which is so undervalued amongst most KZread channels... such an easy share...

@RedceLL1978

2 жыл бұрын

I bought a Lenovo Legion 5 16GB, AMD Ryzen 7 variant w/ 1660ti. Was a good balance between way too expensive and very good performance for the price. Only downside was battery life, but if you're gaming, you're definitely plugged in anyway. Thing about that though is, it's no longer $1000 bucks. Apparently Lenovo realized why should they offer such a good thing for such a low price and I haven't seen it at that price for a while now. It's closer to $1500 now.

This is the best and most informative video about laptop buying guide out there!

Really hope LTT gets around to making one of these again but for a 2023 roundup. I'm really excited for the new 40 series mobile GPUs.

"Looking at you Witcher 3 players" Was that a shoutout to a 6 year old game? Just shows how well it has held up.

@JBLZFTW

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing what a game with actual time and effort put into it can do

@daanishgupta

2 жыл бұрын

GTA players: First time?

@vizdrom

2 жыл бұрын

@@daanishgupta I would love to play GTA but online kinda sucks whenever I play it (I never understand the missions) and the updates recently made it unplayable on my laptop. It never goes beyond 20 fps and online crashes. (940mx and i5-7200u if anyone cares and would like to give me suggestions on how to make it playable)

@daanishgupta

2 жыл бұрын

@@vizdrom Just pump all the graphics settings to the lowest. Make the resolution the native res of your PC. That's all. It actually runs pretty well and with a 940MX, medium to high usually runs well but run it on low for now to see if it's functioning. Gives you 60 fps comfortably.

@CallMeDX

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

My always advice: Avoid the ones with names that's like a short serial number of some sort (usually around 400 to 600+ dollars). These ones are just products with random specs that companies needed to do to circulate revenue. The ones with a flagship or name series had the right spec (at least) for the job.

@azin6732

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. They seem to work fine at first but quickly age and issues start to pop up

@killertruth186

2 жыл бұрын

You had also forget about the ones with the older hardware with newer features that made the laptop cost over $2k.

@deki9827

2 жыл бұрын

Most of Asus' older laptops have a serial number like name.

@akshatrb

2 жыл бұрын

That's a WILD generalization

@Ghost19_

2 жыл бұрын

@@akshatrb I know but sadly it is really is just that common (and is based heavily on my experience). I started with these serial number laptops as that's what I can afford back then and tbh, none of them lasted properly, and when I finally decided to buy a name series (or flagship ones), the difference is out obvious. To make it worst, here in Asia, just go to any online store or malls and we are COMPLETELY flooded with all these serial numbers laptops here and there, just emphasizing the point that these companies needed to roll out some products just to get some too; same thing with any other tech really if we are to consider it as a whole.

Love how the làptop i mainly was looking at is in the negatives of all these specs

This was really good for a noob like myself.. now I can make more informed decisions choosing my next laptop.

I just got a gaming laptop for school. I got the MAINGEAR Element 2-EL2 17.3 for $749 open box from micro center. It was a former display unit but still had all the plastic on it from production. 2060 max p with a 10750h and 32 gigs of ram. It was a freaking steal!

@FascistTrex

2 жыл бұрын

Good deal

@georgeousthegorgeous

2 жыл бұрын

Noice

@someonehere4380

2 жыл бұрын

w-wow

Finally, an updated video that highlights all the important details on selecting a laptop by yourself.

really man linus did two sponsorship in just 10 seconds. that is why i am giving him the award businessman of 2077

The video structure was really good, especially bringing so many people in talking about the stuff they know a lot about. Can agree with some points on my HP Envy x360 I bought last year. Screen is cool (including the touch capability), keyboard and trackpad are amazing, battery is okay and since my main PC is at my desk and I mainly need the laptop for work or traveling, the perfomance is enough. Only thing I made a mistake on is the soldered 8GB or RAM. Looked at the wrong model number and bought the 8GB model to save money for now. Perfomance is still good for now but I will regret this.

this would have helped me a lot afew years ago when i bought a laptop knowing nothing about computers and then later finding out its trash, but now im finally switching to a desktop

@LinusTechTips

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes, a classic way to get sucked into computers is doing a big dumb and then overcompensating. Have been there -Alex

@TrustedBird

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened to me I built my pc now

@sasthakumar.n3719

2 жыл бұрын

@@LinusTechTips so true been There

@dingding4898

2 жыл бұрын

I built my 3rd pc 7 years ago, and just bought my first mac 15 days ago :P

@evolicious

2 жыл бұрын

@Hamza_S_Meah Yikes, won't be smooth in a year though. Macs are not built for reliability and performance.

Lenovo ideapad Gaming 3i is what brought me through my last 3 years of college. It's been almost perfect for light gaming, and some software development. Also, upgrading from 8gb to 16gb from crucial was very easy.

@ogzapatah

Жыл бұрын

I have it too, and is pretty good for it's price...only complain is probably the screen, otherwise, it's has been Rock solid so far...

@whistler_

11 ай бұрын

I have an old Lenovo that i love, but the weight and the dim screen is starting to bother me 😅

Thank youuuu I was looking for a video like this for a long time 🤗

Thank you so much for creating the playlist and this video. the way you discuss things is really simple and efficient. Even my parents would understand this so well. Thank you again!

Such a great video format, I love how multiple hosts were included

@Chanpaiix

2 жыл бұрын

g i a n t s k e l e t o n

@masterdoge17

Жыл бұрын

that’s not the hog rider that’s the giant skeleton

Another thing to consider if you’re studying a STEM field (sciences for us non-Americans) at university, having a Mac makes getting software / in-silico work done a lot more challenging, with out of date or non-existent software. Trust me, biomedical science was not fun with a MacBook Pro

@EpicWolverine

2 жыл бұрын

I’d say the only exception being if you’re studying Computer Science or Software Engineering, but even then you’re bound to run into something that requires a Windows VM and you may be on your own to get partially compatible things working. For electrical or computer engineering, unless you want to try to pass USB devices through to a Windows VM and deal with the possible flakiness that can come with that, I would avoid a Mac. If you really want a Mac, your other option could be to get a Mac and do work that requires Windows on university computer lab machines.

@ixskillz

2 жыл бұрын

@@EpicWolverine Yeah I studied mixed comp sci and cyber security and grabbed a old think pad to do most of my university work on because it was just less hassle than using my Mac

@tonho91

2 жыл бұрын

I did fine with a MacBook Pro with Parallels Desktop. All the programs that I needed worked just fine. I would ask advice from your seniors before making a decision.

@jg374

2 жыл бұрын

The nice thing about being told by an Eng unit to use Windows software last updated in 2000 is that it works well with Wine on Linux :). Less so with the large, proprietary software since then like Autodesk and Solidworks, but things like Matlab have a version for Mac and Linux (but so does Python and numpy :) ).

@realFourD

2 жыл бұрын

Look at your module list or ask professors beforehand. I know some chemists who had to use weird windows only software. However I did math, most professors seemed to have a mac and a few had Ubuntu. Bash scripting and developing on unix for a HPC is way more convenient than dealing with Windows

I got a Lenovo legion with a i5 10300H and a RTX 2060 6GB for 15,000 MXN or about 750 USD 2 weeks ago, a great deal considering tha the retail price in my country is the double. Upgraded from 8 to 32GB of RAM and added a 2TB NVeM and I have been running my ANSYS heat simulations in less than a tenth of the time that it took my old EliteBook with a I5 gen 3 and Intel 4600 integrated graphics. Also for gaming, oh God, managed to get vermitide and darktide to run at 60 fps, yes I had to make some compromises with the graphics settings but I got to play some of the most demanding games in the market for little less than 1000 USD, after upgrades and some other things that I added for confort.

@benclimo461

Жыл бұрын

Wow thats decent

@carlosdgutierrez6570

Жыл бұрын

@@benclimo461 I mean, it was the best deal possible at the moment, everything else in the same price range either had a GTX 1060 or 1660, not even Ti versions paired with I3. And I can't go for a full desktop because my job demands me to move constantly and I need the computer for working besides gaming.

@Kamletue

Жыл бұрын

16gb was enough

@carlosdgutierrez6570

Жыл бұрын

@@Kamletue it was only 400 Mexican pesos or 20 USD more expensive to jump from 16 to 32 GB and I need those extra GB for mathematical simulation in ANSYS and other programs.

@Kamletue

Жыл бұрын

@@carlosdgutierrez6570 Yeah okay

Proving this is great, i still come back to it when trying to give recommendations

This reminds me of the kind of talk sales reps would give me back in the days when I wasn't so tech savvy except back then I knew I had to be weary of their recommendations. Giving advice to an unknowledgeable person in a way they understand without sounding like a douche and in a timely fashion is quite difficult. Awesome work

@justinbussell7637

2 жыл бұрын

Sales rep: What do you need the laptop for? Customer: Office, Internet Browsing emails... Sales Rep: "Can I suggest this $1000 laptop"

@nabilbudiman271

2 жыл бұрын

Salesman is always a salesman, I remember exactly two years ago when I decided to buy a Samsung phones and a young salesman came to me and offering me another phones that'd be good for gaming and selfies, but I never really interested because I'm a Uber driver and he quickly switch the topic from gaming to how the phone he offered to me could increase my Uber rate and orders and I could only smile and cringing while he keeps bullshitting around, in the end I bought the Samsung that I want anyway and he's a bit pissed off. You never EVER trust what the salesman says especially in the third world country. Take a grain of salt.

@aronseptianto8142

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinbussell7637 tbf if you look rich enough there'll be reason why you would choose a 1000$ laptop for office work, i.e battery life and weight

That was hilarious when the guy declined a date just because he spent all his money on a 3080, he wasn’t even gaming or he wouldn’t have responded immediately.

I have the alienware 15 r3 2017 with i7 7700hq and gtx 1070. I upgraded it from 8gb ram to a newer 32gb ram, new battery and put a skin on it. Newer laptops don't temp me cause in my laptop did I learn plenty things and it is still capable until today. Just repasting together with cleaning and diagnostics is what I do on my laptop which I learned on the way while owning it.

namaste, this is the best guide i have seen yet, thank you!

Problem with buying laptops is that it's near impossible to know what you are buying. Manufactures deliberately leave out information such as ram timings, SSD read/write speed, actual performance of CPU etc... Trying to compare laptops is also impossible since manufactures deliberately change model numbers frequently so you have no clue of the one you are buying and the one being reviewed. Lastly cooling, most laptops just list specs but never actually perform at the stated specs because it throttles like hell.

@zycklacon9588

2 жыл бұрын

Bumping, this is very true

@nevergonnarickrollyou9072

2 жыл бұрын

@Joe yep, my whole history was just reviews when I was buying a new laptop, ended up going with a TUF A15 with a 2060 and a 4900H

@lorinh2947

2 жыл бұрын

This is true. I don't think this will ever get resolved though since the people who actually understand the number's you're asking for is far and few between. Marketing is for the majority of people. And in my experience, the majority of people don't care about a basic difference such as "i5 vs i7". They just want faster.

@killertruth186

2 жыл бұрын

Also the software that surrounds cooling. And not to forget to mention how much it cost for the specs.

@killertruth186

2 жыл бұрын

Such as an old Alienware that has GTX 1080 6th gen i7 intel CPU all for over 2k. Especially refurbished.

11:31 Yes! 3:2 displays are great! This aspect ratio is one of the big things I really like about my ol' Chromebook Pixel 2015, and is among the various factors that sold me on pre-ordering a Framework laptop.

I like the fact that multiple people are presenting the video. It makes it even more interesting

Very helpful video, but I wish you'd tackled the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 extreme Gen 4. It's an XPS killer with even better specs and it outperforms in most metrics

I love when LTT gets beginner friendly

This was a fantastic video! Pulling everyone's specialty to talk about each topic was a great decision.

@user-pl2tv2ds6q

2 жыл бұрын

It’s kind of a crap laptop

The first thing that I plugged into the search filter when I recently bought a new laptop is: upgradable RAM and upgradable SDD. On many modern laptops, RAM and storage are soldered on, so you're stuck with whatever your budget could cover at the time of purchase.

Wow. This what I was looking for. I REALLY need to change my laptop AWESOME VIDEO👌

Step one: walk to store Step two: pick up laptop that looks nice Step three (if broke follow step four) : purchase laptop Step four (alternative to step three) : grab and run home Step five: tell yourself you made the right choice

@Someone-lp7qh

2 жыл бұрын

Step six: if questioned about it, answer with a loaded Glock 17 gen 4 fully polymer 9mm pistol.

@andresacosta5318

2 жыл бұрын

@@benjiro8793 oh yeah. Since they are left on and plugged in for weeks

@circuit10

2 жыл бұрын

@@andresacosta5318 They should use a dummy battery (with the same weight so you can feel the weight before you get it) That would also make it worth less if it’s stolen

I know this is unrelated but has LTT ever make the music production computer that they talked about having a video in the works for months ago? I was really interested in that one.

@Rentaro_dev

2 жыл бұрын

Ye,I'm waiting for that one as well

@thetalesofdaneandco

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about this myself.

@gabrieldhondt6432

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think its really the computer that you need to look for, but the hardware all arround. Like sampling is not done by the pc its done in the hardware you use. The pc processes this. But every pc will process this the same way. Also you could buy the best mic and record some sounds. If the room is bad or your headphones are of low quality the good mic investment wont be that usefull then. Look arround for a shop where they sell for example the hardware they will know what the best combination of hardware is for your budget and look a pc that at least supports the software you wanna use to do music production with.

@thetalesofdaneandco

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrieldhondt6432 As much as I agree, it was mentioned on LTT that they were designing a music production oriented build (I believe it was specifically in a rack mounted Mac Pro) that sounded super interesting.

@Rulligan

2 жыл бұрын

@@thetalesofdaneandco Exactly. It would be completely different from their normal gaming rig PCs. They have done some other PCs like productivity, heavy work load, graphic design, video editing, and even programming but I want to see the music production.

Having the letters on CPUs explained is very nice.

I was hoping this would be a 3 second clip of Linus saying “Don’t”

@evolicious

2 жыл бұрын

I was expecting him to say to just buy the steamdeck, lol

@letsgofast1187

2 жыл бұрын

y

"anything that shows this logo on bootup" _laughs in Linux_

@Ebalosus

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah once the elevenpocalypse drops, I’m switching back to Linux. I would say MacOS, but because of their on-device CSAM scanner backdoor, I’m not too fond of them either at the moment.

@Dalamr

2 жыл бұрын

i use Arch btw.

@xenonram

2 жыл бұрын

Did you have to type out a bunch of command lines just to _"LaUgH iN LiNuX?"_

@ok7029

2 жыл бұрын

@@xenonram Linux has a desktop environment . You can live without the command line even in linux

@cybercery5271

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dalamr I see this meme is still alive.

11:27 yes, thank you for mentioning the ratio. A 16:9 laptop (especially < 14 in) feels very cramped.

@RannonSi

2 жыл бұрын

Personally I'd never look at a

@moistsqueegee9567

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely. I have a 13” laptop, because it’s large enough for me and durable, without being too chonky. The only gripe I have with it is that it has a very wide aspect ratio, which makes some things uncomfortable to view. Trying to read a document opened in a browser window is terrible because the taskbar and address bar take up precious screen real estate, forcing you to either continuously scroll down to read (since so few lines of text can fit on what’s left of the screen), or zoom out to fit a good amount of the text on screen, but being unable to read it because it’s too small.

In time linus since im up to buy a laptop soon. Thanks Sebastian and LMG.

I got a laptop based on those recommendations and I love it! Thanks LTT!

One aspect I'd whish had been included is repairability, especially with Apple and Dell on their more expensive machines.

@joshcook8586

2 жыл бұрын

Should have mentioned the framework laptop.

@ClAddict

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshcook8586 they did, during the memory section.

@Mantris100

2 жыл бұрын

The issue with repairability is outside of Apple’s products, every model of laptop will be a different experience to upgrade. Some Dell laptops (especially their work/professional lineups) are very easy to repair and their manual will explain exactly how to do so, whereas some of their other models may not be as easy to repair. Hell, the best example for this is the 2019 Razer Blade. Their early model made it way too annoying to replace the RAM since the heat pipes literally blocked one of the slots. The second version that came out around June of that year fixed this issue, making it possible to upgrade your RAM sticks without taking off the entire cooling assembly. Your best bet to figure out repairability and upgradability is to check for laptop teardowns and see how to get into the laptop and whether or not you’d be comfortable enough to do it.

@pirojfmifhghek566

2 жыл бұрын

Apple: "Fuck you, should've paid for Applecare. Ain't nobody allowed to repair it but US."

@rc2k524

2 жыл бұрын

IMO nowadays laptops can go for a long time as long you take care of them so i dont find it really important

Gotta love Linus, always thinking about price to performance.

@user-jz2en9sg7o

2 жыл бұрын

👆Giveaway alert👆 Inbox number above to claim prize.

Nice to see him post video frequently

This honestly helped a lot thanks

I'm really pleasantly surprised how mainstream emulation has become these days. The vast majority of pc gaming related videos you'll see anymore mention emulation at some point, and it's beautiful

@abhinavg3348

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr, high end emulations are one of the only reasons i am trying to get a laptop with really good performance.

@theblitz1687

2 жыл бұрын

@@abhinavg3348 emulation for ps games? what games do you emulate

@Yodalemos

2 жыл бұрын

@@theblitz1687 I emulated BOTW, wind waker and Ocarina of Time on CEMU

@anmolagrawal5358

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yodalemos Another Cemu user! BOTW is awesome on it. I have a GTX 1050 Ti and i3 6100 along with 8GB 2133 DDR4 RAM. I play the game at 40-50FPS QHD setting. That's impressive

@Yodalemos

2 жыл бұрын

@@anmolagrawal5358 I have a GTX 1080 ti and ran it at 4K 60 FPS (limited by my screen). I wish Nintendo would just greenlight emulation because there is no way in hell I'm dishing out 300+ euro's for a phone with less features.

Everyone: Yey now i know what im gonna buy Me: cries in no money

@csgoryanshortclips8614

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dKql1qqBZ5mphcY.html

@Technical_Gaming07

2 жыл бұрын

i feel you 😔

@bimmer8602

2 жыл бұрын

Get them on credit. You can pay it off within a year

@jeetm9603

2 жыл бұрын

used ones are not that bad also if you find a right deal you can get previous gen gaming laptop at low price

@killertruth186

2 жыл бұрын

Or you would be crying over overpriced refurbished gaming laptops and or laptops in general.

1:05 Linus I know there are many comments but if you or one of your colleagues see this please talk about the HP Pavilion Aero's performance issues when plugged in versus unplugged. I think it's a great value back to school AMD laptop for those not needing to game on their laptops. Apparently performance tanks when unplugged and performs much better when plugged in. I probably wouldn't be worried if it's the other way around but you're going to be using your laptop unplugged most of the time unless your battery life is 2 or 3 hours. Thank you and I hope they solve and address this issue.

@nintendofreak11

Жыл бұрын

okay, I am Linus' brother and I will look into this

@antonhelsgaun

11 ай бұрын

Lots of laptops do that though

@safi6749

9 ай бұрын

True

I ended up getting a Lenovo Thinkpad some years ago and I'm still using it.

I bought a Asus Tuf f15 recently as my sole home computer after watching so muchhh ltt and shortcircuit to really understand what specs i was looking for and what i really needed. This video pretty much affirms my decision and I feel like i havent overlooked anything. Thanks LMG , your videos helped a BUNCH.

Great vid! Love the recent upsurge in down to earth, budget minded videos

Love the M1 section

I bought a laptop a month ago, really wished this video was out then. I made a mistake in buying a Ryzen 3000 series, but it's still decent for my workload and it can run my PSP emulation games no problem. I got the upgrade-able RAM & SSD part right, plus the integrated GPU part. Thank you for the video, LTT!

This is really so helpful. Also I wanna mention a laptop I have been using for work (web design, UI design) and media consumption since 2020. It is a Dell Inspiron 5408 (Intel i5 1035G1, 8GB RAM, 99% sRGB sick 14'' screen, super light and well built in and out) coming at around USD 950 (conv from INR). Not promoting or anything, just wanted to share a thought...

The production quality have been going stonks for some time now. Great job LTT for continuously improving

Watching from my Aspire 5 (i5 1135G7, 20 gigs ram, 512gb ssd, 2tb hdd) and except for some heating issues, it is 🔥

Got myself the legion 5 pro with an rtx 3050 with ur guide

I felt like a proud parent each time the Acer Nitro 5 was shown.

@ParvinderSinghSaini

2 жыл бұрын

Lol same

@ParvinderSinghSaini

2 жыл бұрын

I was so happy they didn't throw it in the trash can. My 8300H is all I need.

@dem2584

2 жыл бұрын

are any of you my mum cause she said the same thing lol

@deardoue69

2 жыл бұрын

My filipino friend had their parents bought her one, it was the 1650 ddr6 version, ryzen 5 5600h version, its a fucking beast but i would still surpass her pretty soon since im a pc owner

@gambomambo7994

2 жыл бұрын

My nitro 5 with 1050ti has to run for at least for 2 years. But it’s goin strong for like over 3 years.

This was such a great video. Having multiple presenters made it less fatiguing to hear one person talk for how long the video is. Not that I’m tired of hearing Linus now. Just saying..

@normalstuff9761

2 жыл бұрын

Lol ok

@MuntahaZad

Жыл бұрын

Now that you said it...

@rutherford5247

Жыл бұрын

Just say that your tired hearing linus

This is the most important KZread video I have yet to have watched thank you

Just bought a 5000 series r7 equipped Lenovo Thinkpad, loving it so far.

I can personally recommend the Dell G15. I have the Intel version, (although I'm sure the AMD version is also great) and so far it's been great for gaming, great for media, and it's great to have an upgrade over my old laptop which took a minute and a half just to open the settings app.

I got the hp envy 15, and it's balling! Thought I would regret not having a GPU in it, but honestly, AMD's onboard GPU is pretty decent for some light work loads. And the CPU is fantastic of course!

@taggie_

2 жыл бұрын

Heh, I landed on the Asus zenbook line. Pretty laptop with great value and better software

@rutherford5247

Жыл бұрын

Any integrated gpus are always decent on light work loads 😑

@safi6749

9 ай бұрын

And battery life?

@user-pm7mt5hu4w

8 ай бұрын

ASS

@countrymanrandylewis8463

6 ай бұрын

"light work load" no i want something better than that. Hp envy 15 doesn't sound so good if that's the case

Thanks man, really needed this. 🤟

this is so professional and i love it

Thank you for the whole of LTT approach with multiple hosts giving various types of advice. It almost feels like an older brother busting out good tech tips to his younger sibling who is heading to college. I really liked this video! Despite already buying a 2020 macbook pro last year for school.

I would be careful about advertising the HP envy to people this is also a warning to anyone reading this there is a current manufacturing problem where the mounts that hold your screen to the keyboard can snap for no reason it is just because of a bad design. This has happened to me with the envy I got about 2 months ago and forced me to go through hp to get the manufacture warranty(A month-long process to have them admit I did not break it and it was a manufacturing problem) then to be told they can not fix it and just gave me my money back to buy another laptop. For anyone that is still reading these props, you are probably the only one still here, but overall I would recommend just buying another product besides the hp envy due to poor design and less than the good customer support team that left me without my laptop that I needed to use for school at the start of the school year.

@aspuzling

2 жыл бұрын

That sucks. Have HP admitted in public that there is a manufacturing issue? My cousin got an Envy about a year ago and so far hasn't had a problem with it but it would be good to know if the issue affects her model.

@killertruth186

2 жыл бұрын

HP also forgot to mention that if you had turned on HP Coolsense and try to use high performance while using demanding DGPU activities such as gaming. It will cause the CPU to clock over the thermal limits.

@WolfMan8930

2 жыл бұрын

I dont understand why people can,t just save there old pcs and still use them, I am using a HP Elitebook 6930p from 2007 running windows 11 with no problems. the newer pcs are trash

@aspuzling

2 жыл бұрын

@@WolfMan8930 Have you seen that "Just buy a new laptop" sketch? That's why lol.

@andrewfields9091

2 жыл бұрын

@@aspuzling yah if it dose happen to it what I did to get them to refund me was just call a lot and complain that I did not break it bc they will try and say you did something too it

Holy moly thank you, thank you, thank you so so much!! Your video helped me find a laptop I like!!

Man.. best advice ever. got a 2022 asus rog g15 today on clearance for 900$ vs the $1450 list price... don't think i'll ever regret it...