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Your budget ranges from 1,000 to 1,200.
You're looking for a notebook with a minimum 15-inch display.
You prefer full HD or 1080p resolution.
You don’t need a portable or desktop laptop.
You require a battery life that’s average or better than average—everyone wants a long-lasting device.
You’re not interested in gaming features; just basic usage.
You’d like to play games, but only if you specify the desired settings for each title (Low, Medium, or High).
You need at least 1TB of storage space.
If you have particular websites in mind, share their links—preferably HP, though other options are acceptable.
You want to keep your laptop as long as possible.
You need an optical drive such as DVD ROM/Writer or Blu-ray ROM/Writer; the ability to read Blu-ray/DVD would be ideal.
Tell us which brands you prefer and dislike, along with reasons—HP is your only choice due to personal experience, but others are open.
Your location is the US.
You may mention extra details like 1TB storage, 500GB HD (just in case), and Wi-Fi 5G capability.
If you find a laptop with a non-Chiclet keyboard, you win the grand prize. Otherwise, a good keyboard with appropriately sized and spaced keys is preferred.
1 : Zero, this is something I normally do for a friend or family member. That is making old computers running for as long time as possible.
2 : All sizes. Well - those models that are vendor locked doesn't go nowhere.
3 : No specifics. The GPU must be supported natively by Linux (somewhat linked to #2)
4 : Any
5 : Doesn't matter. What matters is that the batteries must be able to replace and the device must be able to be fully functional with none or defective batteries, when powered by wall adapter.
6 : No.
7 : Well yes, youtube isn't demanding so must require it can view youtube contents. I personally use Gimp and Inkscape regularly, but at the end it is the kind of work that matter - how big files can be loaded into Gimp at the end ?
8 : Depends. For just internet and banking, 256 is actually enough - The images and video storage is located in a stationary computer.
9 : This depends on the location/country so I prefer to use those local at here. Also since I must have a keyboard with NO layout, so it make no sense getting it from international web sites.
10 : Yes as long as possible / feasible. Had a laptop from like 2007 that was running good, but replaced in 2019 - it had no battery capacity left, the head phone outlet was defective (hw issue) and the cpu cooling wasn't able to cool the CPU enough, so after some minutes with CPU intensitive tasks (e.g. video encoding), it just cut power. With that, it was time to replace.
11 : have none on this one, not required either. I have CD/DVD writer at the stationary computer anyway.
12 : I'm not especially found of any specific brand, as long as it isn't vendor locked - i.e. are able to boot and install *nix.
13 : Norway
14 : If it have either touchpad, WiFi or any other essential components are unable to work with Linux (because vendor haven't created a driver) that is a major turn-off.
I believe he or she erred in assuming this was a discussion about choosing a laptop when they were unaware of the request.
Well, yes - the post seems to be an open discussion, so why not?
You wouldn't invite people into your home and then ask them why they came in without understanding their purpose.
But what the heck - I'm not a native English speaker, so maybe I missed something. Please let me know what 🐧