I use it quite alot for just watching netflix tbh, also for video editing for my youtube channel! I don’t have a big budget, but it doesnt have to be pretty!
they don’t ship to my country :( i’m from the netherlands
I recommend buying refurbished laptop to save some money. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 is a good one especially you want to edit video.
X1 for video editing? For heating your apartment I guess
Depends on what you think cheap. Best of the best would be macbook m1, if its too expensive T14 gen2 with amd ryzen 7
X1 Extreme Gen 1/2 would be quite alright for OP; X1 Carbon thought not really :D
x1 extreme has throttle problems, and it's expensive. Now sweet spot with windows is T14/P14s ryzen 6850.
Used Gen 2 with GTX 1650, no throttling, and it's 5-6 year old at this point - they go for around $350~450. I agree with 6850U being the sweet stop (mine's laptop is with 6000 series too), but T14/P14s Gen 3 with 6850U is over $700 on ebay. OP would seemingly benefit from bigger screen too, editing on FHD 14" is PITA.
You can have cheap, or a Mac.
air m1 costs in US like $700, it's super cheap. I cant find ANY real windows competition (temperatures/heating/performance/battery)....MAYBE some configs of X1 carbon but that costs $2k+ and if it has god performance battery will last 3h, good screen, even weaker battery.
I hope tomorrow snapdragon X elite change everyting
MacBook Pro 13 2019
Slickdeals.net has some good deals on new and refurbished, and a commentariat from the gamer, repair, and IT communities.
I love Lenovo thinkpads. There's a bunch of models, I use the workhorse T series, used, ebay. T560 working well for me, esp. increasing RAM to 16.
Call a bunch of companies in your area and ask to talk to the CTO and see if they are trying to get rid of any old laptops, for free. It's a bitch to get rid of any tech products. The CTO will probably ask you how many do you want.
Sure, you might have to call 8 or 10 or 20 companies, but if you are sitting around masterbating, you can do both at the same time, so it won't take any time, but try not to blow your load as you're talking to the CTO.
Find manufacturers refurbished laptops they are selling on their website (I.e. Dell outlet)
Search "1145g7 thinkpad" on eBay
I've always bought pcs and laptops off Kijiji you can score some crazy deals
Bought an ACER recently, very happy with it. Under $300 at the time, fast, easy to use, came with Windows 11. Acer Aspire 5 A515-56-32DK Slim Laptop - 15.6" Full HD IPS Display - 11th Gen Intel i3-1115G4 Dual Core Processor - 4GB DDR4 - 128GB NVMe SSD - WiFi 6Â - Amazon Alexa - Windows 11 Home in S mode.
Avoid anything that says "gaming" or "gamer" that's like a 20% markup for the words. You'll want 16gb or more of ram and a newer CPU. (8gb should work, but it'll be slower especially any video editing) The graphics card shouldn't matter much for your tasks. But a good SSD hard drive will.Â
Depending on what you use for your editing software will change the answer quite a lot. For example I use DaVinci Resolve and because of that I’m stuck with having to use a modern gpu with a lot of vram, even when editing using proxies. That being said for me it’s a business expense, I edit for a few people and myself.Â
If you’re not, as others have suggested getting an older Mac book air would be fine. My previous laptop was an asus zenbook and worked great for most everything. It was an 8th generation i5. Ended up giving it to a friend who’s broker than me and going back to school. I think I paid $300 for a refurbished one a few years ago.
If you are flexible enough to not get a laptop and just get a pc you can get really good deals on office workstations on eBay. I just built a surprisingly capable retro/indie gaming computer for under a hundred bucks. The computer in question is a Lenovo M900 Tiny.
Good luck and I hope you find success on YouTube!
Facebook Marketplace has lots of cheap laptops in my area. Some were almost new (you can check how many hours they were turned on using the battery command).
And stolen as well
I have a Acer Chrome Book and it's awesome. No anti-virus necessary.
Honestly get MacBook , they will last forever, I am still using the one I got back in 2013
Also check dell refurbished. They often have 50% off coupons. Upgrade the ram by buying used from ebay or local.
Craigslist . Got deal of a century. Paid $250 for a 2020 MacBook Air in perfect condition
Checkout the refurbs on Newegg, a lot of these are from business leases.
You can sort by specs