Hello community!
1. What is your budget?
~ 600$
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
13.3", lightweight for travelling (< 1.7kg)
3. What screen resolution do you want?
not important
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
portable laptop
5. How much battery life do you need?
as good as possible, because i want to travel with it
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
no games
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
normal office work, but probably also coding and webdesign
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
preferably SSD
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
fine with everything
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
~ 4 years
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
no need
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
always used windows, so the exception would be macbooks
13. What country do you live in?
travelling, atm located in Thailand
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I am travelling long term, so it is important for me, that the Laptop is light and not too big/bulky.
I will try to earn money with this Laptop on my travels, so my thoughts were also that maybe it shouldn't be too expensive (in case of robbery) and that a long battery life would be nice.
I was looking for 2nd hand options before in Indonesia and now in Thailand, but came to the conclusion that a first hand Laptop probably is the better choice, because you know what you get and the warranty could be useful.
I had my hands on different models before.
The Asus Zenbook UX305, which is not upgradable in terms of RAM. So 4GB might might not be sufficiant enough for my usage.
Now I am looking at a Lenovo Ideapad 320s, which seems pretty good and affordable (~ 540$), but it is 14" and 1.7 kg heavy, which I think could be a hassle to take with me everyday.
Hope you guys have some good recommendations!
Tom 