Buying a new laptop

[Husar]

I don't quite have an article, it's just that my board behaves erratical on cold boot.
This means it often stays relatively long on the BIOS load screen, then either reboots or not, shows various error messages for a relatively long time and sometimes says there was an error and I should reset my settings, which is resolved by going into the BIOS, changing nothing and just booting again. I initially had the shop where I bought it check it and they gave me a replacement, but I have the same issues with that one for some reason. Now I usually restart from the first time I get to the Windows logon screen now and from there on everything boots just fine and fast and the computer runs fine the whole day (except for the odd hangup once a month or so, but that could also be some other/driver/software issue).

The only thing the issues seem to do so far is make my bootup time at the beginning of the day rather long (3 minutes or so all in all, haven't really checked). I also looked up some of the error messages it throws and found that in forums everywhere, quite a few people seem to get them and there seems to be no real solution, in a few forums I read "that's just something you sometimes get with ASUS boards" or thereabouts. Maybe I just "collected them all", but I guess my next mainboard will be of a different brand, until then I will try to live with the longer boot this one requires apparently.

The other features of the board are fine, it has fan control, windows apps and all of it seems okay, the store also tested my other components and found them to be okay as well. Only thing they didn't check was the GPU and my case but since I already got a new one (yes, for both) and it changed nothing about the boot issues, I still believe the board is just acting weird. IIRC my RAM is on the compatibility list as well and so on.

I'd also have discarded it as a one-time faulty unit (it happens....often) if the replacement board did not have the exact same issues.

[Montmorency]

I'd also have discarded it as a one-time faulty unit (it happens....often) if the replacement board did not have the exact same issues.

Maybe they stockpile faulty boards from customers like you and rotate them through repair tickets? :P

[edyzmedieval]

Which ASUS do you have, Husar?

[petersimons]

I have bought a new laptop on Mackbook air.

[vishail]

Looking for a new laptop ideally, depends on what kind of work you do and accordingly you have to take a decision as every profession has certain requirements, if you are a student or looking for a laptop for basic work like word processing, web browsing and small work such as data entry in excel below system requirements are enough for laptop.

Processor: Intel i3 or Rzyen 3.
Ram 8GB DDR4
Storage capacity: 256GB SSD.
Integrated graphics card.
The display must be full HD IPS and anti-glare technology.

Overall it's pretty much decent for you however it is not the recommended requirement now if you are someone who is into web development, programming, coding, or any other profession like accounting below system requirements are a must.

Intel i5 or Ryzen 5 and equivalents.
Ram 8GB DDR4 with upgradable slot up to 16GB.
Storage capacity 512GB NVMe SSD.
An integrated graphics card is fine still a target for a minimum 2GB graphics card if you do video editing.

The last type of users are designers, engineers, and gamers they need slightly more powerful laptop so in this case, you must have gaming features or a better processing system with the graphics card, system requirements you should consider for laptop as below.

CPU: Intel i5 or Ryzen 5 (H label CPU for heavy tasks like gaming, 3D modeling and game development)
Ram: 8GB is fine but 16GB DDR4 is best possible option.
Graphics card: Nvidia GTX 1650, RTX 3050 (If you do heavy modelling and play latest games released after 2018 then sugggestion is minimum RTX 3060)
Storage capacity: 512GB SSD or higher
Display: 15.6" to 17.3" with FHD resolution (If you are in to profession where color accuarcy matters then you should target to get mahcine that has 100% sRGB color gamut)
Refresh rate: 120hz or above (This is only applicable for gaming)

[edyzmedieval]

Well, in the end, I bought the laptop, but it's been so long (about 5 years now, plus), that I need to get a new one. This is specifically for gaming purposes, as the original one from 2018 is going mighty smooth still and I have no plans on replacing it. Working like a charm even now.

New planned specs, as always, ASUS. Should be enough for what I play, for the moment, I don't want ultra high on everything. ASUS TUF.

Intel Core i7-12700H - 4.7GHz, 15.6" WQHD
16GB
SSD 512GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB
Free Dos, Mecha Gray

[edyzmedieval]

Got a brand new one, fresh out of the box, ASUS as always because they've been very reliable. ASUS TUF Gaming, so not the ROG part, as those were more expensive.

Intel Core i7-13900H
16GB DDR5 RAM
SSD 512GB
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4050 6GB
Windows 10 Pro

Very good and smooth so far, it plays everything I want & need right now without any fuss. I mostly play older games, so it's even better, I can now do Ultra High on most of the games I play.