SHNAGFNAY
Jedi Master
With the latest restore/reset I did though, I didn't bother to install Mcafee, the computer is slow as a snail.
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With the latest restore/reset I did though, I didn't bother to install Mcafee, the computer is slow as a snail.
SHNAGFNAY
Jedi Master
I read three reviews on another shop where they say the battery doesn't last long, but they didn't say how long, and that the fan is very loud, with one reviewer saying that is normal for i7 processors and that it gets better with updating the laptop. My grandfather has bad hearing, but perhaps he would not like the fan sounds.
broken.english
Jedi Council Member
Better you ask him. I find the noise of fans enervating and I am not the only one.
Notebookcheck.com is a good site for getting details on computers. Battery life, watts, screen including if it has Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) and so forth - very detailed reports.
PassMark Software - CPU Benchmarks is a very good site to get CPU benchmarks for a rough comparison. It has a companion site for graphics benchmarks.
The laptops you listed are mid to higher end, i7's are near the top of Intel's CPU products. If it's just web browsing, you do not have games (Triple A titles) you need to play and basic needs a N100 or N90 CPU might do the trick. The 12th gen (Alder Lake ) N100 is 6 watts so it can be passively cooled (no fan). I've was looking into some mini PCs with them, there should be laptop versions out very soon. No fan noise and with a decent battery (laptop version) it will last longer then a i7 or i9 which guzzle the electrons. The laptop price will also be much lower.
The Passmark is 5,418 which is pretty good - faster then a N5000 or N6000. The n3060 you have in the laptop you want to replace has a Passmark benchmark just 654. The N100 while being an lower end model is still 8.2 times faster then your current CPU. Graphics son't be as dramatic but I think 24 EU Xe graphics is likley better then the UHD you have although neither is for game playing.
Intel N100 vs Intel Celeron N3060 @ 1.60GHz [cpubenchmark.net] by PassMark Software
I use a N5000 (older the the Intel N100 CPU and a bit slower) and a AMD 3015e APU and on both laptops it handles basic tasks very well.
I would suggest you find a store if you can and try it in person, if you have someone there with computer knowledge they can help guide you.
SHNAGFNAY
Jedi Master
This somewhat "new" Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop is freezing up now from time to time. And the screen also goes black with the exit and minimize buttons box showing in upper left corner, from time to time, then the screen comes back after some second. It is lagging when I scroll pages. And from time to time, it doesn’t register when I click so I must click 2 or 3 times, the same with copy and paste.
My next laptop will be another brand, and not a gaming laptop, because I don’t play games and there is power that doesn't get used.
I reinstalled the laptop not that long ago. My father thinks the manufacturers make the laptops to not last so one always upgrades with a new one. I don’t know, perhaps he is right.
I’ll stay away from Acer and Lenovo thinking of buying when I can afford an MSI laptop perhaps or if anyone can recommend a reliable brand, I'll look into that. I don't know why MSI - just a feeling.
My next laptop will be another brand, and not a gaming laptop, because I don’t play games and there is power that doesn't get used.
I reinstalled the laptop not that long ago. My father thinks the manufacturers make the laptops to not last so one always upgrades with a new one. I don’t know, perhaps he is right.
I’ll stay away from Acer and Lenovo thinking of buying when I can afford an MSI laptop perhaps or if anyone can recommend a reliable brand, I'll look into that. I don't know why MSI - just a feeling.
Ina
The Living Force
I have a gaming MSI and the latest and greatest was a mechanical failure of the p, l keys. Bad fish, stay away.
SHNAGFNAY
Jedi Master
I bought an expensive Lenovo back in 2016/17. It got blue screen of death and crashed every time I downloaded torrents and if I remember right when just downloading. Couldn't return it or get money back because the repair men at the shop couldn't find any problem with their testing it, they claimed. I had video proof and showed them, but they insisted there wasn't anything wrong with the laptop. Eventually I restored it and it failed completely and threw it away.
Ina
The Living Force
Sorry to hear! You should have kept it for parts. :)
SHNAGFNAY
Jedi Master
My Acer Nitro 5 stopped working some weeks ago, it froze constantly. Luckily, I have a loving father who has lent me one of his laptops.
I had a discussion with another man the other day who has had great many laptops in his life, almost one hundred he claimed, and they all malfunctioned after 3 years, basically.
I had a discussion with another man the other day who has had great many laptops in his life, almost one hundred he claimed, and they all malfunctioned after 3 years, basically.
Was the man almost 300 years old!? :)
Have you considered getting a desktop PC instead of laptop, Shnagfnie? (if it's practical for you to have a computer you can't easily move around).. At least with a desktop, they're much easier to fix if some hardware breaks...
I've always bought second-hand laptops, at least a few years old... much cheaper and plenty powerful enough for my usage (since I don't run games or use a power-hungry OS - sometimes a minimal linux, sometimes windows 7..). My current one is 11 years old (got it 7 years ago) and still completely fine.. super fast..almost silent..good enough for music production...never had a problem. It's a 1st generation Thinkpad Carbon X1, very thin and light, I like it.. Maybe the longer lifespan comes down to me being a nerdy computer guy and very careful/obsessive about what programs I install, and knowing how to keep the OS super clean at all times.. Sorry to be boastful, haha.. I just think there's no real reason why computers should have such a short lifespan as 3 years! (though you're probably right that some planned obsolescence is built into them nowadays.. but maybe much of this can be bypassed with knowledge / alternative operating systems / etc)
Have you considered getting a desktop PC instead of laptop, Shnagfnie? (if it's practical for you to have a computer you can't easily move around).. At least with a desktop, they're much easier to fix if some hardware breaks...
I've always bought second-hand laptops, at least a few years old... much cheaper and plenty powerful enough for my usage (since I don't run games or use a power-hungry OS - sometimes a minimal linux, sometimes windows 7..). My current one is 11 years old (got it 7 years ago) and still completely fine.. super fast..almost silent..good enough for music production...never had a problem. It's a 1st generation Thinkpad Carbon X1, very thin and light, I like it.. Maybe the longer lifespan comes down to me being a nerdy computer guy and very careful/obsessive about what programs I install, and knowing how to keep the OS super clean at all times.. Sorry to be boastful, haha.. I just think there's no real reason why computers should have such a short lifespan as 3 years! (though you're probably right that some planned obsolescence is built into them nowadays.. but maybe much of this can be bypassed with knowledge / alternative operating systems / etc)
SHNAGFNAY
Jedi Master
I would guess 60-65 years old. 
But wow 11-year-old laptop fast and silent sounds too good to be true for me, but I believe you of course. The 100-laptop man could have been exaggerating some I suspect myself.
My apartment is small and has no space for a desktop PC, I have used all the space fully. But I could always have it on the kitchen table, but I think I would prefer a laptop instead.
But wow 11-year-old laptop fast and silent sounds too good to be true for me, but I believe you of course. The 100-laptop man could have been exaggerating some I suspect myself.
My apartment is small and has no space for a desktop PC, I have used all the space fully. But I could always have it on the kitchen table, but I think I would prefer a laptop instead.
Goemon_
The Living Force
My last laptop is a MSI GE62 6QD. I bought it used in april 2018. I'm pretty sure it is a 2016 model.
It is running pretty much every day from morning to night. it runs on Ubuntu. Two internet browsers always open with 50 open tabs plus one 6 mo Open office Calc file and a client e-mail.
It is running pretty much every day from morning to night. it runs on Ubuntu. Two internet browsers always open with 50 open tabs plus one 6 mo Open office Calc file and a client e-mail.
