How to find the best laptop for me?

Allen Goo
4 min readJun 27, 2024
Photo by Joshua Woroniecki on Unsplash

Here are some tips on how to find a laptop for your needs.

Since I am quite interested in shopping around for a laptop — like checking the latest deals from different manufacturers, my friends ask me for any suggestions for them.

These questions are usually what I get from them.

  • Would this laptop be good enough for MS Office work and Netflix?
  • How much do I need to spend on a gaming laptop?
  • I need to do video editing, do I need a laptop with a graphics card?
  • I have no idea what I want, but I have money to buy a maxed MacBook Pro. Should I just go for it?

Light work

For the light work, such as email, browsing, office work, etc. You can get any of the entry laptops. Even Chrome Book works. Price-wise, Just pick a brand you like and go for it. Just remember, you get what you pay for. So if it’s too cheap, you won’t expect it to last long. I would recommend you research or check the ratings of the laptop you are getting.

Professional work

If you are working more professionally with office tools like MS Office or any other office tools, you might want to go with a bit better laptop. You probably want to open all the tools at the same time with an external…

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