Never Buy A Laptop | Do This Instead | Laptop Buying Guide

[@HealMyTech1]

I am finally going to do a video response to the comments here in this video. so chances are that your comment will feature, will update with a link by today/tomorrow, watch this space.

[@mjwal00]

Do you have a new link yet?

[@crwn8709]

I understand what you are talking about power is great but sometimes I would rather have mobility

[@hogwashsimulator1908]

As long as you don't underestimate what a lot of phones can do with a usb keyboard and a couple of the right apps. Buy what you need but make sure you know what you actually do need.

[@smellcaster]

I have a Laptop for mobility Reasons because it fits in my Backpack. It's an old Dell which came with a 160 GB Harddrive with Windows 10 on it. It replaced another Dell which died because of the Environment. After putting the 1 TB Harddrive, the 8 GB of Ram and the WLAN-AC Module from the old Machine into the new One the Performance was right for me. It also has an UMTS WWAN Module which i use with a prepaid Card. Some People store all their Data on a Laptop ? Hard to belive because a 4 TB 2.5 Inch Harddisk wont fit into any Laptop i've known. Last Summer my 4 TB Harddisk in my Lanparty Minitower was full so i installed another one. Luckily some Data is stored on another stationary PC in a Bigtower. So it's good to have multiple Machines for multiple Purposes.

[@hans1993hans]

smellcaster. most people don't need that much storage. 250GB is enough for most people. other people expand their storage with an external drive or the cloud. and there are laptops with enough storage. i could fit 3 2.5 inch drives + 1 m.2 ssd in my notebook. there are 5 TB 2.5 inch hard drives. i think 15 TB + a 2 TB ssd should be enough for almost all people.

[@DOCLOWE1988]

Lorenz Hansen i know this is off topic but can you send a link to where the 5tb hdrives are sold please?? Looked awhile back with no luck

[@user-nq5hy7vn9k]

Is there any way that I can have both, power and mobility at a cheap price point

[@DheerajBhaskar]

Your English, the delivery, the script and your knowledge of the subject are all very good. Kudos!

[@Feline713]

I write my term papers in the library. I can't write at home, because if I do so, I end up cleaning my bathroom instead of writing.

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

Feline713 -- Dude, come to my house and write your term paper, lol. I'll make tea.

[@DataWaveTaGo]

Feline713 - That reminds me of a famous fiction writer who admitted - When I go to write in my home-office I waste a lot of time measuring my desk and looking online for bigger desks, because I just know a bigger desk would help me write better.

[@ivanko021]

Another alternative to buying an entry-level 300 quid laptop would be to buy used Thinkpad laptop with non-ultra-low voltage Intel processor (processors without ULV or U after their model number). I got my T440p for about £270 one year ago. It's got enough power and portability, you can use the rest of the 600 quid to get a good SSD or other accessories like a screen. The keyboard is great to type so it's super convenient to write assignments at home when connected to the screen or on the train or whenever, outside. You raise very good points in your video and interesting alternatives but I think this one is really good too. You can even buy these older Thinkpads for 100 quid with Core 2 Duo processors, put ssd and get something else with the money you've saved. What do you think?

[@organreeman4376]

OMG I was going to buy a laptop but I saw your video and did not buy one! The flight attendant looked at me really strangely when I pulled my desktop, monitor, keyboard and mouse out of my bag and asked for a spot to plug in my power bar to boot up my system. Almost did not get through airport check in either but convinced them all would be ok. Taxi driver let me use his lighter plug to plug in my inverter but did not get booted up in time because we got to the airport hotel in about 5 minutes. Lucky for me the train had 120 Volt plug ins but I could not use WiFi because my desktop has no WiFi module. Must get WiFi card for desktop next. When I reached the port and arrived to pickup my sailboat rental for the week I was surprised to discover that the sailboat did not have a 120 Volt AC outlet for my desktop :( In addition my hotel only had WiFi no direct internet network cable plug ins and no dialup available :( Was unable to check my emails on vacation so had to use the fax/data modem to send a fax to my travel agent for a change to my itinerary. Desktop instead of laptop - BEST DECISION EVER! NOT! xD

[@abyssstrider2547]

organ reeman you can use your phone for that

[@shamstabrezkhan9735]

You must be a biig time drunkard ! YES ! xD

[@quintonguidryb1-fba]

organ reeman: 👎👎

[@power-max]

Ehh, just add a UPS and a car battery to your luggage. Get about 30 mins of off-grid runtime! ;)

[@rommelzablan8249]

Common Sense dumb ass. Buy which prefers you best

[@economicgrowthgroupinc.3018]

I have switched to SSD on desk and laptop a couple of years ago. Reliability and speed are great. Why bother with a regular hard drive, as it no longer makes sense. Today external drives and cloud services can expand SSD capacity and back up. Laptops are heavy. Smart phones will someday replace computers completely. I prefer mouse to touch. I now can travel with a small mouse, foldable keyboard, and low-end but light-weight digital pad. Sometimes I connect my 64gig smart phone that has a 128gig card and their is the cloud as well. Working on the road or watching movies on a plane are no problem without a bulky and heavy laptop. I really appreciate this presentation.

[@Basman59]

To save myself from suffering through 20 minutes and saving anyone else this simple analogy will be the best way for those less savvy i comparing an HDD vs SSD. Its really quite simple the issue with an HDD as my learned colleague is explaining is potential fro breakage much like an automatic watch when dropped too many moving parts. Whereas, an SSD is like a quartz watch basically pretty much bomb proof when dropped that is to say you should drop your laptop or watch out a window, but that an SSD has no moving parts. Manual wind and automatic watches have built in shock absorption to help protect it from bumps and yet it is fairly delicate a quartz or SSD is far more solidly built. Buy a laptop just buy an SSD think Star Trek and Warp drive and your life will be never the same. Buy a laptop with 8gb RAM and even a small 128gb SSD use a backup drive to save folders and your laptop journey will be supremely better. Saved you 15 minutes of being lulled to sleep.

[@N_Richd1]

He is absolutely 100% correct about all the points he raised. Don't believe the people on this thread knocking him, some of them only watched a couple of minutes before having an opinion. They didn't even watch it. I did! And he is absolutely right about everything he said.

[@johnmal5975]

Great advice. I and my son built him a nice gaming desktop for 400 U.S. dollars. My laptop crapped out on me so I will be building myself one and throwing Windows and Linux on it. You get so much more for your money by using the desktop and by doing it yourself. If you have a little patience and wait for sales on the different parts you can really get yourself a great computer.

[@JohnShalamskas]

If you need both Windows and Linux, try downloading the free VMWare Player and set up all the Linux VMs you want.

[@HighestRank]

Get a dumb terminal with Linux and SSH into the Windows desktop. That'll be just as fast as a VMware emulation in Windows. In fact go whole hog and PXE boot the terminal. That'd give you plenty of time to panhandle for parts. Might even be able to dissect the old laptop for eBay scavengers.

[@stelafigueroa4529]

Are you dumb or are you lying because GRAMMAR SUCKS on your end.

[@welcometonewearth416]

You are obviously right but some of us don't have the space or the right situation, I'm a vegan nomad minimalist pioneering a new lifestyle. I need to be able to pack my stuff quickly and go and my living space is very small so having a desk top is too much to handle in terms of space and mobility. I subscribed, can you please make a video about how to choose the best performing laptop for a reasonable price. Also Windows has become an insult to human intelligence so my next OS will be Linux. How much money can you save buying a machine without Windows? By the way, I need a laptop with at least 16Gb ram and an excellent graphic card to be used for animation. Thanks a lot and keep up the great work!

[@billkiele5819]

Very well done! Back in the mid-80's, when 10 Megabyte Drives were just giving way to the 20 Megabyte versions, I actually built (or had built for me) the gray-box towers using top components of the day. They were JUST good enough for my PhD math dissertation, and cost only $1500 complete with 8-pin dot matrix printer from Epson, an up-and-coming printer company, and a specialized math font software document preparation program (pre-PC Tex, pre-Word for Windows). Etc, etc....Those learning experiences were crucial for me, as I was in my mid-30's and needed to stay on top of the business PC universe in my follow-on employment in academia. After watching my latest $600 laptop (with SSD, yes!) develop some crazy noise problems, I've begun thinking about returning to a homebrew product. Your well-constructed arguments in this video inspires me to get back to having that extra elbow room needed for quality thinking and work Kudos!

[@davecarpetcare]

As good as the best videos out there. Clean and concise. Spot-on on all the topics. Glad I came across your channel. Thank you .

[@alik7690]

Nice comment

[@MrBobWareham]

I have to disagree I have a DELL PRECISION m440 with SSD and 15" screen plus I added a second hard drive in the DVD Bay that serves for lots of storage I have 4mb Memory and it goes like a rocket takes just 15 sec to boot and works well sits on a table next to my seat in the lounge is very neat and compact I turn it over every month and blow it clean so it never gets hot but I did change the heatsink compound for silver when I purchased it for £160.0 on Ebay just love it and it comes with me when I am in the kitchen cooking, and it is easy to update the hardware

[@ilanesh]

I only like Laptop, but not Desktop pc. I asked my technition to put a ssd in and it runs great and fast, even very fast. It saved ne money to buy a new laptop. I use linux on it and can do great games on it, watching videos, its so much better then a desktop pc who needs too much space. I do not need any mouse and keyboard, all is on laptop. Thanks for your video. I subscribed. And like it.

[@dav.s.3463]

For a student on budget use case, wouldn't it be better to just use a smartphone + bluetooth keyboard and mouse?

[@JodiGilar]

Dav. S. Not try to advertise here but you could also get that done without getting constraint on display size by using a superbook by sentio.. They've made a great continuum-like "laptop"..

[@gilbertcheng3862]

Spot on. Mobility is great, but if the device is too cheap, it really isn't worth repairing unless the parts are cheap and it is relatively easy to swap parts out, both of which are never really applicable.

[@chavdarbaikov7311]

I like the video very much. Low End laptops are usually built using low-end low-quality and poorly assembled components, which means you would also get not only poorly performing, but also poorly built laptop, which as mentioned is also very hard and expensive to repair. For example I owned a Lenovo U350, which for 500 EUR with 1 year warrantee. Exactly few months after the warranty the battery gave out, replacement (non original) one 50 EUR and again gave out after year and half, yet another 50 EURO. Machine overheats and need replacement fan, which is very hard to find and hard to replace. Performance is very very poor, with no options to upgrade...

[@anthonytamburro7071]

Buying a desktop as main computer is a perfect idea for students and use a flash memory stick to store your files and use the public computers. But what happens when isp provider goes down and you have a essay to due the next day you would need a laptop and use a public network at a coffee shop to access information and do it last minute at 2am I have to say having a laptop is really good for emergency getting a cheap laptop is wise to do because why would you spend $600 laptop and you are going to use it about 20 times for the past 6 years if you have a main computer already "desktop". I would get laptop that will be good for my surfing the web needs and documentation stuff. therefore I would not rely on my isp provider when it comes to a huge storm or for something technical in the neighborhood Laptops are always good for emergency usage. renting them out by the school laptop are useless because colleges are university only allow students to take them out with in the campus, you can't take them home with you. That's my statement on laptops and desktops for students

[@JarkkoNiemi]

Smartphone owners can always share their phone's internet connection to their desktop computer by making their phone to WLAN accesspoint, or just by using charging cable (it stresses phone less, charges it, and gives internet to computer via USB port). So, point is, your smartphone is your reserve internet accesspoint.

[@knmonlinemedia]

I use my phone for internet. Because I have a long commute, I can still work on my paper using my phone and save either to hard drive or in the cloud. So you really don't need a laptop or pc. Just use a good tablet LOL

[@musicmugger666]

I agree totally. I have an old Dell XPS, and it’s old, but fast, for obvious reasons (MS spying) I use Windows 7, and find it useful for around the house tasks, but my main is a computer tower linked to my music studio. I build, and to be honest with you, building your own is not hard, now you can find self build tutorials. I use a tablet for outside, but wouldn’t use a phone myself, because I value my eyes. I know there are going to be those who will disagree, probably because you’ve never used a modern PC. Nice video, and accurate

[@verhil1]

Enjoyed your presentation. Your advice makes perfect sense, thanks.

[@KouroshFarrokhzad]

Wow, one of the most comprehensive, well considered and informative tech pieces I've watched in months. Congratulations, you have a new fan!

[@tripcodeQ7]

Buy, t420 for $70 Buy 120gb ssd for $60 Buy Quad Core i7-2630qm for $50 ' Great performance, extremely cheap, thinkpad reliability.

[@JodiGilar]

tripcode!Q/7 those T, X and W series are the last breed of great ThinkPad ever which built with longevity in mind.. Recent ones are just a glorified normies with ThinkPad brand..

[@amoalu1432]

This will be my next laptop i will get it

[@pantherpanther3666]

tripcode!Q/7 what's a t420?

[@tripcodeQ7]

A thinkpad t420. Its a nice laptop that is very durable, user serviceable, and easily upgraded.

[@pantherpanther3666]

tripcode!Q/7 I had one of the first thinkpads.. extremely durable

[@phenixnunlee372]

Writing notes is way better and faster and less distracting. I 100 percent agree and when u need real power a desktop.

[@pdamasco]

Having worked as a University repair technician who specialized in computer repair for students I 100% agree with you. Students always ask this same question and often refuse to believe me when I say either save up for a laptop that is $650 plus and always get an SSD or get a desktop and a tablet with a keyboard and stylus. Parents look at you with a puzzled look until you explain that their child will lose so much time, patients and may have late assignments if they cut corners on their tech. College/Uni is expensive but having the right technology, backing up your work and getting a device good enough to provide entertainment in their downtime is worth the investment. I always found that telling parents a laptop is investment much like their child's education gets them on the same page. It's like sending your kid to a no name trade school vs a 4 year institution. You generally get what you pay for and for me I'd rather either invest in a good laptop or a decent tablet and desktop because my time and work are more valuable than a few hundred bucks saved. Long term vs short term thinking. Also the horror stories like "help I had my thesis for my PHD on here and I never backed it up" really do break your heart when you do this for a living. Thankfully students generally learn from those mistakes but never wish data loss on anyone. Great video!

[@HighestRank]

But all we repair techs only see broken things, so we're biased already.

[@Epotheros]

It's usually easier to recover data from a dying mechanical hard drive than an SSD though. Mechanical hard drives also tend to die slow deaths whereas ssds die much quicker. For my laptop and desktop, I have the OS and common applications stored on a 256 GB SSD, while most of my documents, files, and games are stored on a 1 TB 7200 rpm HHD.

[@richardwoodson8103]

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[@richardwoodson8103]

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[@pdamasco]

Rýán Túçk I agree that we have a bias. Though I'd also point out that we didn't turn brands away so I had a good deal of actual data to go off of when making recommendations. I always saw a pattern in what broke most often and how said computers broke down. That makes for a better recommendation wouldn't you say?

[@tcampbell5028]

You are 500% correct about not settling for a cheap lap top. I get called on all the time to help out with my mom's lap top cause my dad insist that getting cheap stuff at a rent to own place is just as good as a gaming PC and won't listen to anyone saying different.

[@Gray-Wolf-Media]

I haven’t purchased a new computer.... desktop or laptop in years. Like the laptop I currently run is a Dell E6430 that I paid $230 here in the US. Solid performer. Desktop is a home built Asus i7 that run 4 2TB drives for file storage. Mostly run Linux on my machines.

[@Gray-Wolf-Media]

Actually on laptop I have a SSD as the primary and a SSHD as my data drive

[@kaba_me]

American and running Linux as a desktop OS... Respect! I run all my servers on CentOS 7, but for desktop I still use Windows 7. I will be moving to Linux desktop as well within the next couple of years, because Windows 10 is horrible!

[@UnitedPebbles]

Apple is cleaner tech, good for you in the long run. Like this guy said, just need SSD? IBM is corporate environment and thus better quality. Dell is recycled, seen everywhere in school.

[@mickelodiansurname9578]

John Morris say what you like about dell, but as a base machine they build a solid workhorse.

[@liasxtube]

The best, most clearly presented information channel I have found on the internet!! The presenter is organized and wastes no time in covering the topics. What a great internet experience. Carleton.

[@ivanjankovic3740]

maybe this video should have been titled " Never buy a cheap laptop ( or think about it at least twice ) "...even then,entry level in general is what suits some people just fine...oh,and you forgot the soundtrack ;)

[@secularnevrosis]

Yes. The first thing I ask people that are going to buy a laptop is 'Do you really need one. Or do you only think you need one?' 2 times the money for half the preformance of a desktop. The laptops only real ace card is transportabillity. Most people I know, that have a laptop, keep it firmly placed on their desks. So it's the question of need to have or nice to have.

[@kuksybee]

What a fantastic video. That's all that I can say. I stumbled upon you as I was looking at videos to fix my headphones. Great explanations. Happy to subscribe

[@lindajohnson1121]

I agree. I stumbled on this great video tonight.

[@Ricopolico]

Thank you for your direct and intelligent advice. It cannot help me undo my mistakes, but it will prevent me from making them again.

[@saidkouzibry4152]

Reading the title of the video, I thought this would be some sort of hoax, apparently I have the same opinion about laptops, hard-drive have always been causing bottle necks on my laptops, here's something you didn't talk about, the quality of electricity in your home can be not suitable for a desktop, I have this problem, every desktop I bought had overheating, low performance, BSODs... when the voltage goes below 205 volts, yes buying a regulator would solve the problem or a PSU but still, that's an issue that, in the current time, forcing me to use a laptop as the power adapter does some sort of filtering or something that cancels that voltage drop.

[@JodiGilar]

Said Kouzibry That happens to me as well, hence I stick with my W520.. And yes, of course, I've done some upgrades to that beast..

[@Swanicorn]

I went for desktops initially because they were cheaper but have burnt 3 pretty quickly because of power issues. That's when I thought of getting a laptop and although it's expensive, slower and delicate it has been problem free for years on the same problematic power. The only problem is that the Li-ion battery dies each year.

[@JeffScott-1978]

Spot On! A 7890K based desktop and a $120 tablet is best. I use my 10 inch android tablet for everything I used to use a laptop for. Get a cheap bluetooth keyboard and mouse and you're good to go. The tablet will do voice to text very well out of the box anyway so you hardly need the keyboard. If you get a usb bluetooth dongle ($10-$20) for your desktop PC you can use the same keyboard and mouse for both.

[@HereIsmarcus]

Love my laptop. When at home i plug it into my 21 inch monitor and use a wireless keyboard and mouse. Only reason i can see fir buying a desktop is if you are a gamer.

[@runescapefan0001]

Only reason to buy a laptop is for portability. A desktop wins in every other aspect

[@HereIsmarcus]

runescapefan0001 portability and that it doesn’t occupy much space. My living space is small so I love laptops.

[@possiblyinsane6995]

runescapefan0001 pornhub works just as good on my laptop

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

Mine has an HDMI out so I just put it right on my TV stand and plug it into my 47' tv. Again wireless mouse and keyboard is a must because laptop controls suck. Though I will say the worst part about my laptop is the disc drive. The DvD eject is kind of crap and it runs real loud at times when the disc spins.

[@HighestRank]

With HDMI you forego a touch screen.

[@lordwiadro83]

He's right. Most laptops these days have a terrible build quality. It's amazing that companies can make sophisticated electronics, but cannot make hinges or keyboards that would actually be useful and not break after only a few months of normal use. Sure, higher end laptops are built better, but why would I pay a $1000 for a bunch of plastic.

[@joeputz4559]

"take laptops apart for FUNZIES" = automatic like!

[@thundarwabbit5140]

Hey thank you for taking the time to create this video. I run two to three laptops, and I'm considering going back to Desktops. I use to build them back in the day, thanks for reminding me of my computer roots.

[@shivarampersaud2332]

Great content. I don't mind if it was long, the wait was worth it. Liked and subscribed.

[@jdr2.paradigmabiblico128]

Great information video. What chassis would you recommend to build a Laptop from scratch?

[@kanakatube2661]

Do you need to reinstall windows if you change harddrive?

[@45rpm.]

The first time I cloned my system drive I was amazed at how well it worked. Windows had no hickups or wierd messages for me at all. I used Seagate disc wizard which can also be used with samsung and maxtor drives as one or both of the drives in the process.

[@lukedupont6238]

No, you can reinstall Linux instead. It's better. :)

[@lifeking2686]

Yeah man but it's easy

[@Satchmoeddie]

I bought a used Dell Latitude with no drive, and installed a SSD, maxed out the RAM to factory specs, and I had $500-$600 into a laptop that would have cost me $6400 from Dell. YES! Dell actually quoted me $6800! 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM, Windows 10, 3 batteries, and I'm good. In Pound Sterling that would be around £5600.

[@Satchmoeddie]

My boot time is < 1 minute. Total cost in Pounds £450-500. I will never go back to HDD!

[@hisham56hamilton50]

salam..thanx for Fine videos..Very impresssive

[@craigchamberlain9193]

I totally agree agree with you. As an Electrical Engineer, Laptops suck dead bears. While I have a laptop, It is virtually useless as compared to my desktop which does everything except make my toast in the morning. I can record 2 TV shows while watching another, (12 core Kaveri AMD processor), While laying out a circuit board, without even stressing the capability's of the computer. And I run 3 monitors. Name me a laptop that can do THAT!

[@muhammadshakil3723]

you r right bro. but many people may disagre with but as a pc enthusiast i will agree with you. i know what you are talking about.

[@Domo-]

HealMyTech My laptop is an Acer aspire e1 and the screen won't turn on but the fan and led lights on the bottom do work. Please help me I've been looking for a solution for 4 months now :(

[@WayToManyAssassins]

+Domo Bro Does it have a warrenty?

[@TechnoLadz]

Domo Bro Have you tried connecting it to an external display like a monitor or TV

[@cw9403]

So you'll agree that you prefer a desktop because you are a enthusiast, I don't see the point given the fact they go out of date so fast, also you'll easily sell a LT on vs a desktop, I used to be pro Desktop but not anymore after seeing how much $$$ you save on electricity alone

[@t8polestarcyan22]

I agree desktops are way to go for gamers and I.T. enthusiasts. You can have a properly fast computer without risking overheats as well as easier maintenance. Laptops are probably ok for general users but require more attention to their cooling systems especially for powerful cpus.

[@wholeNwon]

It's amazing to me how often people buy really high-end (read expensive) computers just to browse the web, watch YT videos, etc. What a waste. A friend runs a large office and he simply discards machines when his IT people tell him that they are too expensive to repair or employees complain that they are "too slow". He usually asks if I want any of them. So far, most have had only very simple to fix software issues. Others were just cluttered with malware, etc. One had a bad power supply. Fixed them all. I use an $89 Chromebook for lots of stuff and to chromecast to the TV. Hardly ever need one of the (free) notebooks I rescued from the dumpster.

[@yukiharuyama5522]

can also run dota 2 best looking in 30 fps flat watch dogs 2 minimum fallout 4 minimum

[@yukiharuyama5522]

HealMyTech lols I also have a pc 3.40ghz 1gb vram 8gb ram 500gb

[@runescapefan0001]

Yuki Haruyama when a normie thinks they know computers

[@greatvaluebleach5448]

yeah lmfao "3.40ghz" and "500gb"? The fuck? You're just stating the storage amount/voltage, not the actual specs.

[@hogwashsimulator1908]

Since you can get word on a phone with a cheap usb keyboard that folds to close to pocket size you can do most of what you'd do on a laptop for school anyway. Editing in detail is better on a computer but you are likely to do that at home anyway. Besides taking physical notes helps you remember better. I've written blog posts on a phone.

[@fab9207]

At 1:45 , I already like you

[@Kamadev888]

I have an Asus Mv70n, an almost unknown laptop. It is going to be 10 in spring. I am writing this on it! It has a 640GB HD (actually, 2), which still works well, a CD/DVD,17" screen, camera that rotates (yes!), fingerprint scanner, 4 USB ports, an excellent mechanical keyboard, and a resolution that is HIGHER than High-res (you can't find this any more, except the new 3K and 4K extra-expensive laptops.) It maintains 4GB of ram. It is amazingly well-built and sturdy, all it needed was one fan change (about 40$) when it got filled with dust. It is still fast (there are 10 tabs and about 5 different programs running as I write this), opens apps quickly, and can play top-notch games from a few years back, if not on ultra settings. There are no more laptops being made like this.

[@greatvaluebleach5448]

4GB RAM lmfao... It doesn't have a mechanical keyboard too, what are you talking about? It uses standard scissor-switch domes. The fucking screen is 1440 x 900, the fuck? It's between 720p and 1080p, not 2k/4k lmao. It has a GT 9650M, a shitty GPU that can barely run AA games.

[@PhiTonics]

I couldn't agree more, the disposable computer market is out of control, I've been looking into several "stick PC's" for around 100 bucks they seem to be able to do most things a student would need, and at a actually disposable price point. All you need is a monitor, and if you get a couple years out of a 100 dollar computer that seems like it would be worth it. I would be curious what your thoughts would be around this particular market.

[@TheCludo]

I personaly build an 128 GB SSD in my laptop and removed the optical drive, tbh who needs a cd rom drive in these days and replaced it with a 4 TB HDD

[@brucewilliams6292]

I totally agree with your assessment of what would be the best computer for most people. People spend so much time trying to "multi-tasking" by watching television while working on a paper; it just doesn't work. I travel for work covering half the continent of the US. My laptop comes out maybe once per month to do my expenses and write some reports or proposals and I am a seasoned professional. My cell phone does much more of my work, even reports (using speech to text) to write my reports. Very good advice.

[@anb4351]

I agree with you.. because everything that can be done with low end laptop can also be done with a smartphone or tablet.. so better get good smartphone or tablet and a desktop computer

[@IiiIiIIIiiiiiIiIII-nh9zx]

can you run matlab on your smartphone? how about pspice? does eclipse for android exist? well I can't find. and sorry for my lousy english. english is not my first language.

[@hans1993hans]

smartphones and tablets are useless for me if they cant run pc applications. for surfing they are great but most productive programs need windows. they often don't need a lot of power but they are just not made for android. try to run matlab, altium, eclipse, orcad, autodesk inventor, pspice, qt.... on a tablet. even if they would run, the os is crap. you do not even have a normal file explorer. and for working on them you anyway need a mouse and a real keyboard. i havent touched my tablet in over 2 years. a smartphone can do everything a tablet can. and for the rest you need a pc.

[@ilovemikuzr3567]

Buy a 2-in-1 then........

[@IiiIiIIIiiiiiIiIII-nh9zx]

or i can just buy a laptop which has bigger screen and more ports and better price point.

[@ciarandoyle6021]

Set up a remote desktop connection... Problem solved

[@nch8472]

Thank you for the advise!

[@sethbrown1763]

You talk right sense, man. Damn laptops always breaking. I have about 5 in meh filing cabinet, junked. Better to build something. Though Dell does offer an international warr anty. They have sent people to my home to fix my daughter's laptop. And that's to a remote valley in a small island in the West Indies. So if you have to buy a laptop, BUY THE FIVE YEAR FULL WARRANTY!!

[@sethbrown1763]

@Evop Fx they aren't built to last. My life is perhaps a little longer than yours, I've gone through several generations of computers, starting with 8bit computers. So, yeah, I expect computers to last longer than they do. Perspective can't be bought in a store.

[@JDBoelter]

Nice video - you have a knack for entertaining and informative presentations.

[@zulu6756]

good pointers, still don't know know why so many people buy laptops as their main computer, its just a bad idea, especially when they have kids, because these computers cannot take abuse, so they break very easily when they are messed with, these machines are really meant for constant travelers and not stationary people, desktops in general make repairs and upgrades so painless

[@Cobalt985]

Buy an older Thinkpad.

[@BenjisTwoChitz]

Well, mobility.

[@whooked]

Well then dont buy a laptop for kids

[@Bewefau]

Some people don't have much space, so ideally a laptop is smaller plus they are getting desktop GPU's so its just as good as most desktops Also on a side note you can buy an older laptop and add a eGPU to it and it brings back to older hardware :(

[@reychop]

As a student, I still carry a laptop AND an ipad to school. So people living on apartments, still benefits from laptops. Also, not all people have their own places. Some stay in apartments, where a PC might not fit but a thin and smaller laptop can. Edit: just want to add that my last desktop pc was windows xp sp3. When win 7 came out, a laptop became my main computer. Addendum, with regards to upgradeability, look for videos on a 2012 macbook pro performing the same as the latest ones with just an ssd and ram upgrade. Upgrading can definitely be practical even for laptops. :)

[@santana9154]

Absolutely spot on. Very good video, so much so that I am going to subscribe.

[@heimermaal4933]

You are a Smart man

[@jms019]

A lot of sense. Had a call from a friend who was approached by a sobbing teacher who had all her coursework on a USB stick in a laptop which all slipped onto the floor. I was able to do surgery to get the stick working. Do not trust any mobile devices with your data. Consider loss, drop and somebody else reading it (the last fixable with folder/drive encryption that NTFS can out of the box). Backups !

[@bccron]

The world of education is changing. Teachers put there courses online. Students work online students need to do presentations. They do not want to be tied to there small college bedroom. Yes desktop PC's are the Pinnacle for gaming and very high end laptops. Thinking the surface tablets could be a good direction if the are upgradeable and repairable.

[@loopcontrol4592]

Anything is up-gradable friend. :)

[@possiblyinsane6995]

bccron i wouldnt say education is changing the course material is just online the material is the same, garbage that doesn’t really prep you for the profession youre majoring in

[@shreddman8704]

There: Location Their: Possessive They're: They are University charges for that.

[@davidpovey01]

"The world of education is changing." - Certainly is if they are not teaching when to use 'there' (as in "I saw it over there") and 'their' (as in "They are in over their head") "Thinking the surface tablets could be a good direction if the are upgradeable and repairable" - but that is the whole point of this video, A/they are NOT upgradable nor be so in the foreseeable future, B/neither are they repairable but for minor repairs due to complexity of single board, lack of easily sourced/replaceable components and associated cost of an electronics engineer who specialises in such. However I do agree it is not ideal being tied to a desktop,the future as I see it is cloud computing (already here) with a small personal device for input/output (already here, smart phones) and projected 'holographic' screens (coming soon), we do not need (or want) to lug around all the hardware.

[@davidpovey01]

"thinking out of the box" is not falling into the hype of needing a laptop nor any such hardware,what do you think of my proposals in answer to bccron above?

[@JReyes53]

Great informational video. Thank you

[@KowledgeWind]

You forgot to mention the most common problem of laptops; they get lost or stolen. I think most people buy laptops just to show up rather than they really need their mobility. Otherwise, how would anyone justify paying more for less?!

[@tgdhsuk3589]

Sultan Alsumaikhi erm can you really take a desktop to class?

[@HighestRank]

No, those desktop students simply don't 'show up' for class, Vegeta.

[@deathangel523]

I remember when they used to say laptops would kill the desktop lol. You could get a laptop that just as powerful as a desktop but they would be no point outside of form factor. You get about 3. Or to hours of battery life.

[@MichaelSmith-ff2bq]

How else will these pukes keep up with facebook while in class?

[@AnujFalcon]

This is truely the case with many who is ready to use any laptop as their main PC. However, We have lot of presentation and seminars to present as a student. Even simple presentation created with my software is incompatible with the one that is used at the college (old and ugly). So some really need them.

[@mickelodiansurname9578]

So somebody in your family or street will do it for you for free....? Do you know what's wrong with this advice? Well that guy is me... I'm the idiot that has been freely servicing the entire neighbourhoods tech since they realised the internet existed in the 90's before that none of them owned a PC. So yeah if your street happens to house a tech nerd the least you might do is remember you are not the only sad face knocking on their door with your dinosaur technology. A few beers wouldn't be refused...

[@1960clermont]

I find that you are very right on the subject, I use mobility only when I need it and that is almost never

[@phenixnunlee372]

Used laptop are great

[@therandomman2971]

Phenix Nunlee True dat, bought an old i5 Toshiba with 4Gb of ram, a 120gb ssd for 150$. Its my main PC and its not getting replaced any time soon. Although i wish i had a desktop for gaming, but for school and shit, any i3 or i5 laptop but an ssd is a must.

[@HighestRank]

Nobody has a new laptop, unless it's never been opened. And so a new Chromebook is always used because it never needs to be set up, just open it and go, right? See how that works.

[@truckytimmy5593]

Lots of information here, thank you. And very well spoken

[@SidTheGeek]

Hi bro! salam. i use refurbished business class laptop for video editing it serves not great. but its worth the price.

[@SidTheGeek]

Dell latitude e6430 for around 230$ here in PK 23000 with 9 cell battery. its pretty solid one i checked everything before buying & i got no heating issues so far since i re-pasted the thermal compound after buying. use cooling Chinese cooling pads

[@kainhumphries]

Don't you mean, ***SHALOM***???

[@powergamez9322]

SidTheGeek Salam kayfalhal ?! ;)

[@AnonYMouse-ky4sg]

TV Place M.T Wiz Kahlifa?

[@shamstabrezkhan9735]

@SidTheGeek, Assalamoalaikum Bro, Specs Please ?

[@theorigdjbreeze]

Thank you for this information. What would you suggest for music production for producers as far as desktops are concerned? Keeping in mind of multiple plug and play components.

[@20EsOfficial]

does anyone else see artifacts in this video or is my gpu dying

[@dr.donnawalter4380]

HealMy Tech - what are "artifacts"? I have little "lingo" and have heard that term before. Thank you.

[@HillsWorkbench]

Pretty much any extraneous stuff on the screen that shouldn't be there, ie pixelization.

[@zm7160]

Google image search "video artifacts" they usually appear as little rectangles of a single color (usually bright pink, green or blue.) or pixelated/blurry/lower quality section of the image.

[@runescapefan0001]

Kevon Boss I saw artifacts, and I am watching on my phone. They go unnoticed by the untrained eye

[@DeusMaximusX]

Oh thank god, I thought my GPU was dying too when I saw this video!

[@tracylf5409]

I'm a proponent of NOT filling the earth's landfills with working machines-- of any sort. What I find (as a residential IT repair woman) is that people ring me to set up "new" & horribly anemic, cheap laptops-- which they've purchased "because" their old laptop simply needed to be reinstalled. Many times, I'm able to convince them to return the cheap-o & stick with what they had (if beefier than the new one). I second the move to SSD, as well. Best thing you can do (& maximizing RAM). I found that the 250/256GB to be the performance-to-cost "sweet-spot". And NO-- you do NOT use the computer's drive to store the only copy of your data. This isn't 1998 when HDD's were 2GB in total capacity and external storage was limited to floppy disks! Most people would be fine with a temporary copy uploaded to FREE 15GB Google Drive until they're able to make a backup at home. So, sticking with the original laptop, upgrading to SSD, new battery, + reinstall costs about $270AUD. A lot less than forking out $400+AUD to end up with junk (& many times, no DVD, which many people still do like to have). Yes, I realize that USB DVD players's are available, but that's one more cost, one more piece of hardware laying around vs. in-built. One other thing to consider is that the layout of the machine is already familiar & that matters-- a LOT, to many folks. The best thing about the reinstall is I do a bare-bones: no junk, only drivers. Then, I add browsers & worthwhile freeware. Lastly, I create a system image to their external backup drive (for next time). 90% of my work is through referrals because people are so pleased. Great video.

[@rayyanadhnan2715]

I believe desktops are better too. Because i can repair them easily and can install graphics card and upgrade the hardwares but in laptops, as far as i know only ram, processor and motherboards are upgradeable

[@SirShizuka]

Grass is green, the sky is blue and trees shed leaves in autumn.

[@shivershajj7044]

Rayyan Adhnan actually you can change: Rams Processor Batterie Usb ports Wifi card HDD/SDD DVD rom Keyboard Screen Web cam Mother board And even vga sometimes For sure, some new laptops (mostly the cheap ones) have everything stucked on the mother board, but eitherwise, its just that it is a bit more tricky to find/replace the parts

[@LightHydro]

I have to disagree with the statement that "professors have notes available online." Yea SOME do that but the majority of them don't due to copyrighting their own notes for some odd reason. I am a recent graduate in Computer Engineering and I only had 10% of my professors actually post their notes online.

[@christianfalconi7076]

i am a engineer and i been in the technology field now for almost 10 years.. this is the worst advice i come across on you tube. If some one asked me if they wanted a cheap computer that is reliable. i would say an older 2015 lenovo think pad version t420,t430s. they are the more reliable computers i have come across. under 300$ the design are solid and can hold up most wear and tear, they even have a water draining system in case of spills. and upgraded with love ( adding and ssd or Msata, ram,proper upgrades, and proper drive upgrades ) they are wicked fast and reliable. i would stay away from dells, hp, and Toshiba laptops. unless you intro graphic or music design or just love mac i would recommend macs too, but if your using for work or school you will end up ruining windows on it or poning up more cash to buy programs that are cheaper on windows. worried about your files pop out the dvd bay and pop in a second ssd and back up your files. by the way most laptops dont accumulate that much dust if they are somewhat take care of and because they are mobile. A pc tower sits around most people stick it somewhere under their desk and dont look at it only to press the power button they pick up more dust.

[@trubrewman]

Christian Falconi Desktop a breeze to open up and clean out dust. Laptop has dust sucked up in the tiniest crevices that most people can't clean out without disassembling down to MB, likely by a pro.

[@christianfalconi7076]

again my experience in the field shows me that most people throw their desktop under a desk and dont even touch them until something goes wrong. laptops dont pick up as much as your making them out to...i agree a desktop is easier to clean but the reality is the majority of people dont open a desktop unless something goes wrong. so the dust factor is a stupid argument to tell someone to avoid laptops all together.

[@ragilmalik]

i have already convinced more than 10 people from work to buy lenovo T420, as i am really satisfied after buying one myself. for $250, you get : i5 2540m 8 gb of ram 500 gb hdd (varies actually, some comes with 320 gb or even ssd) 1 gb vram of NVS4200m and DVD RW :D can't believe all of adobe software running smooth (yes, even after effect) on this old cheap laptop. oh and this laptop is so well built. if someone annoys you, you could just hit him with T420 and guaranteed he will at least be in hospital for a week

[@jackreacher4297]

Word

[@timezonewall]

I'm an EE who has been using computers continuously since a time when windows was something you looked through, a laptop was always a reference to the top of ones thighs, and a mac was always prefixed by the word big,. During that time I've assembled, repaired and helped many people select or manage a PC. In general, people do not take very good care of their personal compute devices and other electronics out of ignorance and laziness. They do not blow out the dust a couple times/year, they do not get and update proper virus software (less of an issue these days as it's more automated), they do not do proper and regular backups, they pick poor passwords, they install questionable software, they do no remove software they don't need, they eat food over the keyboard, they toss it around like a toaster and don't handle it with care, and most have no idea what capabilities they actually need. Most people these days need access to more than one type of computing device. It's not a simple matter of laptop vs desktop per se. Personal computing devices are commonly categorized as a desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone. A few people need or want all four categories, some with multiple computer devices even within a category, while a few need or want only one compute device. Unfortunately the masses don't always make the good choices in personal computing. I do think that laptops should have a more limited audience than desktops on the whole, but beyond that I can't make a specific recommendation without reviewing detailed requirements. Not only do compute and mobility requirements need to be considered, but other things like...is the person consciousness about taking care of things, do they live in a place where things are often stolen, will other people be using the device, what is their level of technical expertise, what kind of help readily available to them, what is their expected lifespan of the device, what is their ongoing budget for compute devices, etc. The answers to these questions vary wildly and are significant in making good choices. Be wary of anyone who tries to tell you what compute devices you need without demonstrating their expertise, part of which is requiring a detailed personal discussion with you before making any recommendations.

[@nta699]

Well done and quite informative. Keep up the good work!

[@martyhastings9347]

just watched your video. enjoyed it so much that i "subscribed" to your channel and clicked for notifications. thanks for sharing.

[@CarbonGlassMan]

I bought an HP Elitebook 8460p Intel Core i7 , refurbished and with no hard drive for $139.99 on ebay. Then I bought a 128 gig SSD for $50 and a DVD of Windows 7 Professional for $45. About $235 for a pretty decent little computer. The 128gig SSD I had already and it's too small, so I have a 500 gig Western Digital ssd coming that I paid $130 for. So for $310 I have not a bad little laptop that is mil spec, so it can handle most bumps and bangs. Plus I can take it places with me.

[@lelouchvibritannia4495]

Buy a high end chromebook for that price?

[@lelouchvibritannia4495]

HealMyTech no exact model lol, was just suggesting that if you are buying a laptop for say, £350, buy a chromebook since then the manufacturer focuses more on build quality because the chromeos is free, also it's well optimised and really fast for the hardware you get. Although if it were me, I'd build a used PC for £150 (assuming the uses would stay the same as with the chromebook - browsing the web). £350 would build a great used gaming pc, though.

[@abdullahtshabal9522]

chromebook? lol no.

[@reycaribe]

Abdullah Tshabal I used to think no to but Chromebooks can come with Android apps now. I bought a 2 in 1 Chromebook and sold my Android tablet and my laptop. I have a good desktop for any uni or business work.

[@BilisNegra]

Is there such a thing like " a high end chromebook". Aren't they all roughly the same? (all those manufactured around the same time, that is).

[@abdullahtshabal9522]

I'd prefer using my smartphone for Android and well, a Windows laptop for writing essays, Photoshop or trash-talking on Runescape, either at home, in class or out and about. I tried using a Chromebook - Not my taste really. If you're okay with a Chromebook then go ahead.

[@michaelrobinson8827]

There are way too many factors for boot times to be measured in that fashion.. such as each system has a differing ammount of RAM the ASUS was slower to boot likely due to the 8 GB RAM vs the 3 GB in the DELL and the 4 GB in the HP this is because when a system boots it has to load all startup apps and windows services in the RAM in order to function. this is why an SSD makes such a huge benefit as it speeds up the data transfer to RAM on startup..

[@yukiharuyama5522]

my dell laptop is really fast 2.90ghz 8gb ram 1tb can still be upgraded 1gb VRAM upto 10 touch sensors coz its touch acreen

[@Nothing-zo9lo]

Mine is 2.4Ghz 250GB 2GB RAM Really old graphics [intel g33] runs 10 fps and sometimes crash almost all the time max fps 20 intel pentinuiuiuim idk how to spell It's very good quality because it can get viruses And it's not even a laptop it's a pc I bought it for like 510$ Let's exchange ;) ;)

[@leion800]

2.4ghz x2 core gpu 6gb ddr3 500gb hd mechanical. gtx555m 3gb ddr3 gpu. I'm looking at upgrading the gpu, and the gpu. may swap in an ssd.

[@greatvaluebleach5448]

I guess you mean you have a dual-core CPU, 500GB Hard Drive, and a GT 555M. That's kind of weird since your CPU is pretty shit, but you have a dedicated graphics card. Sorry to say this, but you probably can't upgrade the GPU. 98% of laptops have a GPU soldered onto the motherboard so it is not detachable. The laptops that can are very rare and usually are top-of the line, beast gaming laptops. So sorry, you can probably only upgrade your RAM (6GB is a bit less), storage, and your CPU (make sure you have sufficient cooling as the cooling needed differentiates between different processors).

[@greatvaluebleach5448]

Why the fuck do you have a 4TB SSD? Those are like $1,200+ lmao

[@leion800]

Great Value Bleach it's a alienware m14x-r1 for 1080 on medium settings it can hold it's own. a gpu swap can be done with a lot of work I don't want to do, but one of the options I was looking at is using a mpcie to 16x pcie adapter. Now this can bottle neck, but if I can milk the system a bit more with a gtx1050ti. and I've seen some decent gains from other people. Now the 1050 won't be running at 100%, but if it I can milk it until rysen 5 prices drop a bit. I could build a fair system. or wait for a Zen based apu.

[@campoman1681]

Some good information. Thanks.

[@CSAcitizen]

I'd never have a laptop ! I have my computer man build my computers for $300. Desk tops. Works great ! Laptops are health dangerous as are Smart Phones ! Plus repairs or clean up cost twice as much for a laptop. Never use Wifi or let it near you ! WiFi is deadly to your health and cancer is a guarantee. Your kids are exposed to high WiFi at school for 8 long hours a day ! ALL schools have it now ! Teachers also are exposed to it. Kids are getting cancer like never before and brain tumors from deadly cell phones ! Laptops will sterilize you ! Get back to note books to take notes - they are forever and will never shut down on you so you lose everything. Write your notes in a notebook. And a notebook is a lot easier to carry then a heavy clumsy computer ! And you won't get radiated from it ! St Jude's hospital specializes in child cancer and the hospital is over loaded with cases ! Get a regular old fashioned house hard line phone with the handset wired to the phone - get rid of the cell phones and laptops ! IT's bad enough everyone is exposed to the deadly cell towers that are now weaponized ! Without your health, you have no life at all ! ===

[@LazarusTemplar]

right on ! my laptop died, and I took the hard drive and it is used as a backup drive external and for parts. also would buy refurbished rather than new.

[@mohinsandhi663]

help full video

[@1CoreGame]

MOHIN SANDHI subscribed

[@killafx4726]

Advice for people who want to still buy a laptop, but on a budget: buy a used business laptop, such as a ThinkPad or a Dell Latitude; they're easily upgradable, durable and they come with great specs for the price. If money isn't a limiting factor, then I suggest that you buy a new business laptop from Dell or Lenovo, or buy a gaming laptop.

[@useruvwxyz]

HP is the worst laptop brand. Never ever buy hp laptops.

[@adoknightofficial832]

Hp is a bad brand all around. Was decent pre 2010 ish but terrible now

[@tw25rw]

My old HP laptops were great. My newest one is fragile and poorly constructed. I've had 3, but no more.

[@pdamasco]

HP and Dell should compete for worst laptop manufacturer. It's a hard choice LMAO!

[@RMAGGR]

It's like you completely forgot about Acer.

[@pantherpanther3666]

Dell is a real stinker too

[@robinlillian9471]

Why do you need a computer to take notes? Use a pen & paper. You will remember the lecture better if you have to think about it to take notes. You could also just record the lecture and take notes later. Voice recorders are cheap & you can upload the recording also later. The more contact you have with the contents of the lecture, the more repetition, the more you will remember, and the better you will do on exams.

[@FemaleObserver]

hahahaha

[@LauraCourtneyette]

Great info - thank you!

[@Yashwant5566]

Laptop haram in Islam

[@abyssstrider2547]

HealMyTech maybe he thinks that beacuse you can play music and videos on it? And play games? Maybe even beacuse you can acess gambling sites, although that would he same as calling walking haram, your legs can bring you anywhere, so are they haram? Yeah... He is kinda wrong

[@kaba_me]

Come on! He's just making a joke... What is wrong with people today?

[@douwehuysmans5959]

Stupid joke

[@anonymoussolver6110]

Why does it have to be about religion you moron

[@peoul1]

its haram for me, so much porn and hentai in it astagfirullah. hope iwl do better in the future

[@theebobbyrio1695]

Love the honesty, you sound like you really know your tech stuff wasn't looking for this kind of video, but hit and enjoyed tremendously thank you

[@Cotictimmy]

Lenovo T430 (8MB & 240GB SSD). I paid £350 2.5 years ago - they are much cheaper now. Mine boots Windows 7 in 25 seconds and is ready to go online. Use cheap a Western Digital My Passport 1TB USB3 drive for back up. I have a 25 inch Dell moitor connected to the mini display port. Easy to work on and loads of cheap spares available online.

[@Cotictimmy]

I knew Win7 support was due to end so I swapped the old T430 for a used T450 with 16GB RAM & Win 10 (this higher spec machine cost me £249). Used Lenovos still Rule!

[@kevinkenny8739]

Thanks ,very informative.

[@fenech97]

A great video with lots of info from an honest heart. Thanks.

[@geekdad7470]

I totally agree with you. That said, a good, used, business-class laptop is what I look for. Lenovo Thinkpads, HP Elitebooks, Dell Latitudes are all good choices. My old standbys are the Lenovo Thinkpad t430 or t430s and t440s. The t430 with an extended battery and you will have something to hold onto when carrying around and typing. Get them with backlit keyboards and an SSD and you are set with a great laptop at a low price.

[@tullochgorum6323]

He's right - you'll get better value for money with a desktop - but there's nothing to beat the convenience of a laptop. If your budget is tight, I'd strongly recommend a properly refurbished Lenovo Thinkpad. Not glamorous, but you get a solid road-warrior for £220 and up. Used them for a decade, and I'm a big fan of the older models.

[@birdie399]

Thanks I learned a lot of useful information.

[@sanjosefretworks4757]

Thank you. very well explained and informative.