If you're fine with 4 hrs battery life, HP Pavilion 15-cs can be an option. However it has glossy panel and needs RAM+SSD upgrades

Hi just bought a new Lenovo laptop, thx for all SIFUs previous suggestions , now the new laptop just open box, want to ask should I charge the battery first before use or direct open using battery or the “power line”

This post has been edited by TTMCD: May 17 2019, 01:18 PM

1. Budget : < 3k
2. Usage : Watch movie, Microsoft office
3. Display : 15"
4. Preference: Dell or HP but open to other options as well

Which model you buy? Actually you can start using the laptop aldy, usually I would plug in charger. Suggesting charging all the time if possible (can cap battery capacity using conservation mode)

Any preference on battery life?

No preference on battery life or weight. As I'm using Microsoft Office most of the time.
Would prefer better resolution as I'm using it to watch movies as well.

Lenovo Thinkpad E590/E580
Acer Swift 3 SF315-51-520J / 54ZB - non-upgradable RAM
Lenovo Ideapad 330s-15IKB 81F500S5MJ / S6MJ +RAM - below average battery life
HP Pavilion 15-CS2010TX +RAM - poor battery life, probably high sRGB
HP Pavilion 15-CS0033TX +RAM+SSD - poor battery life
Lenovo Thinkpad E585 - poor battery life

1. Budget : < 3k
2. Usage : Watch movie, Microsoft office
3. Display : 15"
4. Preference: Dell or HP but open to other options as well

1. Budget : No budget
2. Usage : Word processing, surfing net, no gaming
3. Display : 15" and above
4. Preference: Professional laptops but as light as possible without compromising power/speed

I See, so i plug in all the time, after shut down, need unplug or not ya?

i bought Lenovo E590 thx for your suggestion...

This post has been edited by TTMCD: May 18 2019, 04:47 PM

Give an absolute max budget to make things easier

Max weight preferred in kg? Any preference on battery life?

After shut down unplug...but anyway it downs to personal preference

You're welcome. Satisfied with the laptop?

Acer Nitro 5 vs Illegear Raven, both are i5 9300H with GTX 1650, which one is better ?

This post has been edited by clement7621: May 18 2019, 08:35 PM

Raven no doubt

1. Budget : < 3K hopefully (budget is tight but don't wants buy rubbish, willing to expand if 3K can't make it)
2. Usage : Photoshop / Illustrator / Premiere Pro / After Effect (Beginner usage for basic youtuber/blogger video)
3. Display : 13.3" / 15.6" depends
4. Preference: budget extendable for RAM (as much as possible), prefer stable to run above adobe software as priority. I'm currently using desktop for video editing, now needs something tht i can travel with it as subs.

thank you all sifus!

add-on; NO GAMING NEEDS AT ALL

This post has been edited by skydrake: May 18 2019, 09:23 PM

Need good sRGB display? Need dGPU?

this is the part i'm not sure. care to recommend? what advantage having it for editing video?

Display with higher srgb score means it has better color accuracy and will greatly benefit the kind of works you intend to run on the laptop. Dedicated gpu will surely helps in rendering tasks though I think it is more processor intensive rather than gpu (however it always better to have if your budget allows). Sifus out there are welcomed to correct me if I am wrong.

thanks for the answer, color correction wise is ok for me not to have it since I'm not doing very professional video.. is just vlog, preview video and similar.. of coz is good to have it like u said if budget allows. i think dedicated gpu will cost a lot more so, better not to have it for my situation.

thanks again for helping me narrow down the search, conclusion will be I need not to have srgb n dgpu (of coz is advantage to have it, budget just doesn't allow me )

Well said
Preferred max weight and min battery life? Can accept gaming laptop?

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This post has been edited by Metallics: May 19 2019, 11:31 AM