Hi everyone, I'm in the market for a new laptop since my old one (Toshiba Satelite C640) is showing signs of quitting. The following are my budgets and specs I'm looking for:

Budget: 2-3k? I'm earning 1k+ for now and paying PTPTN, so if I can pay installments the better

What I will use the laptop for:
1. I'm a teacher so I often use Libreoffice writer and GIMP for my photoshop needs
2. Dual boot to Ubuntu for android kernel building
3. Occasionally download and watch movies (I render them in 60fps real-time with SVP but that's a perk really)

Additional stuff:
1. HDMI support
2. CD/DVD reader/burner (very low priority)
3. Bluetooth
4. At least 250gb space. I'm not particular about the weight but light is preferable.
4. A laptop that will last a long time, and good battery life as well. I prefer to use it till it breaks rather than buy new stuff just because it's new.

I hope this is enough info to get a good recommendation, I can always give more info if needed.

This post has been edited by Arbitrary_Fox: Feb 16 2019, 12:59 AM

Good sRGB can be a preference, same goes for display. My only gripe is the glare I get sometimes.

I'm not sure of the weight, my old one was 2kg so around there would be nice. Dual storage isn't necessary as well.

For minimum battery life, 4-5 hours would be good.

https://www.techhypermart.com/acer-swift-3-...ift%203%20sf314

https://www.techhypermart.com/notebooks/hp-...lter=862%2C3451

How do these two fare against each other? I'm not sure about the intel integrated GPU, I heard these are underwhelming in performance

1-2k, I do a bit of gaming and GPU heavy stuff like 60fps rendering. No preference on weight but a display that doesn't glare much is preferable. Long lasting battery would be good, I'd like it if there was a HDD + SSD combo in there.

Yeah quite tight. Dedicated GPU, yes. But isn't a priority though, integrated with good reviews are fine too. About 4-6 hours of battery life on light usage? Though I try not to run it down to 0%.