Hi all, I’m heading to college as an Accounting major and want a Windows laptop that can handle heavy multitasking. My budget is $1,000 to $1,500. Here are the specs I’m looking for:
Screen: at least 14", 2.5K or higher, 500 nits, 120 Hz
Memory: 24 GB or more (or upgradeable)
Ports: HDMI required
CPU: strong productivity performance
Weight: under 4 lbs
Other: good battery life, comfortable keyboard, and a responsive trackpad
I don’t need a gaming machine, just something fast for spreadsheets, lots of browser tabs, and general multitasking. Thanks for any suggestions.
What laptop are you using now? What is the CPU? Does it feel slow when working on the spreadsheets you need to work on?
We all have different use cases. I’m not an accountant so idk what kind of spreadsheet work you are doing. Most of my spreadsheets run fine for my biological data analysis…except one specific microscope that does FCS which pumps out CSV datasets that are too large to even open in excel…
Anyways, what I’m saying is my laptop is both good enough and not good enough at the same time for my heavy spreadsheet work. So getting a gauge of what you need relative to your current computer will help us figure out what will be a good upgrade for you.
I say this because it sounds like you want lots of CPU performance but you dont need a GPU. But most laptops with powerful CPUs also have powerful GPUs. And getting a GPU you wont use will hurt battery life.
I currently use the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x 16gb ram (snapdragon x elite). My computer freezes and lags under moderate-heavy load, causing me to have to sit there and wait a minute or two for everything to process. I’m not in college yet but next semester I plan to take accounting classes that may require spreadsheets, so I’m mainly planning for the future.
I’m fine with a gpu as long as it doesn’t severely affect battery life.
I like the display, battery life and keyboard of the Yoga Slim 7x, but not the processor, ram, trackpad, and port selection.
You can get any laptop that has a processor- core ultra 7/9 arrow lake processor ( a must for handling massive spreadsheets),
You can look at the yoga pro 7 aura edition, it checks everything you desire except the trackpad (not the best, The only bad thing about the yoga). Another option is the zenbook S14, this one has a better trackpad, keyboard is good enough, port selection is fine.
P.S- avoid snapdragon processors. Most software do not support ARM64
