I am beyond overwhelmed with having to decide on the best laptop that would meet my needs and stay within my budget of no more than $800. I currently have an Apple iPad that replaced my work laptop. I retired in March and I’ve been using this since then. I have missed using a laptop. I don’t even know where to begin with knowing what’s best and what will best meet my needs. A couple of things and I know I definitely want are a Touchscreen, keyboard back light, minimum of 16 GB and a good touchpad. I have a nonprofit and so I will need something that I can do a lot of my work for that on as well as Google , word documents, social media, zoom/Google Chat meets, etc. I am not a gamer so none of that kind of stuff is important to me. Please help. I’ve been looking for over six months now and just struggling to know what’s best. I don’t wanna miss out on the Black Friday deals. I don’t know if holding out until cyber Monday would be better. My head is just swirling right now!
Buy a macbook air- it would last you 8 years easily. It has the best trackpad, one of the best displays in its price segment, overall good build. It doesn’t have fans so it wouldn’t make a single sound while you use it. The only downside is that it doesn’t have touch screen.
For a windows laptop try to get a Lenovo or a Dell for longevity and good customer support. Other brands out there either have a bad build quality or bad customer support. The Lenovo yoga 7i fulfills all the requirements you prefer but idk if it’s in your price range. Another good option is the HP omnibook X flip (this is a 2-in 1 ) you can use it as a tablet as well as a traditional laptop.
If you can adjust with no touch screen then macbook air is a no brainer.
Thank you so much for responding so quickly and sending your thoughts and suggestions on what I should get.
I definitely don’t want a Mac even though I know it’s probably the best one to get.
That being said… Dell was actually on my original list of computers to get. I think I saw somewhere where Josh had posted on the page under one of the Dells I was considering (that I had clicked to get more information on) that it scored low (2nd to last) and then it changed my mind.
I never even considered Lenovo. I don’t know enough about this brand and have typically been time to stick with the main name brands like HP and Dell.
Thank you again so much
Macbook Air 13 is the best choice for you
You can also consider the HP Omnibook 7 Areo
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