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Old 10-07-2020, 05:01 AM   #71 (permalink)
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Acer told me that the laptop was unavailable. I am unfamiliar with this site, but it seems like a pretty good list: Top 10 Best Budget Laptops Under $400--LaptopUnderBudget.com.
I made these charts:



I do not know how to weigh this stuff. This says shows the 10th on the list being the best. It isn't full HD, it doesn't have a backlit keyboard, it has a less-powerful processor, but gets extra points for having a 256 GB SSD and a graphics card.

The lowest score is #2 on their list. It is the only one with a 17" screen, but it isn't full HD(!), has wide bezels, an unlit keyboard, the weakest processor, and a 5,400 RPM HD, although it is 2 TB.

It seems like this is mostly for people who store movies on their hard drive. It is also one of the less-expensive laptops.

It does have a graphics processor, though, but a weak processor and an obsolete hard drive do not help anything.

#7 is a 2-in-1, which is cool, but it has a 14" screen that isn't full HD, the keyboard isn't lit, and it only has 4 GB RAM.

I do not know how important backlit keyboards are to you guys, but I often use my laptop when my brother is asleep or taking a nap. I always turn off the light, so the backlighting is important to me. To me slim bezels are just nice. Mom's laptop only had 4 GB RAM and seems fine, but I have only done light web browsing so far. It is cheap to upgrade to 8 GB, but it is nice to not need to. I have 256 GB in my laptop and I am running out. I would save a great deal of space if I don't install World of Warcraft, but I would need to free up much more space to fit on 128 GB, although I would undoubtedly buy a quarter terabyte.

Having a dedicated graphics card is nice, but my desktop is going to run WoW way better than any of these and for one-third of the price difference for a gaming laptop I can upgrade the graphics in my desktop.

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