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Looking for some relatively urgent advice on a new laptop, if anyone can offer it.
Nearly 2 years ago I bought a Lenovo Legion 5 which has never really performed as I would expect a machine of that caliber to. From the off I had problems (lag/freezing up during basic tasks) and in the last year it's been much worse (not starting up due to hardware fails). It's gone through 4 repairs in the last few months and has now been declared defunct and I am getting a full refund.
It's come at a really bad time and so now I feel pressure to very quickly buy a replacement machine so I can get on with my work (I am doing a masters, and am also in the middle of a band campaign that I need to create content for). Equally, I want to make sure I get a fitting replacement that will be more reliable than this one has been.
The model I had was the Ryzen version with 16GB ram, 500GB SSD and a dedicated graphics card. I think it was a gaming laptop, but I don't really care about gaming. All I really want is to be able to comfortably edit HD video content (for life as well as fanediting). When I'm not doing that I generally have antivirus in the background while I (admittedly) browse multiple chrome tabs, and use word processing tools like evernote and Microsoft Office. I might also be in a video meeting on discord or zoom. So relatively demanding, but not too much to ask of a machine that's usual function is HD video editing (I'd have thought?).
I'm getting refunded around £950 approx (roughly 1,300 USD), so that's my budget. But if I'm going to be better served pushing a little above that, I will certainly consider it. Given my experience with lenovo my preference would be to not go with a lenovo model. I had their premium warranty which is meant to be fast and on-site, but the reality is it spent most of its time away from me/in a depot and i would not see it for weeks.
Thanks in advance.
Nearly 2 years ago I bought a Lenovo Legion 5 which has never really performed as I would expect a machine of that caliber to. From the off I had problems (lag/freezing up during basic tasks) and in the last year it's been much worse (not starting up due to hardware fails). It's gone through 4 repairs in the last few months and has now been declared defunct and I am getting a full refund.
It's come at a really bad time and so now I feel pressure to very quickly buy a replacement machine so I can get on with my work (I am doing a masters, and am also in the middle of a band campaign that I need to create content for). Equally, I want to make sure I get a fitting replacement that will be more reliable than this one has been.
The model I had was the Ryzen version with 16GB ram, 500GB SSD and a dedicated graphics card. I think it was a gaming laptop, but I don't really care about gaming. All I really want is to be able to comfortably edit HD video content (for life as well as fanediting). When I'm not doing that I generally have antivirus in the background while I (admittedly) browse multiple chrome tabs, and use word processing tools like evernote and Microsoft Office. I might also be in a video meeting on discord or zoom. So relatively demanding, but not too much to ask of a machine that's usual function is HD video editing (I'd have thought?).
I'm getting refunded around £950 approx (roughly 1,300 USD), so that's my budget. But if I'm going to be better served pushing a little above that, I will certainly consider it. Given my experience with lenovo my preference would be to not go with a lenovo model. I had their premium warranty which is meant to be fast and on-site, but the reality is it spent most of its time away from me/in a depot and i would not see it for weeks.
Thanks in advance.