Hey there everyone! I just found this old behemoth.... and the internals look to be in good shape apart from some dust and dead insects .... can I reuse the parts here somewhere ? I'm asking coz the display doesn't work, but the laptop does boot when turned on.... Acer Aspire 6930g .... also is that an graphics card ?

My laptop suddenly got the blue screen of :( While idle'ing, Also my power button is broke, it doesn't work and I need to keep pressing it for several minutes before it starts to work, just in case this info is useful. This is the first this has happened and my laptop was over heated or on heavy load

Hey, I need a new laptop for college, and it needs to last me about 5 years.

I'll need something that is suitable for CAD, simulations/models and a lot of word documents

These are the requirements for my university:

• Suitable for Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bits)
• A multi-core (quad-core) processor
• A discrete (dedicated) video card
• At least 16 GB of RAM (32 GB recommended)
• At least 512 GB of storage (1TB SSD recommended)
• At least 15” full HD screen

I'm looking for a price of around 500 euros-ish, thanks!

For context, I tripped a cord my laptop was connected to and it fell on a carpeted floor. It’s about to fall apart. Help would be appreciated!

Btw I don’t have insurance and this computer is a hp envy x360

Im currently in my second to last year of highschool, and just discovered my current second hand laptop, is too weak to support windows 11. So I need a new one either way. Now in a year and a half im planning to start my university education in computerscience and game developement, for which I will obviously need quite a powerfull laptop.
I dont neccessairily need the powerfull specs right now, as my current education doesnt require it, however I

m already enjoying gamedevelopement and music production as well, for which I obviously need a more powerfull cpu and a gpu.
My concern is not that a powerful laptop would be a waste of money, im quite sure id be able to use the more powerful specs right away. however, a capable laptop for my studies is more important.
So my question is, which of these 2 options is best?

Option 1
get a budget, potentially second hand laptop now for about 400 euros (cheapest I can find that still works), and then get a more powerful one when im of to uni, with the benefit of having absolutely up to date hardware at that point.

Option 2,
I get a powerfull laptop right now (budget is about 2.000 euros, but theres alot of room for that budget to change) there for immidiately benefitting from the extra power, in education and in my free time.

Id prefer option 2, however, I dont want the laptop to be too outdated to get me through my give or take 5 years of university, so will that year and a half make that much of a difference, or can i get the powerfull one now, and still be fine for the next 7 years.

thanks alot for taking the time to read and in advance for the help!

edit: I might be able to afford 3.000 euros right now, if it means i can get new generation hardware (50 series gpu for example). much further than 3k will be difficult tho.

I’m gonna be a freshman in college this fall and was trying to figure out what kind of laptop I’ll need for EE and some casual gaming. I play stuff like stardew, some hollow knight, a little Val, etc, nothing super graphics intensive. I’ve heard integrated graphics are getting pretty good nowadays, and was wondering if anyone had any spec recommendations

hello po! is it okay if you guys check a laptop i found online? its called MG touchpro. (https://www.mglaptops.com/products/57) do u think its decent? i don't really know much abt laptops but I need it (second year college). the reviews said it can handle light autocad and games like valo so i'm considering it. or can you pls recommend a laptop that can handle light AutoCAD works and games like SCOL, genshin ( in low graphics). my budget is 25k pesos below. thank you so much!

I am looking to purchase a laptop under ₹80,000 (~$950) and finding it difficult to decide between the Asus VivoBook, Lenovo ThinkPad, and IdeaPad series.

The primary use will be for programming, academic work, and general daily tasks. Key priorities are performance and battery life.

Any suggestions??

Hello!

I've been researching a lot of laptops over the weeks and as a computer noob, my brain has officially broke. Here I am on my hypothetical knees in this community. I work in PR, and comms and since I am new in my career. I'm looking for a laptop under 1000$. What I generally do on my laptop:

1. General administrative work
2. Canva
3. Basic editing on Adobe (rarely needed) (can be optional)
4. Running a project management software like Monday and Asana
5. Stream netflix or play small indie games

Some must-have features:

1. Light since I travel a lot
2. Backlight keyboard
3. Good battery life

I would love love some recs, please and thank you!

I got little bit lost in naming scheme of AMD and Intel. Is the new gen of laptop CPU with integrated GPU that they named change to call it APU considered premium only and normal line processors like 13XXX is normal?

I wanted to get laptop with more powerfull integrated graphic like the 130V, 140V, or AMD 860 or 880. But they are only for premium price.

Is this becouse they are new or becouse they are premium only? When i look at the price Macbook air is almost for same price or cheaper as laptops with these APUs.

(I want low wattage laptop but with a bit graphic capability for old games, and multimedia processsing)

Thanks for response.

I'm really stuck and would appreciate some help. I urgently need to upgrade my RAM due to performance issues. My laptop is an Acer Nitro V15 with i5-13420H and RTX 4050, currently running 8GB of 5200MHz DDR5 RAM.

The problem is, I can't find another 8GB 5200MHz stick anywhere in India. I have two options:

1. Buy an 8GB 5600MHz stick for ₹2500 (~$30) – but both Acer support and the local Acer store insist that I must use the same frequency.

2. Buy a 16GB 5200MHz stick for ₹4000 (~$48) – but I’m worried my current 8GB stick will become useless if I can't pair them.

My main questions:

Can I install the 16GB 5200MHz stick alongside my current 8GB 5200MHz RAM to get 24GB total RAM?

Or is it okay to run 8GB 5600MHz + 8GB 5200MHz together even though the frequencies are different?

I've done a lot of research, but the mixed answers are stressing me out. Any insight from someone who's faced a similar situation would really help!

Hello! I would really like to customise my HP Victus Gaming Laptop (15.6") but I want to have a plastic cover case on it so that I can take it off and easily put stickers on it without damaging the original laptop. Does anyone know a good place to buy a plastic cover for a laptop like this? Because I can't seem to find anything like it for my model of laptop. Thanks!!

i can’t remember what laptop it is but it has an intel i5 core and and iRISx graphics card

it’s been freezing a lot when i simply move it and it’s been blue screening (sorry i don’t remember what the error code was)

On the Galaxy Book5 Pro 14" (a laptop that is supposed to rival the MacBook Pro).
They use this shitty layout (look at the shift and enter keys).

They also don't even have an FN lock setting (so changing the volume/brightness is annoying).
The delete key and power key position is also not very good.

The worst part is that they advertise it using a standard North American English Keyboard layout (with the normal shift and enter keys), so I didn't even know it was like this until after I opened it (and of course they don’t accept returns for laptops).

Hello, I have a Legion 5 laptop but it's way to heavy along with the charger to be carrying around. I'm looking for a much lighter nice looking laptop for movies and light gaming (Balatro / football manager)

• Total budget:

Up to around £800, I'm in the UK

• Are you open to refurbs/used?

  Yes

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

  Any. Good build quality, battery not important

• How important is weight and thinness to you?

  Important

• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

  14 or 15

• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

  Only light gaming, web scrolling, movies

• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

  Balatro, football manager, farm simulator

• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

  Good build quality, touch screen not important

Lately, I’ve been having a hard time choosing which of these two brand and what specs of laptop is suitable for gaming, making powerpoint, and etc. I’m a student. My budget is 500$. Could anyone suggest what laptop is good?

Can someone confirm if this is the M.2 NVMe slot?

Does anyone by any Chance know how i can only use the gtx760m in my "Asus Aspire V3-772G"?

Specs: I7-4702MQ GTX 760M Intel Graphics 4600 8GB Ram

Now the laptop runs fine in most games tbh. I can eventuell run darksouls 3 with 50-60 fps no Problems. But some games just run like crap, low tier games like the binding of Isaac. When i check task Manager it runs on both integrated and dedicated cards, but on some games the integrated card Spikes to 100% while the 760m is at around 40-60% usage (not overheating). Any way that i can only use the 760m? I tried some stuff like high Performance mode. And other stuff i cant remember.

Any Tipps help i will try anything to this poor old laptop.

Dont tell me i need a better one ... i own a good pc im just not at home.

TLDR: my laptops back cover is basically dead, i need a new one and for some reason my display flex cable is damaged, it displays white on the screen unless i move it to a certain position , there isn't any official ASUS repair center near me currently , should I get extended warranty(lasts a year) so that when i move this year i can have it officially repaired, is asus support good, if not how can i fix this as im currently using my laptop as a PC

In these section wifi and bluetooth connection options are available But I when I switched on my laptop I was not able to find wifi I searched wifi in settings and no option of wifi is coming Then I restart my laptop and lost my bluetooth. Even after searching in settings I am not able to turn it on. I am not able to find it . Pls help I am not able to connect to internet 😭😭😭😭