Reddington:
Hi, guys, I need a new laptop. I currently use HP 250 G5 (core i3) which was bought for me brand new by someone roughly 2 yrs ago. I can say the experience hasn't been a smooth one. The laptop started having keyboard issues after 2 months of use despite handling it with utmost carefulness.

The issue started with a key (left arrow key) and then spread to several keys randomly. I had to buy a wireless keyboard because virtually all the laptop engineers I contacted told me the keyboard would be extremely difficult to replace because it is a chiclet/island kind of keyboard. So I had to make do with the external keyboard for over a year and half now.

Long story short, woke up one morning to discover with bewilderment, a white horizontal line across the screen, this's in addition to the fact that the left arrow key goes haywire & continuously press itself sometimes, making the laptop virtually unusable. This is my first laptop, and I'm absolutely hating the experience. The stereotype is that most HP laptops are fragile, and based on my experience, it'll be very difficult to convince me to believe otherwise. This was a brand new laptop! HP is an insanely popular brand in the world of laptops, but I honestly think they're ridiculously overrated!

So back to my main aim of creating this thread; I need a brand new laptop, but I'm also willing to consider fairly-used ones if they're of the highest grade. Lenovo is my preferred choice, but I'm willing to consider other reliable brands too.

I'm looking out for the following attributes:

* Reliability & durability.
* Parts must be readily available in the market and very replaceable by competent engineers.
* Anything less than core i5 is unacceptable.
* A dedicated graphics card would be great, but not a must.
* Screen size must be 15.6 inches and above, with rich colours.
* On-screen time should be nothing less than 4.5hrs i.e battery must be solid.
* 8GB or 4GB RAM. If 4, it must be expandable.
* 500GB - 1TB Storage.
* SSD storage
* Mustn't be bulky.

My budget = N250-N300k

Laptop gurus/vendors, I need your help with recommendations, please.

Thank you!

Sheriman:

Go for Dell Inspiron 15 7559 very good laptop that has the features to get your job done

mountmoriah:
I have core i7 Intel 2.90ghz

HP Elite book 8970

500 GB hard

8gb ram

Blue tooth

Wireless

N90k

Reddington:


Wow.. Looks like a good deal.. But the fact it's HP is a big drawback for me.. Why are HP laptops so fragile?

Reddington:
Hi, guys, I need a new laptop. I currently use HP Notebook 250 G5 (core i3) which was bought for me brand new by someone roughly 2 yrs ago. I can say the experience hasn't been a smooth one. The laptop started having keyboard issues after 2 months of use despite handling it with utmost carefulness.

The issue started with a key (left arrow key) and then spread to several keys randomly. I had to buy a wireless keyboard because virtually all the laptop engineers I contacted told me the keyboard would be extremely difficult to replace because it is a chiclet/island kind of keyboard. So I had to make do with the external keyboard for over a year and half now.

Long story short, woke up one morning to discover with bewilderment, a white horizontal line across the screen, this's in addition to the fact that the left arrow key goes haywire & continuously press itself sometimes, making the laptop virtually unusable. This is my first laptop, and I'm absolutely hating the experience. The stereotype is that most HP laptops are fragile, and based on my experience, it'll be very difficult to convince me to believe otherwise. This was a brand new laptop! HP is an insanely popular brand in the world of laptops, but I honestly think they're ridiculously overrated!

So back to my main aim of creating this thread; I need a brand new laptop, but I'm also willing to consider fairly-used ones if they're of the highest grade. Lenovo is my preferred choice, but I'm willing to consider other reliable brands too.

I'm looking out for the following attributes:

* Reliability & durability.
* Parts must be readily available in the market and very replaceable by competent engineers.
* Anything less than core i5 is unacceptable.
* A dedicated graphics card would be great, but not a must.
* Screen size must be 15.6 inches and above, with rich colours.
* On-screen time should be nothing less than 4.5hrs i.e battery must be solid.
* 8GB or 4GB RAM. If 4, it must be expandable.
* 500GB - 1TB Storage.
* SSD storage
* Mustn't be bulky.

My budget = N250-N300k

Laptop gurus/vendors, I need your help with recommendations, please.

Thank you!

Honduras01:




Go for Lenovo yoga or Dell. Forget HP, I don't for once like Hp.

Reddington:


I appreciate your suggestion, man..
I've been doing some Googling on the Yoga series and it seems like a good brand. I personally like Lenovo; they build robust laptops just like Dell..
I'm just confused as to which model exactly to go for..

meobizy:
Anything Dell is legit robust. I recommend the brand. Nowadays laptops are built to last three years or a little more. People prefer to upgrade without realizing that a ten year old laptop, although a little slow, can handle majority of basic computing tasks.

Reddington:


Thanks a lot for your input.

Thoughts on brand new laptops vs 1st grade fairly-used laptops?

Mickool17:
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Price 310k Comes with laptop and charger
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aterejr:
Have you gotten yet?

Reddington:


Wow.. Looks like a good deal.. But the fact it's HP is a big drawback for me.. Why are HP laptops so fragile?

Quim2:


I have been using same HP laptop since 2016. Changed keyboard only once. Hard drive 3 months ago due to age.

HP is the best and parts are the most avaliable.

HP will be my next pc too.

Something isn't right with your pc in particular

Reddington:
Sent me a DM?

Reddington:


Something isn't particularly right with my PC ? Probably.. But I've a thing with first impression, it matters a lot to me.

My first experience with HP is beyond horrible, and this's something I won't be quick to forget; something that may permanently shape my view of the HP brand in general. I mean.... this's a brand new laptop that I unsealed/unboxed myself?!

They say Elite & Pro book series are much more durable. Great. But for now I'm gonna try something different, and Lenovo or Dell would be my destination.

What brand of HP do you use by the way?