Looking for a good laptop for around 500 euro?

Looking for an all-round laptop that shouldn't be too expensive. Unfortunately, I don't know me very well and therefore wanted to interview some experts. The laptop should be suitable for general use such as surfing, office etc. Preferably, of course, if you can play some games with it. (Nothing really expensive, have a PC that is suitable for it, more about any emulators for some old DS games or something). As simple as the new version of Age of Emipres or something…

Should be suitable for studying and simple use, because I'm often away from home for a few weeks due to school and of course I can't carry my PC everywhere during this time, I would also like to use it in my free time.

I picked out a suggestion myself:

https://www.amazon.de/...08219B9XB/

Happy opinion and further suggestions.

A little more expensive if necessary, but should also be an absolute buy recommendation.

What games do you want to play? In general, I would be reluctant to recommend a laptop on a budget. You would get a lot more performance with a desktop PC.

What kind of laptop should it be?
To play or to work?
500GB SSD is not necessary in my opinion

Buy a computer right away

I don't see any reasons to speak against the notebook regarding the hardware. For 500, - € you will hardly find a notebook that has a separate graphics unit with its own memory that would even be nearly suitable for games. Therefore, the Ryzen CPU is a very good compromise.

However, I reject Lenovo as a manufacturer because I have had very bad experiences with both a Lenovo netbook and a Medion netbook (Medion belongs to Lenovo). In terms of quality, this should rather be the lower rail in which the components and the housing are not designed for durability. (but this is normal in the price range)

However, I would like to warn you urgently before the dealer Shinobee. Please read through the negative recessions on the net to the dealer. And also in the advertisement that is advertised there with an original Microsoft Office as a full version is a very, very windy statement, because as you can see from the last picture, it is Microsoft 2010 Starter.

Microsoft once made this version available free of charge (note the past tense). However, this only applied to computers that were delivered with Windows Vista or Windows 7. Microsoft 2010 Starter is not executable on Windows 8 or Windows 10 without changes (third-party patch) and is also only available as a 32-bit version (this office does not run on 64-bit systems without an additional patch). In addition, advertising is included in this office and its functionality is restricted. Since Microsoft has stopped the distribution, it is questionable whether this version can still be legally installed on new computers, since the conditions of use are not met.

I worked on the question, was probably a little too incomplete…

Thanks for the answer, just read the question again, have edited it.

Thanks for the detail. If there are any other suggestions, have worked through the question, it is now easier to categorize.

Alright thanks! I think you shouldn't buy a gaming laptop. I study myself and honestly I hardly ever use my laptop for games. Find something nice and light for the Uni a la Ultrabook. Can also go towards Surface Pro. Gaming laptops try to get a gaming focus, but have major weaknesses like a small battery. Standard games like Age of Empires usually don't even need a graphics card.

I would then take a look at this:

https://www.notebooksbilliger.de/...ome+644355

The RAM is likely to be faster in relation to the internal GPU, but at least the 16GB is sufficiently large and designed as a dual channel.

The SSD is installed via PCI-Express and is sufficiently fast with 512GB.

The CPU is even slightly better than that of LENOVO.

Possibly. I would consider buying a warranty extension.

Basically, I can't recommend notebooks for gaming purposes. If you really didn't play, my recommendation would go to a used business notebook. The business models are usually very durable, but have hardly any graphics performance and are therefore absolutely not suitable for gaming.