Which laptop is better and worth it?

Jo
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Unfortunately my laptop broke at the moment, which came in handy because it is now 5 years old and has slowed down and deteriorated significantly due to homeschooling / office and I just looked at new ones.

I limited myself to two laptops and now the choice is much more difficult:

1. Macbook Air M1

https://www.mediamarkt.de/...01412.html

2. Samsung S Book

https://www.mediamarkt.de/...57369.html

Which one is more reliable and better in terms of performance?

Kr

Macbook airs are absolutely not recommended! The pros are good, but they're not up for discussion here.

I don't know why you want something that breaks quickly. Please pay less attention to the design and take an ugly lenovo with a long battery life, which is not too heavy. The choice is immeasurable, but you don't really need to start under 480GB ssd, 256gb ssd are definitely not enough!

Jo

That surprises me! I wanted to get a pro first, but since a friend already has one and is not satisfied at all, I kept my hands off it.

ky

A Chromebook would also be very suitable for your purposes. These are inexpensive and extremely fast. There's also the Google Play Store so that you can then install Android apps on it. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, Microsoft Teams are also available as Android apps. As a student, you can even get this for free with an Office 365 Education license.

Here the Chromebook: https://www.amazon.de/...08JRDSJ29/ Chromebooks are so extremely fast because the operating system there's tailored to the built-in components.

Here is the Office 365 Education license: https://www.microsoft.com/...cts/office

You can also print with a Chromebook. To do this, you need a wireless printer. Then all you have to do is install the printer brand's printing app via the Google Play Store. If you have a Wi-Fi-enabled multifunction device, you can also scan with the app.

My brother also has this Chromebook and is completely satisfied with it.

Jo

That sounds really good.

Kr

You could have known that the air is much worse if the pro is not satisfactory. The pros are much more valuable and expensive than the airs! Why 13.3 inches at all? Do you want to use it on the go =?

Kr

Nevertheless, you have a closed system with which you can't do everything you want and you will get really upset at some point, I strongly advise against it, google will do whatever suits you!

Jo

Yes, I need one that you can often take with you. I wanted to get an Air because I worked with my friends and it convinced me a lot. Are Microsoft's Surface Laptops actually recommended 🤔?

Jo

Oh well, okay. Then that's probably not for me.

ky

With a Chromebook you can also activate Linux. That's a Debian console there. You can then use the package manager to install Linux applications or downloaded DEB packages.

Kr

I've probably picked out what is probably the best for you, if it just has to be a small and handy one: https://geizhals.eu/lenovo-thinkpad-e14-g2-amd-20t6000mge-a2311847.html?v=k&hloc=at&hloc=de&hloc=pl solid it is definitely! And MORE POWER is also included

ky

One more thing: The Chromebook Recovery Utility can also be "misused" to flash operating systems for the Raspberry Pi on memory cards. To do this, first download the desired operating system for the Raspberry Pi. You usually have to unzip it because it is a zip file. There are Android apps for this. Then you have a file with the extension .img. You then have to rename it to .bin. Then you can flash this image to a memory card with the tool.

Kr

However, I do not require the questioner to have that kind of specialist knowledge.

Jo

Yes, unfortunately you are right🙊😇

Jo

Okay, thank you very much!

Kr

Please, please, please

Kr

I picked out this one too

https://geizhals.eu/lenovo-yoga-slim-7-14are05-slate-grey-82a200ffge-a2507980.html?v=k&hloc=at&hloc=de&hloc=pl

not quite as solid but faster with a better battery and twice as much ssd, but in fact also stable