hi guys this is shubham and in this article let me talk about what you should look at when you're buying laptops and if you guys recall in the last couple of months i have tested tons and tons of laptops and i still get a lot of requests from you guys to review this particular model that particular model and simply not possible to review every model that comes out but here i'm going to talk about 10 broad pointers that you should look at when you're buying a new laptop so let's go over those points
1: screen quality
and the first thing that you should look at and this is very important is actual screen quality of the laptop and how would you know that generally if you go to the manufacturer's website for any model they will mention uh the srgb values of that uh what do you say laptop screen uh generally if it's a low end uh screen it will be around 45 or less the higher the better yes of course you will simply not find what you say 95 or 99 on budget oriented or mid-range laptops but even if it's i i would say uh what do you say uh budget oriented mid-range laptop anywhere at least about 60 to 65 is good enough i would say
2:srgb value
second thing that you need to look at is apart from this srgb value is just open the laptop and tilt the screen of the laptop and see if the color is shifting this is a big problem that i've noticed with many of the budget laptops if you look at the screen from particular angle it looks very good but if we just tilt it a little bit then it starts to fade away and this is very uh a bad that i've seen in many laptops so again if you're watching reviews look at that ask the person who's reviewing does it exhibit huge amount of color shifting yes there will be some amount of color shifting that's okay but again if it does huge then it can be a issue so this is very important also again this is not very important let's say you're buying a laptop uh some of you might want to have what do you say a touch screen functionality on that so check if you want that touch screen functionality is it there also if you notice some laptop screens have a mac screen some are very reflective there's a sort of reflective uh so the reflective is not an issue if you're working indoors like this but if you're working outdoors a laptop that is having a matte screen is way uh better because this does not reflect that much and also look at the amount of brightness it can go the maximum brightness of a laptop in nets the higher it is better for outdoor visibility indoors generally what i have noticed in budget oriented mid-range laptop 250 nits to about 300 and this is okay if you're working indoors not a problem network but if you're mostly going to use it outdoors outside higher than 300 nets is advisable 300 350 or even 400 nets is better that way it'll be easier to watch it also again this is not very important uh if you want to write a stuff if you are a teacher or something then look for a laptop that comes with a stylus active stylus then you can write down short notes and do stuff like that also this is important particularly this is important this is the second point i'm looking at is the flex in the body of the laptop generally i've noticed this is an issue in many of the windows laptop and particularly in very low end laptops for example if i recall one of the avita's pura laptop that i had tested the build quality was very bad if you just do the laptop like this it used to flex so again make sure if you just don't put a lot of pressure don't try to break it but if you just put slight pressure it should not flex that is also very important because over the years this will be important if it's just flexing if you even apply a little bit pressure in the long term it will give you issues another thing that you have to look at is the hinge quality here many of the cheaper brands or cheaper makes don't have good hinge quality is the hinge sturdy or not how do you know this for example if you're just working on a laptop and just doing typing regular typing this shouldn't wobble if it is wobbling that means the hinge quality is not good that is also very important this is not generally not a problem uh if you go with reputable companies but if you're going for very cheap laptops i have noticed this issue on that
3: keyboard
next thing is keyboard uh again uh this is something uh important if you type a lot the feel of the keyboard and the key travel what that we have uh generally in windows i i would say pretty good i do not like the keyboard quality on the older max now apple has also this butterfly key mechanism so key travel is bad so again look at the key travel also if you type a lot this is important for people who type a lot the keyboard should be actually good\
4:fan noise
another thing is uh regarding the fan noise when a laptop you're working on a laptop every laptop will get warm when you're using it but let's say if you're just doing normal casual office work writing emails doing some word processing some excel sheets and stuff in this scenarios a normal laptop fan should not come because but the fans are blowing continuously then it is very very irritating so again uh also make note of this with the normal user yes if you're doing heavy tasks like video editing gaming etc the fans will come that is normal but they shouldn't come on always when you're doing this light task also if it is happening like that that means the thermal efficiency of the laptop is not good it's not calibrated well and google will get irritated uh generally what i've noticed this issue happening only in lower end laptops and also if it's a reputable brand uh these companies are making laptops for 10 15 years they know how to reduce that they have better quality fans and stuff so again make note of this also
5:battery life
this is a very important thing that many people forget just looking at the specs does the laptop fan come always when you're doing even casual work if it comes then you will get irritated and obviously because the fans are running all the time the sound is there also battery life will take a hit thanks thing is fingerprint scanners
6:fingerprint scanner
these days we are seeing a lot of fingerprint scanners in many laptops mid-range and above that's a good thing but not all fingerprint scanners are good this is a high-end asus laptop and if you notice the fingerprint scanner performance was very good for example on my uh what is that acer swift five it also has a fingerprint scanner but uh the quality of the fingerprint scanner is just not that good i would say it works about 80 of the time so also look at that now
7:ssds
next thing is really important is that if you're buying a new laptop now in 2021 make sure it has a ssd ssds are way faster they can boot up windows in just about 10 seconds any app you load within a second or two they actually load for example office will load in less than two three seconds so everything looks very snappy but if you're going for a laptop with a normal hard drive everything will slow down and everything will look slow i know if you are having a requirement of very high storage look at laptops that have a hybrid solution for example i have seen some laptops having just a 256 gigabyte of ssd but they have a one terabyte ssd so look at that kind of a solution but i would insist that uh look at a laptop that has ssd the performance is just blazingly fast every day usage will be way way faster if you have a ssd so in if your new laptop that you're buying right now has just a normal hard drive i would not suggest that next thing is
8:upgradability of ram
upgradability of ram many of you keep asking me about this and i would say yes it's nice to have ram upgradeability but i mean if you're looking for thin and light laptops like this this has the intel new series laptop uh sorry processor and uh this is the lenovo flex 5 that has the amd ryzen new series processor generally these are thin and light laptops so they have the u series processor and what i've noticed is that uh if laptops are having that new series processor the ram is generally not upgradable on them the ram is actually soldered this is not the case for every laptop but i would say 95 of the u-series laptops are having ram soldered so again you can't upgrade the ram if you want ram upgradeable t then you have to look at the gaming series of laptop generally most of the gaming series laptops actually you can upgrade the lamb but the thing is that gaming laptops if you know are a lot more bulkier above about two point two or two three point three kilograms these thin and light can weigh as low as one kilogram this is just about one kilogram so again you have to weigh the the pros and cons if you travel a lot then you will prefer obviously a ultra book but again if upgradeability is a very important part you want to upgrade the ram moving forward check a laptop that supports that and generally most of the gaming laptops will do that next thing is this is again now because it's 2021 also make sure uh the laptop that you have has a usb type-c port on that and you will find actually uh most of the laptops these days will have at least one usb type-c port but check if it supports charging via that because not a lot of laptops actually supports charging by that and if your laptop supports that usb type-c charging it is very convenient because these days many of those smartphones have the usb type-c charger that way you can just carry one charger and you can actually charge your laptop in fact
USB Type c charging
i can charge this laptop this has usb type-c charging with a mobile charger that has pd charging so that is also important if you are looking for that core portability and but again make sure it has a usb type-c at least a normal one also because we are getting a lot of peripherals moving forward that are usb type-c next thing is the battery capacity of laptop every laptop battery capacity uh will be different and this is generally in wattage uh what i've noticed is generally in the budget oriented low-end laptops they will have battery capacity as low as about 30 watt hour to about 35 watt hour and i would say it's okay but again if you are expecting a huge battery life with that you won't get i would say if you're looking for great battery life look at a laptop that has a battery capacity of around 50 watt generally many of them are hovering about 45 to about 55 watt hour so again that is also an important thing again if you want that over 10 hours or something look at some laptops that have even 70 watt our battery so again this is also an important area to consider and many people don't look at this when they are buying a laptop and lastly is the processor that you're going to use and
10:processor
guys let's first talk about intel then i'll talk about the amd uh processor if you're buying a new laptop right now in 2021 i would say i was just browsing amazon and i was shocked to see that there are still listings for laptops for the older co what is intel processor that are seventh or even eighth generation please don't buy those laptops these are actually old right now uh the latest one is the until 11th generation those laptops will be starting to be there are a few laptops available but by next month a lot more laptops will be available even in the indian market but currently i would say right now uh the ones that you're getting a lot is the 10th generation improved one so the 10th generation is okay but the latest is the 11th international until uh pro 11th generation intel processors that you're getting so just don't buy the seventh or the eighth generation it's just sad that i see a lot of listings on amazon and the processor used this until seventh generation of eighth generation and people are still buying it uh so be careful about that and if you're buying a new laptop with the amd ryzen processor if you can i would say go with the 4000 series of the processor for example the 4500u or the 4700u these are the latest and these are very powerful uh you will also be getting some laptops with the older 3500u or you but these are slightly older processors so again this is regarding the processor uh i won't get into the amd versus intel if you guys really want me to make a video about that i can do that and also uh if you guys really want i can make a video about what i have noticed the main difference between uh what do you say uh regular windows based laptop versus a macbook air there are some areas where i would say still the mac goes ahead but there are a lot of areas where i feel windows laptops go ahead so if you want a video about that let me know in the comment section below and again stay tuned to my channel i'll try to actually test out some of the newer until 11th generation processors uh laptops based on that that are coming out so anyways guys that's it for now thanks for watching and if you have any questions then comment down below I can reply
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