How to Buy a Laptop

We wanted to do a Back To School Buyers Guide.. but the second we recommend something in 2021 it will be sold out. So instead we're giving you the tools to figure out what laptop is best for you.

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Intro
0:27 - MSI Clutch!
0:40 - The XPS 15 is sick
1:05 - How much performance do you need?
1:48 - GPU Selection
3:36 - CPU Selection
5:30 - How much RAM?
6:00 - How much Storage?
6:50 - Apple M1
7:43 - Chromebooks
8:15 - Display Selection
12:05 - Keyboard & Trackpad
15:00 - Weight and Battery Life
16:35 - Outro

[thanos]

"If i say the Hp Envy is good, it will go from good to sold out in 30 minutes." Thats a whole flex

[keeganz]

Its badass knowing that you can single-handedly cut up the buying market by dropping a video

[SurabhitGupta]

For a back to school device, I would be particularly looking at durability and repairability. School devices are hard to not abuse.

[Gabdube]

Another important factor: *_key layout._* Language can always be changed in the OS, but key layout is fixed unless you get something like a Thinkpad with replaceable key layout options.
For example, here in Québec brick-and-mortar stores basically have to sell laptops with the ANSI Canadian French layout or at the very least Canadian Multilingual Standard, so that people can actually use them. But online stores may only sell models with U.S.A. ISO layouts; which means you're getting fewer keys; and typing in your language could be a serious avoidable pain. Lots of people buy expensive laptops online, only to realize that they ended up with the ISO layout, which absolutely sucks for typing in French; or worse they end up with the european AZERTY "French" layout which is arguably even worse (at least USA ISO is still QWERTY).

Canadian French ANSI is required by schools in the province and provincial public institutions in both official languages pretty much only use this one _exclusively_ because it is proven to be better for typing both in French _and_ also even just for typing in English.

The older Canadian Multilingual Standard ANSI is still used by some federal institutions, but is low-key gradually being replaced by U.S.A. ISO just because most unilingual anglophones don't know how to tell the difference and the supply of U.S.A. ISO is easier to come by.

And don't even get me started on how hard it is to preserve multilingual layouts for the various First Nations and Indigenous languages and prevent them from getting phased out too.

[tinop]

I love how LTT won't let Dell have it with the "Financing" issue with his buying guide video.

[Oskarek]

The biggest flex is: "If i say the Hp Envy is good, it will go from good to sold out in 30 minutes."

[mrperfectcell]

I have been looking into what I should look for while buying a laptop for like the past month, and this is probably one of the best videos I've watched, and also probably one of the best on this entire platform itself.

[Campake]

i love how most of the budget options are more expensive than my main pc lol

[SirBilliam]

I can now stop spending an hour teaching my family and friends how to look for a laptop, which usually ends in me just picking one for them, and send them this video. Thank you LTT!

[BlindCenter]

I'm born blind, I'm interacting here using a screen reader. And I admire your work, I really like your content, I'm very happy that it's growing so fast! Congratulations for
work and dedication. Motivated by my interest in the computer field, together with my friends I created a project called Blind Center, our goal is to bring information and show how blind people use Youtube and other digital platforms!
Hope you like it! As we speak the Portuguese language, you can use Youtube subtitles to understand the content of the videos.

[pcxdrone]

It's nice to see that AMD has final matches the naming scheme with the Zen 3 for mobile and desktop CPUs

[wildrage]

Great video guide, I really like to watch your reviews especially when I got Asus G14 after watching your review.

[shtechvn]

Glad to see Jarrod's Tech getting some recognition, the man really knows how to make proper laptop reviews.

[BlueJayYT]

Linus can you *please* tell me where to find that Portal 2 wallpaper you have?

[lapis]

Really comprehensive and entertaining at the same time, this one was awesome!!

[TemporaryINTER]

me: "so how do i buy a laptop?"

LTT: "that's the neat part, you don't"

[harbirsingh]

Another shoutout to Framework. Let's keep cheering for them.

[SimaVG]

Even after all these years, I think way over a decade now that I've been following Linus on YT, every video I watch regardless of release date, is still relevant and fun with great presentation.
Tl;dr Linus is a legend.

[banki]

Thank you so much for creating the playlist and this video. the way you discuss things is really simple and efficient. Even my parents would understand this so well. Thank you again!

[mini-_]

Wait, DELL has a financing option? But what about extended warranty!