Best Budget Laptop $500 - IdeaPad vs Inspiron vs Pavilion

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00:00 Introduction
00:40 Models and Specs
01:22 Manufacturers Cheaping Out
01:38 Displays
02:41 Keyboards
03:55 Trackpads
04:10 Build Quality
04:32 Ports
05:05 Speakers
06:00 Webcams
06:12 Performance
08:30 Touchscreens
08:44 The Winner!

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[JustJoshTech]

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[kairyonaznable]

You seem even happier since going full time on content. Warms your heart. A lot of people today resent people as successful as you but you are just so positive and genuine it’s hard not to be rooting for you. Can’t wait to see where the journey goes for ya!

[saturnotaku]

A Dell with QC issues out of the box? This has literally never happened in the history of tech YouTube.

[qwertycupcake]

Performance(plugged in vs battery)--Power drawn--temperature--fan noise--battery life. This gave full picture of 3 laptops in under 140 seconds. Good work.👍

[samcurmudgeon]

Just a note to folks in the U.S. watching this for making a laptop purchase: currently (8/16/23) Best Buy has the Lenovo Yoga 7i (14", don't get the 16") on sale for around the same price as these laptops with some better specs and better build quality.

[JimmyD]

I have that ASUS Zenbook 14X you recommended in one of your other videos and now in this one. It really is the best laptop I've ever seen for the price. I swore off ASUS several years ago because they just couldn't get it right for the price... glad I let you influence me to try again!

We tried the Inspiron 14" at work. The trackpad and keyboard made it almost unusable and we ended up going with the Lenovo ThinkBook (same price range) and it was 10x better. I wish Dell could get it right on their lower end devices.

[imtheblindiephoenix]

Yayyyy! Love these videos where you compare many devices.

I've also noticed that the mic quality may have improved. Could just be me though.
Keep up the good work :). You're one of my fav laptop content creators.

[ColdSkyy]

Casting my vote for the Lenovo, had a few of them and they were pretty decent

[iraklimgeladze]

True budget laptops are sub $400.
And they are rocking.
New gen i3 and ryzen 3 matches my i7 9750h, The most users just watch youtube, browsing and working in word, and for them that perfomance is planty
IPS screen becoming very common
RAM and SSD getting cheaper

[johnscott]

Of course anything under $500 is going have some compromises. The benefit of video's like this lays out where each laptop has those compromises. I first bought a Inspiron myself and sent it back, ended up with a IdeaPad 5 with 1235U. Nice laptop two brightness levels on keyboard but biggest drawback is all RAM is soldered no chance to upgrade so chose RAM capacity at purchase.

[ccroy]

I always bought budget laptops but now I'm spoiled. I found a 2021 Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Nano, new in 2023 for $750usd. U-series is fine for me at home. All the things I interact with are better: display, audio, keyboard, trackpad, biometrics, weight. Now when I shop under $1000 I'll be looking for higher end left over or open box laptops.

[azamduccati]

We just bought the Dell Inspiron 14 - 16 gb model for my sister who would be studying for the next 4 years in a slightly remote area here in India. The decisive factor was on-site warranty which none of the other manufacturers offer

[Kumoiwa]

Fantastic video! I missed the Acer Swift in this comparison tho. Also, for budget laptop, wouldn't an AMD processor be better? AFAIK they are a bit cheaper with better battery life for similar performance compared to Intel.

[qwertycupcake]

5:32 B&O. Finally someone spoke the truth. I think HP paid B&O just to put that sticker. (1-2$ per laptop, and then went to Chinese market to source 20 cent 1-2 watt magnets)

[Garezinator]

Acer makes the best budget laptops by far. I repaired both Lenovo and Acer and I can tell Acer build quality and repairability is very good.

[prod.mike]

you should do the hp envy, yoga 7, and whatever the dell equivalent is too

[BGeldz]

For anyone looking for a *truly* budget laptop that isn't worthless, Microcenter routinely sells the IdeaPad 3 14" with i3 11th Gen 1115G4, 8GB DDR4-2666 RAM; 256GB SSD, FHD display for $199.00 US. You cannot find better specs (in a *new* laptop) for less money. As of this writing, it's selling for $249, but again, frequently goes on sale. (They are selling this laptop with 128GB SSD for $199 at the moment.) This is a great everyday laptop (a full Win 11 laptop for Chromebook money) that will easily do what *most* people routinely use a laptop for. It's also up-gradable.

[billbrimmer]

Your usual through and easy to follow review(s). Appreciate it.

[bradleycochran]

When my budget was limited in 2015, I had purchased an HP Pavilion and I returned it the next day and got a Dell Inspiron 13 2 in 1. I used this for 3 years and it was a good laptop.

[chiny_mm]

The best cheap laptop for students has to be a used Thinkpad or the other business laptops from HP, Dell the return on investment is much better because of the build quality and ports.