My laptop is 7 years old starting to show it’s age. I’m worried it will die soon so I’ve been looking for a replacement, but DAMN are decent laptops expensive these days.
I would like something powerful enough to play stuff like Elden Ring, Baldur’s Gate 3 and FF:7 Rebirth (And most importantly, Monster Hunter Wilds when it comes out) at a decent framerate. It also has to be a university laptop, so nothing covered in RGB lights that looks like an Alienware fucked a Cybertruck, please.
I don’t want to spend a ton of money, but am I being unrealistic? I don’t want to spend 5000 on a computer, that’s ridiculous, my car cost less than that.
Yes it’s a shitty car, that’s not the point. Stop judging my poor ass.
Does the laptop need to be what’s playing the games?
If you got a Chromebook for uni and an Xbox/PlayStation for gaming you’d be able to play all those games, have a shiny laptop for uni, and only be $1000 out of pocket.
Edit: I had a bit of a look around, JbHifi’s having a sale at the moment, you can get a new Chromebook for $250 and a new PlayStation for $570, or Big W sells a new XBox for $450.
It also helps to look at refurbished/used for Chromebooks. JB had the Mediatek Lenovo Ideapad Flex 3 I have listed for $550, I found one in practically new condition for $120 on eBay (these were about a year ago when I was shopping for a laptop, prices have probably changed now).
