Laptop for under 1000

Feb 27th, 2021 2:50 pm

#1

Hemi558 [OP]: Sr. Member; May 15, 2017; 508 posts; 435 upvotes; Bc Canada

Feb 27th, 2021 2:50 pm

I’ve been driving myself nuts trying to find a good laptop that checks off all the boxes. Everytime I think I found the gem, I find out the manufacture screwed up something on the Canadian variant, whether it’s no backlight keyboard or the screen is terrible etc.

I’m looking for a nice and lightweight laptop, doesn’t need to game, if it does it’s a bonus. Would prefer 16gb of ram or atleast be upgradable myself, decent battery life, nice screen etc.

What’s out there that I’m missing?

Feb 27th, 2021 3:35 pm

#2

hagbard: Deal Expert; Dec 19, 2001; 31347 posts; 2022 upvotes; Fernando Poo

Feb 27th, 2021 3:35 pm

Used Thinkpad, though they're a lot pricier than they used to be.

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Feb 27th, 2021 3:46 pm

#3

Hemi558 [OP]: Sr. Member; May 15, 2017; 508 posts; 435 upvotes; Bc Canada

Feb 27th, 2021 3:46 pm

I prefer new for warranty purposes

Feb 27th, 2021 3:48 pm

#4

joe2k1: Deal Addict; Jan 11, 2002; 2697 posts; 1641 upvotes; Midland

Feb 27th, 2021 3:48 pm

I would say Asus, as they sometimes have some nice ones under $1000.

Feb 27th, 2021 3:56 pm

#5

Hemi558 [OP]: Sr. Member; May 15, 2017; 508 posts; 435 upvotes; Bc Canada

Feb 27th, 2021 3:56 pm

That’s what I’ve been looking at. Any particular model that stands out? Vivobook series comes up a lot but a lot of complaints on screen quality

Feb 27th, 2021 6:34 pm

#6

elgros4: Deal Addict; Sep 13, 2011; 1638 posts; 1279 upvotes; Québec

Feb 27th, 2021 6:34 pm

Hemi558 wrote: ↑ I’ve been driving myself nuts trying to find a good laptop that checks off all the boxes. Everytime I think I found the gem, I find out the manufacture screwed up something on the Canadian variant, whether it’s no backlight keyboard or the screen is terrible etc.

I’m looking for a nice and lightweight laptop, doesn’t need to game, if it does it’s a bonus. Would prefer 16gb of ram or atleast be upgradable myself, decent battery life, nice screen etc.

What’s out there that I’m missing?

What about this one:
https://www.costco.ca/lenovo-ideapad-fl ... 58044.html

Feb 27th, 2021 6:54 pm

#7

Hemi558 [OP]: Sr. Member; May 15, 2017; 508 posts; 435 upvotes; Bc Canada

Feb 27th, 2021 6:54 pm

That was actually one I came across earlier. Quite a few negative reviews on it, most recent ones both having keyboard issues. Luckily Costco has a good return policy. I also like the size, anyone with first hand experience on this?

Feb 27th, 2021 7:06 pm

#8

Hemi558 [OP]: Sr. Member; May 15, 2017; 508 posts; 435 upvotes; Bc Canada

Feb 27th, 2021 7:06 pm

elgros4 wrote: ↑ What about this one:
https://www.costco.ca/lenovo-ideapad-fl ... 58044.html

What about this one in comparison? Little bit thinner and lighter, wifi 6 as well. Most other specs seems about the same

Feb 27th, 2021 8:06 pm

#9

Hemi558 [OP]: Sr. Member; May 15, 2017; 508 posts; 435 upvotes; Bc Canada

Feb 27th, 2021 8:06 pm

No backlight keyboard on the Asus one so never mind that lol

Feb 28th, 2021 3:26 pm

#10

Hemi558 [OP]: Sr. Member; May 15, 2017; 508 posts; 435 upvotes; Bc Canada

Feb 28th, 2021 3:26 pm

Anymore suggestions? Still haven’t settled on anything yet.

Mar 4th, 2021 2:52 pm

#11

Hemi558 [OP]: Sr. Member; May 15, 2017; 508 posts; 435 upvotes; Bc Canada

Mar 4th, 2021 2:52 pm

So I end up upping my budget after coming across a great deal on the Lenovo 9i. Was on sale for $700 on their top spec mica model, should be here next week!

+1

Mar 4th, 2021 2:59 pm

#12

ReeGee: Deal Fanatic; Oct 23, 2004; 9678 posts; 7417 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 4th, 2021 2:59 pm

Hemi558 wrote: ↑ So I end up upping my budget after coming across a great deal on the Lenovo 9i. Was on sale for $700 on their top spec mica model, should be here next week!

Can't go wrong with Lenovo. We have 4 in our household and even my oldest T430 from 2009 still runs like a tank and I still use it to run Ableton Live and FL Studio on Windows 10. I got my wife the Yoga 14s recently and she absolutely loves it

Mar 4th, 2021 3:32 pm

#13

Hemi558 [OP]: Sr. Member; May 15, 2017; 508 posts; 435 upvotes; Bc Canada

Mar 4th, 2021 3:32 pm

ReeGee wrote: ↑ Can't go wrong with Lenovo. We have 4 in our household and even my oldest T430 from 2009 still runs like a tank and I still use it to run Ableton Live and FL Studio on Windows 10. I got my wife the Yoga 14s recently and she absolutely loves it

I’ve always heard good things about Lenovo, so fingers crossed I’ll love it lol. I haven’t had a laptop in several years, and it was an old toshiba satellite. I haven’t owned a more premium laptop before, I used to build gaming computers so the laptop was more of an afterthought.

Now my main combo is an Xbox series X and the Yoga as my main pc