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[GoldenEye Samurai]

I'm in the market for a new laptop. What I'm looking for is a laptop with an OLED display, backlit keyboard, good speakers etc. I have been researching for days, but it's hard to figure out which one fits me best. My budget is $800-$900. I plan on doing basic tasks, media consumption, and mostly important is my image editing.

Please recommend away.

Thank you all.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Get used MacBook Pro M2.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I'm in the market for a new laptop. What I'm looking for is a laptop with an OLED display, backlit keyboard, good speakers etc. I have been researching for days, but it's hard to figure out which one fits me best. My budget is $800-$900. I plan on doing basic tasks, media consumption, and mostly important is my image editing.

Please recommend away.

Thank you all.

If you are deadset on a windows machine then the ASUS Zenbook S14 or S16 should tick most of those boxes.

OLED, decent speakers, 16:10 screen and should be under $1,000, if not wait for Black Friday.

There's also the A14 which has a snapdragon processor but a worse screen that I think is cheaper.

Battery decent in both.

 

[Sticks]

 

[Trilobit]

I'd recommend something that can win wars in the Middle East.

 

[Melon Husk]

For budget OLED it's either Asus or Acer. I recommended the Acer Swift Go 14 in another thread, the one with 1800p 90 Hz display. Built-in speakers are rarely great in budget laptops.

If you're fine with 60Hz IPS then Macbook.

 

[thefool]

I got a thinkpad a while ago (entry level E-series) and it's pretty damn decent. Can't really complain.

 

[protonion]

Get one of the Lenovo Legion series.

 

[AJUMP23]

I am not really the best to help with this sort of thing. I would look at Wire cutter or consumer reports.

 

[Idleyes]

Laptops are basically BMWs. Incredible out the gate, but once the warranty ends you're in a relationship with disappointment.

Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge
ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Is it for work or for gaming? Because the Huawei Laptop turning out so well-made, offering more features, and being affordable... in a good way

 

[Biff]

I went through laptop research hell a few years back. It really is a convoluted mess, I feel you OP.

The consensus among hardcore laptop users was Lenovo Thinkpads were the longest lasting, best value, best build quality laptops. I've been running my T14 as my main PC which doubles as a HTPC pretty much every day for 4 years straight using it anywhere from 3-12 hours a day. It is still performing like day 1, which is insane.

The reason I post this is to say Lenovo is legit. Sorry I can't be more helpful on OLEDs but at least I can point you in a brand direction as I know Lenovo has them too.

 

[jason10mm]

I think you need to narrow down to your size preference (13" or under, 14-16", or massive 17+) as that form factor will probably dictate your options. The image editing task is likely the one that will drive the specs the most, so you gotta decide how much ram, gpu, and hard drive space you need, as well as the number and types of ports unless you go thunderbolt. Are you ok with an eGPU? Can you get by with integrated graphics or do you need a dedicated GPU? How important is the screen quality or will you mostly be using an external monitor? The black friday deals are just a few weeks off and those are usually pretty damned good.