I want to be able to play solo Minecraft, and maybe also assorted indie games, without worrying to much about lag or overheating, even if I'm also i.e. on a video call or something at the same time. It would be cool to maybe think about using it for video editing and/or streaming but I don't know if I ever actually would. I'd like lots of ports, including several USB, HDMI, standard audio, and DisplayPort would also be cool. Good battery life - and a battery that will go a long time without losing battery life, or at least be cheap and easy to replace. Drop tolerant. Maybe a number pad? A DVD drive would be great but I realize that's probably a pipe dream for a laptop at this point. Not super concerned about size unless the battery actually lasts because I always end up tethered to a cord within a few months anyway because laptop batteries all suck. Nice size solid state hard drive would be good. Uh. Nice keyboard? Still comes with Windows 10 (but also could maybe think about running a Linux dual boot, except it's been a very long time since I did that, do people still do dual boots?) Possible to open it up to swap parts out relatively easily. IDK. Things.
It's been a very long time since I've thought about performance when buying a computer, to be honest, because it's been even longer since I've been doing anything that would need it.
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I want to be able to play solo Minecraft, and maybe also assorted indie games, without worrying to much about lag or overheating, even if I'm also i.e. on a video call or something at the same time. It would be cool to maybe think about using it for video editing and/or streaming but I don't know if I ever actually would. I'd like lots of ports, including several USB, HDMI, standard audio, and DisplayPort would also be cool. Good battery life - and a battery that will go a long time without losing battery life, or at least be cheap and easy to replace. Drop tolerant. Maybe a number pad? A DVD drive would be great but I realize that's probably a pipe dream for a laptop at this point. Not super concerned about size unless the battery actually lasts because I always end up tethered to a cord within a few months anyway because laptop batteries all suck. Nice size solid state hard drive would be good. Uh. Nice keyboard? Still comes with Windows 10 (but also could maybe think about running a Linux dual boot, except it's been a very long time since I did that, do people still do dual boots?) Possible to open it up to swap parts out relatively easily. IDK. Things.
It's been a very long time since I've thought about performance when buying a computer, to be honest, because it's been even longer since I've been doing anything that would need it.