The GPU died in my current Toshiba laptop (it made it 5-6 yrs). It had an AMD processor and card and got really hot on the bottom, despite ventilation. Screen went black, external monitor can't show it. I am on a 10yr old laptop now, and can't pull any files off the old HDD (I pray the HDD didn't get damaged!). I always remember the old IBM ThinkPads (now Lenovo owns and makes them). They lasted a while and were reliable. The business PC at least at the time. After Superfish, would you buy one? I think it all was cleaned up, but the response was kind of sketchy, as the first round didn't take it off, and I may be wrong, but there is something similar they add. I don't like the idea of one Self-signed cert on my PC.
Any better brand ideas? Budget is $450-$500 tops - college student. Need 8GB RAM, decent ergonomics and reliability. From what I am reading the Intel Graphics cards are having problems with Windows 10 across the board.
My thoughts: Dell, Toshiba, Asus.... are good ones. All Manufacturer's add bloatware, except the Microsoft signature PC's but those are out of my budgetary constraints.
6th gen Intel's are supposed to be great and secure. I will be running Workstation (VMWare)
HP kept overheating x2 on the last laptops I had. Plastic turned red/orange when I disassembled it :/.
I greatly appreciate any advice help. You guys have always been insightful. Purpose of post: Deciding right laptop to buy.
Any better brand ideas? Budget is $450-$500 tops - college student. Need 8GB RAM, decent ergonomics and reliability. From what I am reading the Intel Graphics cards are having problems with Windows 10 across the board.
My thoughts: Dell, Toshiba, Asus.... are good ones. All Manufacturer's add bloatware, except the Microsoft signature PC's but those are out of my budgetary constraints.
6th gen Intel's are supposed to be great and secure. I will be running Workstation (VMWare)
HP kept overheating x2 on the last laptops I had. Plastic turned red/orange when I disassembled it :/.
I greatly appreciate any advice help. You guys have always been insightful. Purpose of post: Deciding right laptop to buy.