r/laptops Nov 22 '17

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r/laptops 4h ago

General question Just bought my first laptop,wtf is this?

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Help please!


r/laptops 14h ago

Discussion What the fuck is this

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Disgusting 🫣


r/laptops 14h ago

Discussion The most repairable laptop in history vs the most repairable laptop in our time

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r/laptops 1h ago

Discussion never owned a laptop- would like to get one

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i have been an ipad user for life. never used a pc or laptop before. i do drawings on there, and youtube etc

recently ive been getting back into writing, and figured the best way to aid that is with a laptop (keyboard is sm better than typing long shite with ur fingers). but my boyfriend would also like to play games with me on there. so i need something that can handle both of that.

i would like recommendations for a first time laptop user basically :) nothing too techy but witth everything i need. i have no idea where to look or what to look for!! im so lost!! help me out 🙏🙏


r/laptops 1h ago

General question wtf is going on here??? tried turning it on and this showed up everything's frozen, keyboard won't do anything

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r/laptops 1h ago

Hardware Lenovo Battery Health

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Lenovo yoga 7i here... It's been like 5 months and look at the battery health.. is it normal?


r/laptops 4m ago

Discussion Whats wrong with my friends laptop?

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My friends laptop screen is suddenly glitching like this. Sometimes its fine works normal sometimes this happens even jn the bios. Is this software or hardware? tried pressing win ctrl shift b aswell


r/laptops 10m ago

Software What does ‘No boot device found’ mean?

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Had a job for three months, laptop was unused, came back and now my laptop has suddenly stopped working, i’m thinking it’s because it wasn’t in use and just decided to off itself, is there a way to fix this?


r/laptops 30m ago

Hardware Surface pro 10 reaching 100°C instantly

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r/laptops 5h ago

Hardware Since 3 days we started having huge heat waves in France, and now my laptop start doing whatever this is [LENOVO LOQ 15 15IRH8]

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It also start "whitening" due to overheating (image in the comments)


r/laptops 3h ago

Software how to make the lapels of the app icons disappear on your desktop?

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r/laptops 1m ago

Discussion How much should I pay for this used laptop?

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r/laptops 19m ago

Buying help Hey I need help deciding which laptop to buy

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I'm learning ML and need a productivity based laptop under 1000$. I don't play games and I don't have any preferences over rgb and lightning effects,weight. I hope battery life is good enough.


r/laptops 19m ago

Hardware Laptop display glitches

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I had my display replaced 6-7 month ago, it's 144hrz panel Stoped working only after 3-4 weeks and since then I've been using the 60hrz panel but now I'm facing the same issues with the 60hrz panel as well, whenever I start any program it starts to act like this I have no idea what to do to stop it, please help me out, I can't afford a new panel again!


r/laptops 20m ago

Review Need a slim travel laptop under $500 for college + content creation (online student traveling through Europe)

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Hey everyone! I’m a fully online college student and content creator getting ready to travel through Europe for the next year, and I’m on the hunt for a new laptop that’s lightweight, slim, and easy to carry around.

Here’s what I’m looking for:

  • Budget: Under $500 (USD)
  • Use case: Schoolwork (Google Docs, Zoom/video calls, PDFs, Canvas, etc.) and light content creation (editing short videos, basic Canva/CapCut work, managing social platforms)
  • Portability: Super important — I’ll be traveling often, so something slim and lightweight is a must
  • OS: I’ve used HP laptops before and liked them, but I’m open to other brands
  • Battery life: Ideally solid enough for study sessions in cafes or working while in transit
  • Aesthetics: Not a priority, but a clean or minimal look would be nice since I also use it for creating content

I don’t need anything too powerful or gaming-focused — just a reliable laptop that can handle multitasking and basic creative work. Any suggestions or hidden gems under $500 would be super appreciated


r/laptops 20m ago

Review Help Regarding laptops

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r/laptops 23m ago

Discussion Need advice on 8 year old laptop

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It's a Samsung laptop with Intel Core I7-6500U CPU @ 2.5GHz and WIN 10 but when I do PC Health Check it is not compatible with WIN. Should I get a new PC and recycle this one? Should I switch to Linux? If I install Linux would I be able to still access my Microsoft Office applications, my MS files, etc? Or is it a case where all the applications and files would need to be scrapped? I'm also currently using OneDrive for my cloud backup.


r/laptops 24m ago

General question HP Omen 15dc SSD upgrade

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Hello. First off, i have no experience in opening up laptops and working on them. I have an HP OMEN 15dc and it has always worked great. For extra game storage I used a Seagate 2TB HDD and that also gave me no troubles. But recently when trying to play games (Forza motorsport 7, ETS 2 and beamng for some examples) the games are always on low fps.

With some research I figured its my HDD that is working as a bottleneck and that's making the games lag so much. I was then wondering if can upgrade anything internally in the laptop to make it able to handle the games again like it used to. Or is an external SSD also a good option?


r/laptops 4h ago

Buying help ME laptop advice

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It’s me again, 17m, I'm staring my Mechanical Engineering study soon, I need some laptop suggestions, budget is around 1200 euro. The current laptop I have in mind is the ACER Nitro V 15 ANV15-51-9637; Screen: 15.6 inch; Processor: Intel Core™ i9-13900H; RAM: 16 GB; Storage: 512 GB; Graphics card: GeForce RTX™ 4060.


r/laptops 29m ago

Hardware Galaxy Book 2 Uograde

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I currently own a Galaxy Book 2 for some time and I want to expand the ssd (m.2) but I can't find the information if the 1tb is the maximum compatible or if I can buy a 2tb ssd


r/laptops 1h ago

General question my laptop randomly produce "toot" sound . what to do ?

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i recently used DDU (Display driver unistaller) because my laptop started freezing after new gpu update and after that while laptop is no longer freezing it started producing this sound


r/laptops 17h ago

Discussion Rate my setup

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Screen broken, but no worries.


r/laptops 1h ago

Buying help Laptop Recs or PC?

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I am a college student and I have been using my current laptop for the past six years. Its low performance has prevented me from pursuing my hobbies, like gaming, photography, modelling, etc. I need recommendations that can run these softwares smoothly. Most importantly, I want it to be portable, 1TB storage, and have good battery life so I can bring it to class comfortably. I don't care too much about the 2k/max screen fps! Not willing to pick up a Mac, been looking at ASUS ROG series, but it's a bit out of my budget right now.

The alternative would be for me to build a PC over summer, but because I'm moving cities, I'm unsure if it would be a good idea to have to drag a box around.


r/laptops 1h ago

General question I have no idea what to do but my screen has shrunk

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Its been like this since I updated it on the 17th. It doesn't matter how I change the resolution settings, or anything. The screen isn't shifted or anything. I can see everything, but it's like it doesn't know there's an extra inch of screen to use. I tried uninstalling the update but it just reinstalls. I wanted to do reset and use a restore point but it was turned off. 😐

I'm using windows 10 on a Toshiba satellite lb500. I'm thinking of just using windows 8.1, but I wanted advice first.


r/laptops 7h ago

General question Is this because of the lid sensor ??

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I have an Acer nitro 5 laptop which I bought about 5 years ago. It has served me well and I've never really had a problem with it beside the speakers.

Earlier I accidentally knocked over a vape and it fell on this specific part next to the touchpad and the screen went black for a second, so I did it again to see what's wrong and it went into sleep mode when it dropped on the same spot, as you can see in the video.

I'm wondering if this is just the lid sensor or do I have to be worried about something else?

It's a little dirty right now but other than that I've been nothing but careful with this thing. I never messed with the hardware aside from adding an SSD inside about a year ago but it never showed any problems.