Linus Tech Tips: My Son Needs a New Laptop

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It's already that time of the year where the children must go back to school. Going back to school means shopping for school supplies, like a new laptop that doesn't run ChromeOS. But there's so many options out there, just what will Linus' son choose?

Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1642787-my-son-needs-a-new-laptop/

Check out the laptops!

Top Pick:

Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge, 16" Touchscreen AMOLED, 120hz, Snapdragon X1 Elite, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD:
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Runner up:

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5X 16GB Memory 512GB Storage Snapdragon X2 Plus: https://geni.us/18Cu3t

Others mentions:

ASUS Vivobook S16, AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 (M5606): https://prsm2.com/rsWyA3JZn
ASUS Vivobook S 16" Laptop OLED AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS with 16GB RAM 1TB SSD: https://prsm2.com/rmclIiuCY
ASUS TUF Gaming A16, NVIDIA RTX 5050, AMD Ryzen 7 260: https://prsm2.com/ZMY1y92Qp

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:53 Initial research
4:34 He'll learn one day
4:54 Where are we going?
5:48 A 5 pound laptop
6:27 LG Gram
7:27 Linus' laptop
8:12 More of the boys research
8:44 Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5x
10:02 How about a 16" laptop
11:45 The third choice
14:10 Testing the ThinkBook 16
15:13 Looking at some more laptops
18:03 And the winner is...
19:46 Outro