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I bought this the last time at this price.
The processor is the fastest you'll get at this price in a new laptop. There is a free ram slot to add ram and the SSD is upgradeable. The ssd it came with is actually pcie 4. It's not far enough to take advantage of the extra bandwidth though. Build quality seems fine.
The main downside is the screen. Viewing angles are poor.
It has an open SO-DIMM slot, so you could actually upgrade to 16GB (8GB x 2) for about $20. The bigger issue is the integrated graphics needs to be 4 to 5 times faster before it would approach the minimum GPU spec (RTX 2060). The graphics in this thing are weaker than a Steam Deck, though I've yet to see a $200 laptop that is better …
Last edited by BlueDesk9616 October 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM.
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank poorgrad
The processor is the fastest you'll get at this price in a new laptop. There is a free ram slot to add ram and the SSD is upgradeable. The ssd it came with is actually pcie 4. It's not far enough to take advantage of the extra bandwidth though. Build quality seems fine.
The main downside is the screen. Viewing angles are poor.
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