I’ve been saving up for a laptop for a long time and decided I want something that will be powerful and reliable for also a long time if I’m spending this much. so the 2 best options seem to be the Slimbook Hero or the Legion 5.
A Legion 5 16IRX9 with an i5-13450HX is around 250EUR cheaper than a Hero with a i7-13620H, a Legion 5 Pro with a i7-13700HX is around 150EUR more expensive than the Hero. Legion has a 3 year warranty, the Hero 2 years.
I don’t know which has a better build quality and if warranty service is better with Slimbook bc you have to ship it to Spain if there is a hardware issue.
What else should I consider?
Any AMD options?
rzyen ones seem to only have an rtx 3060, the intel ones have 4060
I have a crazy suggestion but it worked for me. Call pawn shops and ask them if they have gaming laptops. I got a 12th gen i7 with 3070ti 144hz screen MSI Katana for 400. They gave me 200 for my old gaming laptop. There are good deals out there.
Look up specifc Linux compatibility tests for the models, I vaguely remember seeing that at least some Legion versions have very bad compatibility.
