Yes I am a gamer, no I don’t want to use the Laptop for gaming.

The Laptop in question is the ‘Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 Gen 7’, I can’t out right purchase it outright as any device is way to pricy for me. So it would be an monthly payment through 2 years.

Why do I want the Laptop?
I’ve been pushing myself to edit videos and have got to the stage that I have registered a company that I’ll be doing this under. Sure my PC would do the ok job, it runs the programs I need such as Premiere Pro but I feel a more portable set up might be needed in the future for as my partner wants to go away to so many places in the future, the ability to move rooms in the house when I feel I no longer can work in the room such as my office to the sitting room as well as if it comes to it I can use the laptop for more ‘high-end’ gaming on the go in my spare time.

Why this Laptop?
Well I saw it on my phone providers website as I was checking when my current laptop is due to finish it’s cycle (The laptop I have currently only have 4GB of ram and can barely open the internet) also it cost like ~£40 a month.

How much would I be paying?
The cost on the website is £42 a month with £10 upfront cost.

This does come with a ‘bonus’ of 2 year subscriptions of Microsoft Office 365 and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

  • SamXavia@kbin.runOP
    3·
    1 year ago

    @Sanctus So there’s a few reasons I will most likely not go for a Mac;

    1. Most of them you have to purchase out right
    2. Even know I plan on using it for Video Editing I still like having the option to download a game or two as I do enjoy games in my downtime.
    3. Mac Hardware are known to be very un user fixable to the stage you have to purchase a whole new device if something goes wrong in them
    4. Even know I plan on mainly using the Adobe Suite I still want to have the option for non-supported software as Apple’s eco-system is known for being very closed to non-verified software
    5. You sometimes have to format external hard drives when moving between Mac and Windows what I would like the option to do as I do still enjoy my Windows Machine when working in my home office.

    Mac wasn’t the best option and the only place I could possibly get them on monthly payments is there website that minimum I’m looking at is about £50 a month and that’s before apple care (what doesn’t include water damage) as well as the 50 accessories that they try and add on, would love to be able to try mac but with the price point and the massive e-waste they become I’d rather stick with a PC I can always add Linux on in the future.

    • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Have you checked out “workstation” laptops? Thoough those might be more geared towards rendering graphics. I only suggested the Mac because I have a relative in film school and its Macs all the way down.

      You could try looking at HP Zbooks, Dell XPSs, or the Lenovo Slim Pro 9i. But Zbooks are more expensive than macs sometimes.

      • SamXavia@kbin.runOP
        2·
        1 year ago

        @Sanctus I have looked at a lot of other workstation based laptops in the past few months, HP I avoid as me and my mum have had no end of problems from there laptops in the past. The problem comes to the same thing in the end, is there a payment plan that allows me to pay it off per month for the next 1-2 years? No, Well can’t outright buy it sadly. Thanks for trying, I think the deal that the laptop I’ve posted about is probably the best that I’m going to get (even if I have to purchase extra storage space and RAM to add to the laptop post purchase).

        • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Just be careful of what other comments mentioned. That battery life means it will practically be a desktop in no time. Maybe have 2-3 charged spares.

          • SamXavia@kbin.runOP
            2·
            1 year ago

            @Sanctus I will keep that in mind, there isn’t many locations that I can think of that will not have power so I’m lucky in that way. I will most likely change the battery inside of the laptop after a year or so to make sure that it’s still able to boot without being plugged in when I need it for that bit of work.

            TBH seems like most of the downsides are rather because of it being monthly payments instead of outright paying for it but I understand that but can’t outright purchase atm (Maybe in the future with my edits).

            and the other downsides is that it’s a laptop so it has battery that can slowly degrade and won’t last a long, long time. As well as the screen being not colour perfect, what I don’t have on my current cheap monitors anyway, so really it’s a massive upgrade for me.