u/FreddyDougs

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: 600 USD
• Are you open to refurbs/used? Refurbished recommendations should be from trustworthy sites that have a good history.
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? solid frame with rounded edges for everyday use, and a good battery this is a laptop for college and hopefully needs to be only charged before bed.
• How important is weight and thinness to you? not super important, dont want something super massive but this isnt the most important thing
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 14"+
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. maybe a little photo editing, and some gaming
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Sims 4 and Minecraft ~45-60 fps
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Not the most important things but touch screen would be nice, and backlit keyboard would be amazing
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

Windows OS, no Mac or Apple products

8-16gb of ram

512 gb ssd

Preferably a pleasant color (most importantly not grey or silver)

Rounded edges

This may not be the most easy find especially when it comes to color, found a few options that fit this description but were just grey. Yes I'm aware of laptop skins and paint but the person I'm shopping for doesn't want those unless it fits everything else on the description.

600$ USD budget

The specs desired:

Screen size 14"+

8-16gb of ram

512 gb ssd

Can multitask and play games of similar intensity of the sims 4 or somewhat modded mc

No CAD modeling or video editing is planned

and a decent battery life.

also no Mac or Apple products, Windows OS preff

design:

Preferably a pleasant color (most importantly not grey or silver)

Rounded edges

touch screen (this isnt as important but would be cool)

Refurbished recommendations should be from trustworthy sites that have a good history.

This may not be the most easy find especially when it comes to color, found a few options that fit this description but were just grey. Yes I'm aware of laptop skins and paint but the person I'm shopping for doesn't want those unless it fits everything else on the description.