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Not too long ago I've learned about your channel and the "insane amount of work you do on it" (in your own word😂). First let me say that by using just "insane" you are selling yourself short. So far and honest to God you are my most trusted laptop reviewer. Always on point and always mindful for us "the users". So as insignificant as it may seem I wanna say thank you for being on TH-cam and doing what you do, and I wish you all prosperity and success. Second I have a small suggestion! It would be awesome if you could make a video on ryzen laptops (best for each price class, and best overall), also do you think that people should wait for nex gen in perspective to (normal flow users, producers, coders, and heavy users). Thank you Stay safe.
Hi. Firstly thank you very much. I mean that. Secondly, I actually did alot of Ryzen laptops last year. I'd say the best ones are Lenovo Slim 7 Pro, Lenovo Legion 5, HP Omen. The Ryzen 5000 CPUs are taking time to come in, that being said I do have a Asus G15 sitting next to me that will be the next one I do :)
I cannot believe that you only have 100k subs, the production quality of this video is so good, that I genuinely thought you would have at least had a couple million subs. I was surprised to see so few. Keep up the fantastic work man!
I agree that 100+k subs doesn’t make this channel justice, but on the other hand he’s only about a year on TH-cam. 100k subs in a year is a lot, not just for a tech reviewer!
Seems suitable for an all round home office machine, probably even for a learn from home setup. However I must agree that it's price is a bit on the high side and as you mentioned gaming laptops from HP themselves can be a better deal.
Great review and thanks for going extra miles to clarify the myths about the processor performance. Notebookcheck also confirmed same about the i5 model of this laptops, beating i7 in other Ultraportables. In other Ultraportables, going for i7 may be due to having the 96EU version of the XE Graphics, but for this, sticking with i5 is the best choice since this having a dedicated GPU.
So it's been a while and now this laptop is out there for $950 with all your specs plus except 512 gigs on the SSD. Would that make this a better buy than the Acer Swift X?
I have an older version of the Envy 13 I got 3 years ago. It’s been super fast, super quiet and super reliable. And it was reasonably priced too! This HP Envy line is really a hidden gem!
After watching hundreds of tech reviewers across youtube, Josh is the MOST DETAILED and HONEST tech reviewer! Keep it up Josh! The tech community is counting on you❤️
hey josh, what do you think of the Huawei matebook 14. i mean from what i can read it has everything, 4800h, a 2160x1440 400 nit display, only down side is that it has an integrated vega 7 gpu and no upgradable ram(il be using it for programming and no video editing or gaming), I just have a weird feeling about it thats why im waiting, i found no reviews on the laptop and thought that you might be able to help. also thank you so much for the videos man, I honestly learned a lot from you so please continue the great work.
Yes, consumers need to watch out as Intel is on a big marketing push and many YT creators have promo videos out saying such like, "buy this computer now", without any regard to a proper evaluation. There is nothing wrong with the Envy 14, which seems like a nice laptop, but it is poor value in the world of AMD and Apple Silicon, so really a tough buy for most consumers that know what they want. The Spectre X360 14 would be a better Intel choice for an Ultrabook as for a similar price you can get a 3k2k OLED display and more flexibility as a 2-in-1?
You make me feel good about my recent choice. Envy x360 15 with the 12th gen i5, 16gb ram, 1tb ssd, 1440 screen, with a 4gb gpu. I feel like it maximizes performances all around at a budget price and not overheating like a more powerful setup.
Josh, this is a great review but for some of us there is a dealbreaker I think you didn't mention. The right ctrl key is removed, replaced by the fingerprint reader. Some of us actually use that key, especially among left handed users. I would not even be able to comfortably zoom with the scroll wheel using this laptop. I was about to buy it, thankfully I noticed this problem before hitting order.
In my opinion any review of a laptop with a screen resolution taller than 16x9 should include an assessment of the readability of alphanumeric characters. I know this almost must be subjective, but Josh's report of the number of Excel lines he could comfortably read (about 7:50) was as valuable a metric as I've heard. I went through this part of the video three times. Subscribed.
Hey josh, love your reviews, they give stats i really need as i game and program, im thinking of getting the omen 15 ryzen 7 4800 rtx2060, should i get it or wait for a ryzen 5000 one. And is this envy 14 a good option against the omen 15?
Honestly, the best tech reviewers are Just Josh, David2D, and Mrwhosetheboss. They all spend so much time making these videos, and I can just see that they poured their soul for their viewers. I know there are probably other awesome tech reviewers that I have not mentioned, but as of right now, these 3 are my favourite.
@Josh - Thanks for the content & details, as always! To answer your question: This laptop is for people like me who want something more portable and stylish than a 15" battlestation, who need an outdoor-capable screen, good battery-life, a microSD card slot, and want slightly better performance than Intel XE graphics (or way better performance than Vega integrated graphics), for light gaming and TH-cam content creation. Since 13-14" AMD thin-and-light laptops are nearly unobtainable right now, this HP Envy 14" is pretty darned close to ideal - for me, if no one else! I actually *love* almost everything about the Razer Book 13 I just picked up, _except_ the Razer's keyboard is terrible! Shallow key travel with a mushy bottom and if you don't hit the keys in the middle, they don't register. It ruins an otherwise *incredible* laptop with amazing build-quality! (The only other bummer is its lack of dedicated GPU)
Your review is exhaustive. if I'm looking for a laptop, I just need to watch your video and presto, I can already make an informed decision. thank you for raising the bar for reviews Josh
I guess I'm just confused on why you spend a whole beginning part of the video talking about how good the i5 variant is with it's cpu performance, but then at the end when you are mentioning who it's for you use a picture with the i7 variant selected (even though you've mainly been talking about the i5 one) and say if it were around 1,200$ you'd recommend it. But the one with the i5 is 1,250$ Is there a reason for doing it this way?
I know it's already been said, but Josh actually gives you the details you want to hear rather thank being sold some crappy computer. Keep up the great work Josh
Hey Josh ! I'm actually searching a new labtop for many differents usages like gaming (only eSports game like League of Legend and Rocket League), video editing sometimes and all day usage (web, video and office pack) that have at least one day battery life. But I have only 1000€ budget. What PC do you recommend between Mac book air M1, HP Pavillion 14 with all options, or wait for the Lenovo slim 7 Pro ? Thank you for your videos which are wonderful and sorry for my bad English I'm french😅
nice video. yet the "I wish this was an AMD" is getting tired, and it should be worth mentioning that integrated graphics in intel 11th are non-trivially better than Ryzen's integrated. In this price range, I particularly like the Razer Book 13 and its vapor chamber. if you can, I would love a roundup of 11th gen ultrabooks including the Book 13.
Hey Josh I’m all the way from Africa Zimbabwe and your reviews have been magnificent. Recently bought an Hp pavilion 15 cs 10th gen and thanks to your channel review 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
guys I am looking for a laptop for my father. I found the IdeaPad 5 with ryzen 4800u and 16gb of ram, but I am a little concerned about the fact that it's all plastic and it seems very big and bulky compared to other laptops like matebooks, do you know if it's comfortable to use?
From an value standpoint I totally agree with you regarding i5 vs i7. Regarding performance though I want to add my two cents: the idea behind the Tiger Lake i7 is that its able to deliver better performance because it can achieve higher frequencies while using the same power as the i5. Of course, if one lowers power, because of insufficient cooling or other reasons, the result may be an i5 clocking higher than an i7. With the same cooling however the i7 should be able to sustain higher frequencies. Thats because in general i7 get the better quality silicon dies, the ones that are less capacitive and therefore need less voltage to achieve a given frequency. So im curious on what frequencies the i7-1165G7 and i7-1185-G7 would run inside a Laptop that can cool 42 W sustained . I would expect them to run at the advertised 4,1 GHz or 4,3 GHz sustained, which in CB 20/23 equals 4,1/3,8 = 1,08 or 4,3/3,8 = 1,13 the score of the i5. At the time of writing I wasnt be able to find any reviews for the Envy 14 i7-1165G7 unfortunatly.
You forgot to talk about cad for the graphics card the 1650ti will perform about twice as fast than the xe graphics on models and simulations with over 1000 parts You need to get a cad benchmark because a heavy cad models hits the cpu gpu and ram all at the same time like soothing with a couple thousand parts or a flow simulations
@@JustJoshTech I can make one all the big models I have are confidential to a company I freelance for but it might take me a week to put together a 2000 part model if you go online you can find insane models and simulations more than I can ever do
@@JustJoshTech apps.autodesk.com/ACD/en/Detail/Index?id=3667345248776204460&appLang=en&os=Win32_64&autostart=true This is one on the Autodesk AppStore it test CPU GPU ram storage I've never used it
And within a few months, the M1x MacBook Pro's will be released. And I think, that would definitely grab the most market share, for content creators. Anyways, great video Josh! Keep it up!
I´ve got my HP Envy 15" last year and am pretty happy with it. Large, light, touch screen, at a very good price with Walmart - CA$1400 bucks. Big upgrade and relief for everything I do.
You are brutally honest! I appreciate the Ubuntu and Fedora run. Not to be too demanding, if you can cover Arch base and Opensuse it will be very helpful. Maybe if you have the time, just a video on Linux support alone would be great.
Intel and I need a break from each other in 2021. It is looking like the best time for me to explore my options. Intel is great for Winter...keeps everyone nice and toasty, but Summer will be here before we know it.
Hi, Josh. Great review and analysis over Intel, and OEMs shenanigans. I've been following tiger lake throughout 2020 due to pandemic boredom, and I've seen its true potential with the razer book 13. Glad you put it up to video. Shame you didn't have battery life test of the envy 14, but I could guess how it performs. Edit: okay I'm an idiot. You mention the battery life. I just wasn't paying attention.
In this case, you're really mostly paying for the slightly better Xe iGPU with 96 enabled execution units on the 1165G7, versus 80 on the 1135G7, plus slightly larger cache. Is it significant? To me....no, and is why I opted for the 1135G7 when speccing my Yoga S7i. On that same note, the practice where in order to upgrade to 16GB of RAM, some manufacturers force you to get a step-up processor option? Super-annoying and needs to stop. If Lenovo allows me to spec my machine with 16GB of memory whilst keeping the 1135G7, there's no technical reason others can't other than fatter profit margins.
I would really appreciate some help and advice here. I'm having an extremely hard time deciding on a laptop to buy. My budget is $1500 - $2000 though I'm willing to stretch it a little more if I see more value. I don't play any games whatsoever. I use photoshop a lot and recently I have been interested and learning to do some video editing and audio production with Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition. Everything works fine on my current laptop except for Premiere Pro which won't even run. It would also be nice if Photoshop and my audio production software would run faster. I currently have an Ultrabook 2-in-1 with touch screen (Dell Inspiron 13 7378, 2018 version) and it's very outdated for me and just doesn't meet my needs any more with it's integrated Intel UHD 620 GPU. You have to understand I didn't even pick this laptop to buy it was simply a $400 bargain 2 years ago in a brand new condition and I just ended up liking it until I started looking into video editing. I don't want to invest in a desktop setup now since I move a lot, a laptop is a must for me. Last year I was very excited about Huawei Matebook Pro X (2020 version) and I'm so glad I didn't buy it! But then I got excited about the new Dell XPS 15 model with touch screen and GTX 1650 Ti until Nvidia announced their RTX 3000 series so I decided to wait for the new laptop models with the new GPUs. The dilemma I have right now is this: 1- My laptop is not good enough for my needs by any means, I have been waiting for quite sometime now but I need to buy a better performing laptop sooner than later. 2- I use the touch screen on my laptop quite a lot, the tablet mode and being able to flip the screen 360 degrees isn't very important, but I got very used to a touch screen that I'm just having a hard time accept a laptop without on. 3- I considered XPS 17 9700 with RTX 2060 and I love that device, except I don't feel comfortable spending over $3k which is a lot over my budget and I still won't be getting the RTX 300 series. 4- It's really hard to find a laptop that fits these needs. I have recently been interested in the Zephyrus G15 GA503. Yet grew disappointed because of the soldered ram slot (I understand I'll need to upgrade the ram to get a better video editing experience) and the lack of even a bad webcam to be used while in transit in an airport for example. The lack of touch screen isn't a big issue though. 5- I have considered Asus flex 13x but I don't like the proprietary eGPU I understand I'm comparing apples to oranges when I put tiny sleek Ultrabooks side to side with Performance gaming laptops. I'm just lost between the two. I don't care about FPS since I'm not a gamer. but I need a good display in a sleek portable laptop. What are my options and what're you suggestions? Should I get something of what's available now? (and what would that be?) or should I wait a bit more for new things that might come out soon? (Will Dell even make a new XPS with RTX 300 series this year?) Thank you for reading and for any replies in advance!
OMG yuh n me are exactly in same situation.. im olso hving dell inspiron 3148 which is dell 2 in 1 since 2015. Although i hv i7 7700 in my desktop but it is wdout gpu. im in dilemma whether to buy a discrete gpu or laptop with a gpu and touchscreen. if i bought the gpu which are hardly available and hella expensive . i wont b able to buy tge good laptop.
@@CaptainScorpio24 I guess what I'm really hoping/waiting for now is for Dell releasing a new XPS with the same design of last year just putting in an RTX 3000 in it, even if it's a RTX 3060 Max Q. This would do it for me! The only problem is that I'm not sure if Dell will do that or not, though it's very likely, and I'm not sure when would that be and how much would they price it for either.
Not every TH-camr or video editor will want to spend $1,500 on a laptop! Don't forget about the little guys, who are looking for the best video editor for a good price. Also, remember that not all of us care as much about the screen fitting things perfectly and someone like me would just turn it up to 150%. I'm okay with less lines of excel showing up 👍. A lot of others would be too. But good that you pointed it out
I have a wifi 6 hp envy 15t-Ep000 this machine is pointless at times. The network optimization is horrible without hp command center, and half the time it doesn't work. I'm glad the macs I have work like they should.
Why on earth would anyone pay that much extra for a intel version :S . just got the 13" 4700u for 800. The Intel version is not worth 400 more, not with a power using crappy 1650 also.
Is it possible to switch the internal laptop screen to be run by dGPU instead of intel integrated graphics? I know that on some HP gaming laptops it is possible. Very important for me.
Hi Josh- I’m not tech savvy so plz pardon me. I’m buying a spectre 13.3. Are you saying for a savings diff of $230, Id be smarter to buy the i5-1135 w/ 8gb RAM, rather than the i7-1165 w/16gb RAM? I’m a casual user- no editing or gaming. I just want a fast laptop, for surfing and TH-cam/Netflix, and love the smaller form factor and 16:9 aspect ratio. I had ordered the i7 because it was the only way to get 16 RAM, & thought the i7 would also be better in general. Will I notice any real difference? Or should I change to the i5 /8gb RAM and save $230? Would you order 512 SSD w or w/o the 32gb Optane ? Thanks! I Love your channel! BC in Texas
I was told in a review of the Dell Inspiron 5510 that the Intel Iris Xe Graphics can handle 4K Video Editing. I tried it and it was pretty much unusable. This is why I like honest reviews like this. Keep up the good work Josh. 😊
Well, I don't need to say it but Intel & OEMs both have crept up the pricing of their laptops considerably over the years. Btw, I'm still running my Envy-15t Slim Quad (i7-4712HQ + GTX-850m-4GB DDR3, 8/750GB, 60Hz TN) since late 2014 & it cost me just $800 back then. I've since upgraded to 16GB & 1TB SSHD for
@@suhasrao4324 it is good but if you stay in place where room temperature is regularly above 30C then don't use it. Also cooling system is very much based on orientation so all positions of X360 version cannot be used for long
I do not agree for the "1650Ti not being able to run triple A titles from several years ago" I have a laptop with a 9300H and a GTX 1650 (not Ti). This laptop is able to deliver 60fps gameplay in most games at Medium to High settings (playing at Ultra makes no sense, even for High end desktops). The only game that my Laptop isn't able to play at 1080p60 is Cyberpunk 2077, though with Low settings (that still looks really good) I'm able to get around 55fps average. Not even mentionning that the "The GPU will not do anything more for you in esports titles" might be true in a game like DoTA which is extremely easy to run, but the iGPU will struggle in games like csgo, Valorant, Overwatch and even League of Legends. In these games, the 1650Ti will be able to provide stable 60fps gameplay (which is all that most people need anyway as long as it is stable), and even stable 120fps gameplay if you use an external monitor through HDMI or Thunderbolt 4. Same goes for produtivity. Not anyone does edit videos, but even then having a discrete GPU is always a nice thing to have. For 3D applications however, this is a necessary component to have (for SolidWorks, Blender, all that sort of stuff) Otherwise, great video, keep up the good work
The laptop that every reviewer has been ignoring, the HP Envy X360 15.6. I just picked one up with the new AMD 4500U, 16 gb of ram, 256gb SSD, and it’s $200 cheaper than the 14” intel model you’re looking at here. You can also use Excel without hating yourself because numpads are a must have for me.
Excellent Review Josh! Could you make a similar one on Asus Vivobook Pro 14 which packs a Ryzen 7 and RTX3050 with a dual fan cooling system? Or could you please share your view on that laptop?
Envy 14 ev0019tx- 1920x1200 display, not as good/comfortable for eyes as Macbook 2015 display, also when you get used to 2.8k display 1920x1200 doesn't cuts it anymore.
Hi Josh, I also commented on one of your reddit post re tiger lake laptops and external display refresh rate. I have a LG 38wn95c-W (3840 x 1600) and would like to get a laptop that can take advantage of the monitors high refresh rate (144Hz). This has ruled out the lenovo yoga 14s / slim 7 pro (AMD) since it does not have thunderbolt. I am deciding between the intel version of slim 7 pro or the envy 14, but I am also reading various reports of various tigerlake having issues with high res/refresh rate. Is there acually an output limit with the tiger lake cpu / iris graphics card? I am based in Australia, so will be ordering overseas (US or China) which makes it nearly impossible to return the item if there is any issue. Your help is much appreciated.
There are reasons to get a laptop with an i7 processor other than higher boost speeds, Josh. They have more L3 cache and, usually, better integrated graphics chips. I'd always rather have an i7 that's throttling to i5 speeds than an i5 - hell, I normally run my i7-5500u at the speed of an i3-5005u because that's the speed at which it's most efficient. Running it at that clock speed, along with undervolting, nets me a couple hours more of battery life. But my laptop(a Lenovo Yoga 14 Ultrabook with a Geforce 940M) can boost the CPU to it's full speed indefinitely if I call upon it to do so. And it has a beefy enough cooling system for this CPU(~30 watts at full boost) and a 35W dGPU. That's where the real rip-off is, according to me. Ultrabooks of this size in the past have had a proper cooling solution, so why are the modern ones equipped with such finicky ones that can't even handle the full thermal load of the CPU?
Hey , im looking to spend around £1000 and i think the gigabyte g5 NVIDIA RTX 3060, 16GB, 15.6" 240HZ, I5-10500H from overclockers uk is the best rn for gaming at this price , any advice?
The envy 15 is much more expensive than the envy 14 in my country : the GTX 1660ti is 1600 euros and the RTX one is at 2000 euros, the envy 14 is at 1200 euros with I5, GTX and 512GB SSD, and 16GB of RAM. In this case the envy 14 is definitly worth it!
Josh I wanted to ask you which laptop is good I am a Recruiter,I open multiple tabs, 7 to 10 word pages, 2excel pages, 7 to 10 tabs on chrome, watch movies or webseries in laptop so I love good brightness, which model shud I buy laptop with min 8 GB Ram, SSD drive, i5, i7 or AMD I want to be future proof so I need nt have to buy laptop another 10 yrs, I had shortlisted Dell Inspiron 5509, I have seen some HP Laptops i3 processor my friend uses has good sound & screen brightness but plastic body, so I am looking for strong body
Lol, the Fedora just working. I'm thinking about switching back since I'm still having hardware issues in Linux Mint 20.1. Some things have gotten better with a few updates, but I miss how everything just worked in Fedora. Didn't even have to install anything to get the fingerprint reader working. Linux Mint and Ubuntu on the the other hand? Yeah no. Still having issues and ended up removing the fingerprint authentication because it was causing absolute havoc on the login screen. Anyway, random Linux rant but that part just made me laugh I bit because I totally get that.
These type of laptops are perfect for me.(Acer swift x for example) They are sleek with aluminium, they are powerful, they offer gpu which spectre doesn't offer. These type of laptops are jack of all trades. They are "good" at everything but they can be passed in special tasks. Can you game on it? Yes. Can you edit on it? Yes. Can you do casual things on it? Yes. Is it sexy with that aluminium? Absolutely better than cheap plastic gaming laptops. I love these type of laptops
Good review! I do wonder though, would the i5 i7 answer be different, if there was no dedicated graphics in the machine? Cause if there was no NVidia in there, I would assume, the i7 is a better performer (cause it's a cooler machine overall) than the i5
The issue is that the industry (mainly Intel) is pushing it too hard to build a building when the foundation can't tolerate the weight. First, the whole concept of cores and parallelism exists because they realized the flattened out curve of Moore's law. Second, IT IS TIME to pivot and make RISC the mainstream architecture of personal computers for god sake. Third, when comparing performance, there are way more variables that come into the equation that most people don't consider. Fourth, Amdahl's law holds, so add more cores and you see the marginal benefit die out. In the end, with the infrastructure that companies like Intel and AMD have, they could totally change the game by freaking pressing the switch button. Also, it wouldn't hurt the software development, it can be taken care of easier than figuring out how to cool down a freaking i7.
Hi Josh Can you please help me What would you say about the hp envy x360 15 its a 15.6 inch and 8gb ram and 512ssd I am an accounting student and mostly be using it for university work Thank you
So EVERYTIME u connect it to an external 4K monitor via USB-C u need to change bios settings and then change to 60Hz in windows settings?!? I dont understand…
You can be sure that HP will deliver a BIOS update that will limit the performance of this laptop. They love delivering those kinds of updates and then not deliver any BIOS/driver update anymore. Your laptop is basically out of date in 2 years.
I know most people won't do this but I find that beefing up the power delivery and cooling system does wonders for getting a more sustained power out of these laptops. Often manufacturers cheapen out on not just things like heatpipes, that's bad enough but cooling over rectifiers and thermal grease. Something that is so cheap it's almost questionable of why. Yet they do it and often.. Even on an expensive device like the XPS or Latitude 7400 series Dell has cheapened out the cooling. So but why do it even if your not worried about say maximum performance? Easy. Maximum battery life. The hotter rectifiers get the more fans will turn on just like with the cpu thus eating in to precious battery life and yes lowering your performance to meet certain theasholds. This could cost hours of battery life in the long run. Just something as simple as reapplying thermal paste can make a huge difference. Best of all it's cheap. Thermal pads are pretty cheap as is thernal paste. Beefing up a cheap copper cooler is fairly cheap too just that one takes soms research and know how. I certainly don't recommend you just start opening up your laptop if you don't know what your doing anyway. So if what I am saying interests you please research it a little first.
I am looking for an affordable 14 inch 16:10 windows ultrabook with i5 or ryzen 5 and 8 GB ram with black keys (to eliminate lack of contrast) and good speakers and battery life. Any suggestions?
Partially agree. The thing is that as the technology evolves and competition rises, so does the quality of the technology, both in terms of performance and efficiency. Fierce competition drives the price down, everybody wins. That's free fucking market, baby.
Josh's reviews are for the tech savvy people and they are relatively small in numbers compared to regular laptop users like myself... that's probably why he has not gotten many subscribers yet because everytime I watch his videos, I stop at the middle because I don't really understand half of what he is talking about. Lol. But for tech savvy or those who know all the terms, then this channel must be perfect for you.. anyways, fighting!
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Josh is the only one who actually does a review. I really don't find anyone else bringing real value to the table.
He's amazing, yes
Techno Panda is also good
Dave2d
@@prateekpankaj7889 for sure at least the panda doesn’t convince you to buy an i5 for 1000$
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Just Josh, Lisa (MobileTechReview), Dave2D, Matthew Monitz, Andrew Marc David, and The Tech Chap. They're all awesome reviewers.
He looks like the tech version of Harry Potter!
I need the scar
@@JustJoshTech yeah only that is missing.
He is the Chosen One.
oh wow
@Laura Brown shut up
Not too long ago I've learned about your channel and the "insane amount of work you do on it" (in your own word😂).
First let me say that by using just "insane" you are selling yourself short.
So far and honest to God you are my most trusted laptop reviewer. Always on point and always mindful for us "the users". So as insignificant as it may seem I wanna say thank you for being on TH-cam and doing what you do, and I wish you all prosperity and success.
Second I have a small suggestion! It would be awesome if you could make a video on ryzen laptops (best for each price class, and best overall), also do you think that people should wait for nex gen in perspective to (normal flow users, producers, coders, and heavy users).
Thank you
Stay safe.
Hi. Firstly thank you very much. I mean that. Secondly, I actually did alot of Ryzen laptops last year. I'd say the best ones are Lenovo Slim 7 Pro, Lenovo Legion 5, HP Omen. The Ryzen 5000 CPUs are taking time to come in, that being said I do have a Asus G15 sitting next to me that will be the next one I do :)
@@JustJoshTech thanks 👍 really helpful!
Can't wait for the G15 review.
I cannot believe that you only have 100k subs, the production quality of this video is so good, that I genuinely thought you would have at least had a couple million subs. I was surprised to see so few. Keep up the fantastic work man!
I agree that 100+k subs doesn’t make this channel justice, but on the other hand he’s only about a year on TH-cam. 100k subs in a year is a lot, not just for a tech reviewer!
I only even consider buying a laptop after a Josh review
As a developer, I really appreciate that you always test compile times, database queries etc. and not just video export times for your benchmarks.
I also like this. Plus Linux compatibility test is huge help.
@@ChetanKhilosiya yep
Should I get this one for coding? As a Cs student?
'We've BEEN RIPPED OFF FOR YEARS!!'
that's basically Intel for the past couple of years until AMD stepped up their game
Competition is a wonderful thing
AMD was king before
@@chriswright8074 Never on laptops. Ryzen 4000 was the first time they released a seriously compelling product line on the laptop market.
The 4000 line up is killing it.
@@kabosumamadoge1818 until your cpu dies lol
This laptop is praised by every reviewer out there, but I just can't push myself to buy one only because it doesn't have a Ryzen processor.
check acer swift x
What do you think about the new Lenovo Thinkbook 14" gen 2 AMD [ryzen 7 4700u, 16gb, 512ssd, 570$ ] ??
@@vytaidukas buy it, I bought my hp envy with the same specs for 999 eur, so I think it's a really good deal
Seems suitable for an all round home office machine, probably even for a learn from home setup. However I must agree that it's price is a bit on the high side and as you mentioned gaming laptops from HP themselves can be a better deal.
I wonder if there will be an amd version like there was last year, that version ended up being much cheaper and much faster
I hope that this laptop will also be with amd cpu in this year.
😭
Great review and thanks for going extra miles to clarify the myths about the processor performance. Notebookcheck also confirmed same about the i5 model of this laptops, beating i7 in other Ultraportables. In other Ultraportables, going for i7 may be due to having the 96EU version of the XE Graphics, but for this, sticking with i5 is the best choice since this having a dedicated GPU.
So it's been a while and now this laptop is out there for $950 with all your specs plus except 512 gigs on the SSD. Would that make this a better buy than the Acer Swift X?
I have an older version of the Envy 13 I got 3 years ago. It’s been super fast, super quiet and super reliable. And it was reasonably priced too! This HP Envy line is really a hidden gem!
I’m thinking of getting an Envy 13. How long does the battery last?
please make another video on best laptops for programming and cover all budget catagories in 2021
please tell me if you were able to undervolt the 11th gen intel chip
Sadly this is currently not possible...
After watching hundreds of tech reviewers across youtube, Josh is the MOST DETAILED and HONEST tech reviewer! Keep it up Josh! The tech community is counting on you❤️
So solid. The review not the notebook :D
hey josh, what do you think of the Huawei matebook 14. i mean from what i can read it has everything, 4800h, a 2160x1440 400 nit display, only down side is that it has an integrated vega 7 gpu and no upgradable ram(il be using it for programming and no video editing or gaming), I just have a weird feeling about it thats why im waiting, i found no reviews on the laptop and thought that you might be able to help. also thank you so much for the videos man, I honestly learned a lot from you so please continue the great work.
Josh makes me want to buy all these laptops I don't need 😂
a typo in the title: "an incredible performer thatS proves..."
Will fix
um no
@@FatPandaCries its fixed now I guess 😂
Yes, consumers need to watch out as Intel is on a big marketing push and many YT creators have promo videos out saying such like, "buy this computer now", without any regard to a proper evaluation. There is nothing wrong with the Envy 14, which seems like a nice laptop, but it is poor value in the world of AMD and Apple Silicon, so really a tough buy for most consumers that know what they want.
The Spectre X360 14 would be a better Intel choice for an Ultrabook as for a similar price you can get a 3k2k OLED display and more flexibility as a 2-in-1?
Let's rename the channel to "Candid tech talk with Josh" . Solid review and gem of a find! Thanks Josh for covering this beast!
The Good & The Bad
The Good - great detailed review
The Bad - Manufacturers will increase the price soon they learn the value of the laptop
You make me feel good about my recent choice. Envy x360 15 with the 12th gen i5, 16gb ram, 1tb ssd, 1440 screen, with a 4gb gpu. I feel like it maximizes performances all around at a budget price and not overheating like a more powerful setup.
Hey everyone! :D I hope you stay safe and have a nice day, God bless you!
I see Minecraft, I like 👍
I want a 2-in-1, and I hope something like this is available in Canada.
Rog flow x13
@@ronakpatel7919 envy 13 x360 is a more practical solution.. flow x13 weighs too much and costs too much
@@MichaelFlatman the envy x360 13 and the rog flow x13 both weigh 2.9 pounds dum dum
@@ronakpatel7919 flow x13 is so much more expensive compared to the envy x360
@@avinashanish3350 then that's your problem the original comment never mentioned price so you assume his budget is unlimited
bro you tried Linux on it. A very important details for me. Thank You. You're really the best
NOTE: HP no longer lets you buy the "Ti" GPU unless you spring for the i7 CPU. :-( Gah!
You can get it from third parties still with the i5 and the Ti. I ordered mine from Best Buy, I think you can also find it at B&H Photos
Josh, this is a great review but for some of us there is a dealbreaker I think you didn't mention.
The right ctrl key is removed, replaced by the fingerprint reader.
Some of us actually use that key, especially among left handed users.
I would not even be able to comfortably zoom with the scroll wheel using this laptop.
I was about to buy it, thankfully I noticed this problem before hitting order.
In my opinion any review of a laptop with a screen resolution taller than 16x9 should include an assessment of the readability of alphanumeric characters. I know this almost must be subjective, but Josh's report of the number of Excel lines he could comfortably read (about 7:50) was as valuable a metric as I've heard. I went through this part of the video three times. Subscribed.
Hey josh, love your reviews, they give stats i really need as i game and program, im thinking of getting the omen 15 ryzen 7 4800 rtx2060, should i get it or wait for a ryzen 5000 one. And is this envy 14 a good option against the omen 15?
Trust me, I haven't seen a more helpful video than this in a long long time. Keep evolving Josh
Honestly, the best tech reviewers are Just Josh, David2D, and Mrwhosetheboss. They all spend so much time making these videos, and I can just see that they poured their soul for their viewers. I know there are probably other awesome tech reviewers that I have not mentioned, but as of right now, these 3 are my favourite.
Thanks mate!
When you are starting to get impressed by what intel CPUs are capable of and then realize that it's at $1600 price point: BIG SAD!
Yep. I pointed that out at the end in the Who should buy this wrap up!
i5 + 1650 + 16GB SKU is $1,280. The i7 + 1650 Ti is not going to perform much better, according to Jarrod'sTech and Notebookcheck.
@@abuboss246 exactly
that keyboard is blinding me...don't they have black ?
@Josh - Thanks for the content & details, as always! To answer your question: This laptop is for people like me who want something more portable and stylish than a 15" battlestation, who need an outdoor-capable screen, good battery-life, a microSD card slot, and want slightly better performance than Intel XE graphics (or way better performance than Vega integrated graphics), for light gaming and TH-cam content creation. Since 13-14" AMD thin-and-light laptops are nearly unobtainable right now, this HP Envy 14" is pretty darned close to ideal - for me, if no one else!
I actually *love* almost everything about the Razer Book 13 I just picked up, _except_ the Razer's keyboard is terrible! Shallow key travel with a mushy bottom and if you don't hit the keys in the middle, they don't register. It ruins an otherwise *incredible* laptop with amazing build-quality! (The only other bummer is its lack of dedicated GPU)
Linus said it best. "A higher clocked processor that thermal throttles will not perform better than a lower clocked one that doesn't".
Your review is exhaustive. if I'm looking for a laptop, I just need to watch your video and presto, I can already make an informed decision. thank you for raising the bar for reviews Josh
Is this laptop suitable for Adobe software? Like Illustrator or Photoshop.
For those who are programming. Which one will be good
Please review the Eluktronics rp-15 with the 3060 and btw i love your videos you really improved
I don't actually need a laptop rn. But I keep stopping by and like bec I know you deserve it 😌 !
I guess I'm just confused on why you spend a whole beginning part of the video talking about how good the i5 variant is with it's cpu performance, but then at the end when you are mentioning who it's for you use a picture with the i7 variant selected (even though you've mainly been talking about the i5 one) and say if it were around 1,200$ you'd recommend it. But the one with the i5 is 1,250$
Is there a reason for doing it this way?
That was a mistake in the b roll. The i5 model I have did match the price I was referring to. We will be more careful with the b roll in future
I know it's already been said, but Josh actually gives you the details you want to hear rather thank being sold some crappy computer. Keep up the great work Josh
Hey Josh ! I'm actually searching a new labtop for many differents usages like gaming (only eSports game like League of Legend and Rocket League), video editing sometimes and all day usage (web, video and office pack) that have at least one day battery life. But I have only 1000€ budget. What PC do you recommend between Mac book air M1, HP Pavillion 14 with all options, or wait for the Lenovo slim 7 Pro ?
Thank you for your videos which are wonderful and sorry for my bad English I'm french😅
nice video. yet the "I wish this was an AMD" is getting tired, and it should be worth mentioning that integrated graphics in intel 11th are non-trivially better than Ryzen's integrated. In this price range, I particularly like the Razer Book 13 and its vapor chamber. if you can, I would love a roundup of 11th gen ultrabooks including the Book 13.
Hey Josh I’m all the way from Africa Zimbabwe and your reviews have been magnificent. Recently bought an Hp pavilion 15 cs 10th gen and thanks to your channel review 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
guys I am looking for a laptop for my father. I found the IdeaPad 5 with ryzen 4800u and 16gb of ram, but I am a little concerned about the fact that it's all plastic and it seems very big and bulky compared to other laptops like matebooks, do you know if it's comfortable to use?
From an value standpoint I totally agree with you regarding i5 vs i7. Regarding performance though I want to add my two cents: the idea behind the Tiger Lake i7 is that its able to deliver better performance because it can achieve higher frequencies while using the same power as the i5. Of course, if one lowers power, because of insufficient cooling or other reasons, the result may be an i5 clocking higher than an i7. With the same cooling however the i7 should be able to sustain higher frequencies. Thats because in general i7 get the better quality silicon dies, the ones that are less capacitive and therefore need less voltage to achieve a given frequency. So im curious on what frequencies the i7-1165G7 and i7-1185-G7 would run inside a Laptop that can cool 42 W sustained . I would expect them to run at the advertised 4,1 GHz or 4,3 GHz sustained, which in CB 20/23 equals 4,1/3,8 = 1,08 or 4,3/3,8 = 1,13 the score of the i5. At the time of writing I wasnt be able to find any reviews for the Envy 14 i7-1165G7 unfortunatly.
You forgot to talk about cad for the graphics card the 1650ti will perform about twice as fast than the xe graphics on models and simulations with over 1000 parts
You need to get a cad benchmark because a heavy cad models hits the cpu gpu and ram all at the same time like soothing with a couple thousand parts or a flow simulations
I would like one. Can you message me on Discord with the best one that I can run?
Or just comment with it here?
@@JustJoshTech I can make one all the big models I have are confidential to a company I freelance for but it might take me a week to put together a 2000 part model if you go online you can find insane models and simulations more than I can ever do
@@ronakpatel7919 If there is a standard benchmark that would be ideal
@@JustJoshTech apps.autodesk.com/ACD/en/Detail/Index?id=3667345248776204460&appLang=en&os=Win32_64&autostart=true
This is one on the Autodesk AppStore
it test CPU GPU ram storage I've never used it
Can you make a budget laptop video for students who is interested in learning programming 😇 thanks
And within a few months, the M1x MacBook Pro's will be released. And I think, that would definitely grab the most market share, for content creators.
Anyways, great video Josh! Keep it up!
I´ve got my HP Envy 15" last year and am pretty happy with it. Large, light, touch screen, at a very good price with Walmart - CA$1400 bucks. Big upgrade and relief for everything I do.
2:55 ask any woman how she feels about great performance for a couple of seconds. Same applies here.
Lol
You are brutally honest! I appreciate the Ubuntu and Fedora run. Not to be too demanding, if you can cover Arch base and Opensuse it will be very helpful. Maybe if you have the time, just a video on Linux support alone would be great.
Intel and I need a break from each other in 2021. It is looking like the best time for me to explore my options. Intel is great for Winter...keeps everyone nice and toasty, but Summer will be here before we know it.
Hi, Josh. Great review and analysis over Intel, and OEMs shenanigans. I've been following tiger lake throughout 2020 due to pandemic boredom, and I've seen its true potential with the razer book 13. Glad you put it up to video.
Shame you didn't have battery life test of the envy 14, but I could guess how it performs.
Edit: okay I'm an idiot. You mention the battery life. I just wasn't paying attention.
In this case, you're really mostly paying for the slightly better Xe iGPU with 96 enabled execution units on the 1165G7, versus 80 on the 1135G7, plus slightly larger cache.
Is it significant? To me....no, and is why I opted for the 1135G7 when speccing my Yoga S7i.
On that same note, the practice where in order to upgrade to 16GB of RAM, some manufacturers force you to get a step-up processor option? Super-annoying and needs to stop. If Lenovo allows me to spec my machine with 16GB of memory whilst keeping the 1135G7, there's no technical reason others can't other than fatter profit margins.
I would really appreciate some help and advice here.
I'm having an extremely hard time deciding on a laptop to buy. My budget is $1500 - $2000 though I'm willing to stretch it a little more if I see more value.
I don't play any games whatsoever. I use photoshop a lot and recently I have been interested and learning to do some video editing and audio production with Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition. Everything works fine on my current laptop except for Premiere Pro which won't even run. It would also be nice if Photoshop and my audio production software would run faster.
I currently have an Ultrabook 2-in-1 with touch screen (Dell Inspiron 13 7378, 2018 version) and it's very outdated for me and just doesn't meet my needs any more with it's integrated Intel UHD 620 GPU. You have to understand I didn't even pick this laptop to buy it was simply a $400 bargain 2 years ago in a brand new condition and I just ended up liking it until I started looking into video editing. I don't want to invest in a desktop setup now since I move a lot, a laptop is a must for me.
Last year I was very excited about Huawei Matebook Pro X (2020 version) and I'm so glad I didn't buy it! But then I got excited about the new Dell XPS 15 model with touch screen and GTX 1650 Ti until Nvidia announced their RTX 3000 series so I decided to wait for the new laptop models with the new GPUs.
The dilemma I have right now is this:
1- My laptop is not good enough for my needs by any means, I have been waiting for quite sometime now but I need to buy a better performing laptop sooner than later.
2- I use the touch screen on my laptop quite a lot, the tablet mode and being able to flip the screen 360 degrees isn't very important, but I got very used to a touch screen that I'm just having a hard time accept a laptop without on.
3- I considered XPS 17 9700 with RTX 2060 and I love that device, except I don't feel comfortable spending over $3k which is a lot over my budget and I still won't be getting the RTX 300 series.
4- It's really hard to find a laptop that fits these needs. I have recently been interested in the Zephyrus G15 GA503. Yet grew disappointed because of the soldered ram slot (I understand I'll need to upgrade the ram to get a better video editing experience) and the lack of even a bad webcam to be used while in transit in an airport for example. The lack of touch screen isn't a big issue though.
5- I have considered Asus flex 13x but I don't like the proprietary eGPU
I understand I'm comparing apples to oranges when I put tiny sleek Ultrabooks side to side with Performance gaming laptops. I'm just lost between the two. I don't care about FPS since I'm not a gamer. but I need a good display in a sleek portable laptop. What are my options and what're you suggestions?
Should I get something of what's available now? (and what would that be?) or should I wait a bit more for new things that might come out soon? (Will Dell even make a new XPS with RTX 300 series this year?)
Thank you for reading and for any replies in advance!
OMG yuh n me are exactly in same situation.. im olso hving dell inspiron 3148 which is dell 2 in 1 since 2015. Although i hv i7 7700 in my desktop but it is wdout gpu. im in dilemma whether to buy a discrete gpu or laptop with a gpu and touchscreen. if i bought the gpu which are hardly available and hella expensive . i wont b able to buy tge good laptop.
@@CaptainScorpio24 I guess what I'm really hoping/waiting for now is for Dell releasing a new XPS with the same design of last year just putting in an RTX 3000 in it, even if it's a RTX 3060 Max Q. This would do it for me! The only problem is that I'm not sure if Dell will do that or not, though it's very likely, and I'm not sure when would that be and how much would they price it for either.
@@MohamedAbdin1 they won't. grab msi gf65 for that. they jv rtx 3060. it has 6gb of vram
You opened my eyes on modern laptops.
Seems perfect for me. A light and portable laptop that I can use for learning how to work on most engines
Not every TH-camr or video editor will want to spend $1,500 on a laptop! Don't forget about the little guys, who are looking for the best video editor for a good price. Also, remember that not all of us care as much about the screen fitting things perfectly and someone like me would just turn it up to 150%. I'm okay with less lines of excel showing up 👍. A lot of others would be too. But good that you pointed it out
I was getting frustrated with my xps over this today. But to be fair I was pushing it to the limit all day
I have a wifi 6 hp envy 15t-Ep000 this machine is pointless at times. The network optimization is horrible without hp command center, and half the time it doesn't work.
I'm glad the macs I have work like they should.
Why on earth would anyone pay that much extra for a intel version :S . just got the 13" 4700u for 800. The Intel version is not worth 400 more, not with a power using crappy 1650 also.
Thanks for the Linux test! Very rare to see.
Launch date for INDIA??
I clicked on your link but I don’t see an option to choose i5 with 1650ti. Only 1650 Max Q. Did I miss something?
When ur so early that u dont know what to comment
P.S. ur the best!
Thanks mate and awesome job on the enthusiasm
@@JustJoshTech tysm!!
Is it possible to switch the internal laptop screen to be run by dGPU instead of intel integrated graphics? I know that on some HP gaming laptops it is possible. Very important for me.
ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo SE 15 Gaming Laptop, 15.6” 300Hz IPS Type FHD Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 32GB DDR4, 1TB PCIe SSD, Per-Key RGB Keyboard, Windows 10 Pro, GX551QR-XS98
Your thoughts?
Hi Josh- I’m not tech savvy so plz pardon me. I’m buying a spectre 13.3. Are you saying for a savings diff of $230, Id be smarter to buy the i5-1135 w/ 8gb RAM, rather than the i7-1165 w/16gb RAM? I’m a casual user- no editing or gaming. I just want a fast laptop, for surfing and TH-cam/Netflix, and love the smaller form factor and 16:9 aspect ratio. I had ordered the i7 because it was the only way to get 16 RAM, & thought the i7 would also be better in general. Will I notice any real difference? Or should I change to the i5 /8gb RAM and save $230? Would you order 512 SSD w or w/o the 32gb Optane ?
Thanks! I Love your channel!
BC in Texas
I was told in a review of the Dell Inspiron 5510 that the Intel Iris Xe Graphics can handle 4K Video Editing. I tried it and it was pretty much unusable. This is why I like honest reviews like this. Keep up the good work Josh. 😊
Well, I don't need to say it but Intel & OEMs both have crept up the pricing of their laptops considerably over the years.
Btw, I'm still running my Envy-15t Slim Quad (i7-4712HQ + GTX-850m-4GB DDR3, 8/750GB, 60Hz TN) since late 2014 & it cost me just $800 back then.
I've since upgraded to 16GB & 1TB SSHD for
Got this laptop at 600$ at black friday, feeling good
How is it? is it still worth buying?
@@suhasrao4324 it is good but if you stay in place where room temperature is regularly above 30C then don't use it. Also cooling system is very much based on orientation so all positions of X360 version cannot be used for long
I do not agree for the "1650Ti not being able to run triple A titles from several years ago"
I have a laptop with a 9300H and a GTX 1650 (not Ti).
This laptop is able to deliver 60fps gameplay in most games at Medium to High settings (playing at Ultra makes no sense, even for High end desktops). The only game that my Laptop isn't able to play at 1080p60 is Cyberpunk 2077, though with Low settings (that still looks really good) I'm able to get around 55fps average.
Not even mentionning that the "The GPU will not do anything more for you in esports titles" might be true in a game like DoTA which is extremely easy to run, but the iGPU will struggle in games like csgo, Valorant, Overwatch and even League of Legends. In these games, the 1650Ti will be able to provide stable 60fps gameplay (which is all that most people need anyway as long as it is stable), and even stable 120fps gameplay if you use an external monitor through HDMI or Thunderbolt 4.
Same goes for produtivity. Not anyone does edit videos, but even then having a discrete GPU is always a nice thing to have. For 3D applications however, this is a necessary component to have (for SolidWorks, Blender, all that sort of stuff)
Otherwise, great video, keep up the good work
The laptop that every reviewer has been ignoring, the HP Envy X360 15.6. I just picked one up with the new AMD 4500U, 16 gb of ram, 256gb SSD, and it’s $200 cheaper than the 14” intel model you’re looking at here. You can also use Excel without hating yourself because numpads are a must have for me.
Excellent Review Josh! Could you make a similar one on Asus Vivobook Pro 14 which packs a Ryzen 7 and RTX3050 with a dual fan cooling system? Or could you please share your view on that laptop?
Envy 14 ev0019tx- 1920x1200 display, not as good/comfortable for eyes as Macbook 2015 display, also when you get used to 2.8k display 1920x1200 doesn't cuts it anymore.
Hi Josh, I also commented on one of your reddit post re tiger lake laptops and external display refresh rate. I have a LG 38wn95c-W (3840 x 1600) and would like to get a laptop that can take advantage of the monitors high refresh rate (144Hz). This has ruled out the lenovo yoga 14s / slim 7 pro (AMD) since it does not have thunderbolt.
I am deciding between the intel version of slim 7 pro or the envy 14, but I am also reading various reports of various tigerlake having issues with high res/refresh rate. Is there acually an output limit with the tiger lake cpu / iris graphics card? I am based in Australia, so will be ordering overseas (US or China) which makes it nearly impossible to return the item if there is any issue. Your help is much appreciated.
There are reasons to get a laptop with an i7 processor other than higher boost speeds, Josh. They have more L3 cache and, usually, better integrated graphics chips. I'd always rather have an i7 that's throttling to i5 speeds than an i5 - hell, I normally run my i7-5500u at the speed of an i3-5005u because that's the speed at which it's most efficient. Running it at that clock speed, along with undervolting, nets me a couple hours more of battery life. But my laptop(a Lenovo Yoga 14 Ultrabook with a Geforce 940M) can boost the CPU to it's full speed indefinitely if I call upon it to do so. And it has a beefy enough cooling system for this CPU(~30 watts at full boost) and a 35W dGPU. That's where the real rip-off is, according to me. Ultrabooks of this size in the past have had a proper cooling solution, so why are the modern ones equipped with such finicky ones that can't even handle the full thermal load of the CPU?
Hey , im looking to spend around £1000 and i think the gigabyte g5 NVIDIA RTX 3060, 16GB, 15.6" 240HZ, I5-10500H from overclockers uk is the best rn for gaming at this price , any advice?
The envy 15 is much more expensive than the envy 14 in my country : the GTX 1660ti is 1600 euros and the RTX one is at 2000 euros, the envy 14 is at 1200 euros with I5, GTX and 512GB SSD, and 16GB of RAM. In this case the envy 14 is definitly worth it!
Josh I wanted to ask you which laptop is good I am a Recruiter,I open multiple tabs, 7 to 10 word pages, 2excel pages, 7 to 10 tabs on chrome, watch movies or webseries in laptop so I love good brightness, which model shud I buy laptop with min 8 GB Ram, SSD drive, i5, i7 or AMD I want to be future proof so I need nt have to buy laptop another 10 yrs, I had shortlisted Dell Inspiron 5509, I have seen some HP Laptops i3 processor my friend uses has good sound & screen brightness but plastic body, so I am looking for strong body
you talk so fast that i watched your video in 0.75 speed ,,😆
And for all the people who want AMD on every damn laptop, IT WONT BE AVAILABLE FOR YEARS!!!!! Get it together guys, seriously
Lol, the Fedora just working. I'm thinking about switching back since I'm still having hardware issues in Linux Mint 20.1. Some things have gotten better with a few updates, but I miss how everything just worked in Fedora. Didn't even have to install anything to get the fingerprint reader working. Linux Mint and Ubuntu on the the other hand? Yeah no. Still having issues and ended up removing the fingerprint authentication because it was causing absolute havoc on the login screen.
Anyway, random Linux rant but that part just made me laugh I bit because I totally get that.
These type of laptops are perfect for me.(Acer swift x for example) They are sleek with aluminium, they are powerful, they offer gpu which spectre doesn't offer. These type of laptops are jack of all trades. They are "good" at everything but they can be passed in special tasks. Can you game on it? Yes. Can you edit on it? Yes. Can you do casual things on it? Yes. Is it sexy with that aluminium? Absolutely better than cheap plastic gaming laptops. I love these type of laptops
Good review! I do wonder though, would the i5 i7 answer be different, if there was no dedicated graphics in the machine?
Cause if there was no NVidia in there, I would assume, the i7 is a better performer (cause it's a cooler machine overall) than the i5
The issue is that the industry (mainly Intel) is pushing it too hard to build a building when the foundation can't tolerate the weight. First, the whole concept of cores and parallelism exists because they realized the flattened out curve of Moore's law. Second, IT IS TIME to pivot and make RISC the mainstream architecture of personal computers for god sake. Third, when comparing performance, there are way more variables that come into the equation that most people don't consider. Fourth, Amdahl's law holds, so add more cores and you see the marginal benefit die out. In the end, with the infrastructure that companies like Intel and AMD have, they could totally change the game by freaking pressing the switch button. Also, it wouldn't hurt the software development, it can be taken care of easier than figuring out how to cool down a freaking i7.
Hi Josh
Can you please help me
What would you say about the hp envy x360 15 its a 15.6 inch and 8gb ram and 512ssd
I am an accounting student and mostly be using it for university work
Thank you
So EVERYTIME u connect it to an external 4K monitor via USB-C u need to change bios settings and then change to 60Hz in windows settings?!? I dont understand…
You can be sure that HP will deliver a BIOS update that will limit the performance of this laptop.
They love delivering those kinds of updates and then not deliver any BIOS/driver update anymore.
Your laptop is basically out of date in 2 years.
I know most people won't do this but I find that beefing up the power delivery and cooling system does wonders for getting a more sustained power out of these laptops. Often manufacturers cheapen out on not just things like heatpipes, that's bad enough but cooling over rectifiers and thermal grease. Something that is so cheap it's almost questionable of why. Yet they do it and often.. Even on an expensive device like the XPS or Latitude 7400 series Dell has cheapened out the cooling. So but why do it even if your not worried about say maximum performance? Easy. Maximum battery life. The hotter rectifiers get the more fans will turn on just like with the cpu thus eating in to precious battery life and yes lowering your performance to meet certain theasholds. This could cost hours of battery life in the long run. Just something as simple as reapplying thermal paste can make a huge difference. Best of all it's cheap. Thermal pads are pretty cheap as is thernal paste. Beefing up a cheap copper cooler is fairly cheap too just that one takes soms research and know how. I certainly don't recommend you just start opening up your laptop if you don't know what your doing anyway. So if what I am saying interests you please research it a little first.
9:56 yay Fedora! 🥳🥳🥳
I am looking for an affordable 14 inch 16:10 windows ultrabook with i5 or ryzen 5 and 8 GB ram with black keys (to eliminate lack of contrast) and good speakers and battery life. Any suggestions?
Partially agree. The thing is that as the technology evolves and competition rises, so does the quality of the technology, both in terms of performance and efficiency. Fierce competition drives the price down, everybody wins. That's free fucking market, baby.
Josh's reviews are for the tech savvy people and they are relatively small in numbers compared to regular laptop users like myself... that's probably why he has not gotten many subscribers yet because everytime I watch his videos, I stop at the middle because I don't really understand half of what he is talking about. Lol. But for tech savvy or those who know all the terms, then this channel must be perfect for you.. anyways, fighting!