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.
If you’re going to do light work on it you don’t need a gaming laptop. The ideapad gaming is an alright gaming laptop but keep in mind gaming laptops get hot, have loud fans, and generally have a poor battery compared to normal laptops.
If you’re going to do a lot of video editing I’d say it’s worth it, but if you’re going to edit a video every now and then I’d say eehhh.
Worth keeping in mind that ARM windows laptops will happen in 2024, so if you don’t need it now it may be worth waiting half a year or so if you want a laptop that’s light and decently powerful and can last a long time.
@simple I will keep the ARM laptops in mind, I know if I kept it (as much as possible) a Video Editing laptop then I will most likely get work done faster and without issues of getting distracted so it might be a worth while purchase, Thanks.