Hi!
I’m in the market for a new laptop and I’d like to consult with the community about what’s being recommended on the year 2026.
This is a laptop that I intend to use for both playing games and using as a mobile coding platform so battery and horsepower are the main points that I’d take into consideration, prioritising battery power.
I do not care if it’s otherwise bulky.
I am currently encountering issues with AMD hardware on my main machine so just having a guarantee that the hardware is not gonna flop on me would be a big plus.
All in all! Thanks for giving my post a read and any answer would be appreciated, specially in the 900€ range.
This may be cliché but I’d still go with a ThinkPad. This summer I bought a used (lease return) entry level ThinkPad E15 Gen 1 but with 40 Gigs of RAM for 500 € and it has perfectly fine build quality (even though ThinkPad became a lot cheaper since Lenevo took over and are no indestructible bricks anymore like in the old days). Since then it has been my daily driver and it is an absolute workhorse fulfilling all my needs (browsing, media, office, programming).
For comparison I have a HP 250 G7 (which should’ve been decommissioned at this point but well…) and apart from it being old and having not nearly enough power for my needs, it’s quality is just nowhere near my ThinkPad. It just feels plasticky and cheap… Uck…
Do ThinkPads ever come with decent video cards for playing games? Cuz if not, that’s not gonna do it for OP.
There are in fact Thinkpadd with dedicated graphics cards but they’re well beyond the 900 € price tag to be honest. 😐