The laptop I use for my union stuff is dying, and I need to buy myself a new one.
If I were to buy a new laptop for union stuff, and I also happened to want to buy a laptop for gaming when I travel for union stuff, which of the "gaming" laptops from CostCo Canada would you buy?
Any laptop question usually comes down to budget and screen size preference. When I filter to the brands I would look at and then filter to the ones with a 4060 or 4070 video card, there are 9 models left ranging from $1,400 to $2,500. Of those 9, there are two HP Omens that I would default to since I have had an earlier model Omen for 2-3 years now and it has been good. If no red flags in the Notebookcheck review, that is what I would go with.
Thanks.
I am kinda rethinking it as I read the reviews. They all say the fans are pretty loud, and given I will be using it in meetings with other people, I don't want the fans so loud as to bother the people around me.
Edit to add - The reviews only mention how loud the laptops are when gaming. I wonder how loud they are when not gaming?
How loud is your Omen when it is just using Zoom and something like Google Docs?
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It is pretty quiet but never silent like some business models are. Like fine for general use but if you are in a quiet meeting room you will be able to hear the quiet whoosh. I had a couple of Dell G series before the Omen and they were quieter but I don't know how they are these days.
On notebookcheck they usually include idle decibels in their reviews.
Any idea which laptops come with the least bloatware on them?
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