Looking to spend 600-650 usd
I prefer asus
Mostly school and photos
Help a brother out

This is what I am thinking but the processor seems small

ASUS Vivobook 17.3" FHD Laptop, 6-Core Intel Core i3, 24GB RAM 1.5TB Storage (1TB SSD+512GB Docking Station Set), Windows 11 Pro with Microsoft Office Home & Business Included, PLUSERA Earphones, Blue

And it is ddr4 ram

This post was edited by Lords_Prayer on May 14 2025 05:10pm

as soon as you change from i3 to i7 only then you will see the change

Intel CPUs made after the year 2008 are backdoored by the Intel Management Engine (Intel ME)
Which is like a whole Operating System booting before yours
By booting before Windows, it has a even higher privilege level than your Windows
So if attacked, nothing from Windows can protect the computer as it does things that even Windows doesnt have access to

It is a known CIA backdoor as the only entities having access to Intel CPU that dont include the backdoor are those american 3 letter agencies

Worth noting that AMD has something similar known as "AMD PSP (Platform Security Processor)
The difference is that the one from AMD is well documented by AMD themselves and does not have remote capabilities
Intel ME does have remote capabilities

This post was edited by moonbeam420 on Jun 15 2025 10:58am

You can have an SSD hard drive to start Windows and another one for storage, so it will surely start faster than the CIA's super tool ^^

surely

Ended up going with this some late response times in this forum lol

ASUS 15.6" FHD Vivobook Business Laptop Computer, 10-core Intel Core i5, 40GB RAM 2TB SSD, Windows 11 Pro Laptop with Microsoft Office Lifetime Suite