What is best mid range laptop
10 Great Laptops under $1000! (Mid 2020 Buying Guide) | The Tech Chap
hey guys I'm coming tech chat but as you
can see I've got a whole stack of
laptops here and even a couple more over
there but these are all in my opinion
the best value laptops that you can buy
right now I mean in this crazy world
that we live in we don't all have a ton
of cash to spend on a super expensive
shiny laptop so these are all under a
thousand pounds if you do fancy buying
one of the laptops I put links in them
all in the description below and also
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all right let's get into it I'm starting
with the most expensive you guessed it
it's a MacBook it's the 2020 MacBook Air
it's a thousand pounds the same in
dollars but if you're in the Apple
ecosystem or you're just used to using
Mac OS then this is the best value Apple
laptop you can buy on the outside is
pretty much identical to the previous
model really is just a spec upgrade on
the inside with new 10th gen Intel
processors which also come with
significantly faster graphics so the
base model I have here comes with a dual
core i3 processor 8 gigs of ram and 256
gigs of SSD storage for the more techy
amongst you yes paying a thousand pounds
for a core i3 laptop is a bit excessive
but it's a decent chip actually I'm
together with how well optimized Mac OS
is it did everything I needed it to will
be with the occasional hiccup if I had
too many chrome tabs open you do have
the option to pay a hundred more though
for the quad core i5 model if you need a
bit more power but the benefit of the i3
other than being cheaper is it's
completely silent there's no annoying
fan noise so yeah compared to Windows
alternatives it is quite expensive and
also the port selection is limited to us
PC phone of all three so you're gonna
have to get used to that adapt to life
but it's a beautifully designed laptop
we get a lovely screen and if you do
want the Mac OS then yeah the MacBook
Air is the one to go for then we have
this guy the asustor book 14 UX 4 3 4
and being the latest 2020 model we also
get the upgrade to Intel's 10th James
it's also 900 pounds though so still in
the higher end of our budget and while
we do get the latest specs here we're
mainly paying for the premium design
with the super thin bezels or what soups
are calling they're nano edge screen we
also get this fancy screen pad where the
touch pad doubles as a second screen
which right now you're thinking either
oh that's kind of cool or what a total
gimmick who would actually use that I
so in between so it's a little pricey
but the simbook 14 is a stunning laptop
next up we have the ace of swift 5 and
it'll say back nine hundred pounds so
the main selling point of this guy is we
get some pretty decent specs but it's
also in an incredibly light sassy waist
just nine hundred and ninety grams which
is about two point one eight pounds and
so while we're not really going anywhere
at the moment if you fancy walking
around the house all day with your
laptop in your hand then yeah this is
one of the most portable laptops you can
buy we've got this gorgeous 14 inch full
HD screen super thin bezels and I really
like this blue color as well the
magnesium aluminium alloy that AC use
for the material of this does obviously
keep the weight down but it feels a
little bit plastic hila maybe a little
bit more flimsy than say something like
the MacBook Air most importantly
performance is solid with a tenth gem
called eight gigs of RAM and a 512 gig
SSD the Swift v is a great laptop I
really do highly recommend this one
however if you're not that bothered
about paying a premium for a super
lightweight laptop then actually the
Asus Swift three is a better option it's
a 150 less than Swift five so we're
looking at 750 pounds but we get the
same specs again a 10th gen I five eight
gigs of RAM and 512 storage but there's
also another Swift we model with a three
by two aspect ratio screen which is
taller and more squarish than your
typical sixteen by nine I've not
actually had this in for a review yet so
I don't want to pass judgment but it
does look kind of interesting and again
it should be pretty good value just
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show you the assuit vive book 15 now
there's about a billion models of this
but I wanted this one with a 10th Jen I
five which cost six hundred pounds and
Amazon
I was filming this was completely out of
stock assistant have one either but they
did send me the x5 12 D model instead
which is exactly the same but with it
Rison 737 hundred you chip instead
anyway the viva book 15 packs in some
pretty impressive specs given the price
risin 7 or 10th gen intel i5 s along
with 8 gigs of ram and 512 storage
it looks pretty smart its compact
lightweight the bezels and nice and thin
and that's room for a numpad this would
probably have been my number one choice
if it wasn't for the screen which really
lets it down it doesn't get very bright
and the viewing angles contrast and
colors are pretty bad to be honest
unless you're just doing office work and
don't really care that everything looks
a bit washed out then it's fine
alright next up we've got this guy the
huawei mate book d15 there is also a 14
hitch version if you want the smaller
one and this will say you back 550
pounds which is pretty surprising
actually because it looks and feels a
lot more expensive than that so it's 50
pounds less than the viva book although
it is a little harder to find in the US
and some other regions but if you can't
find one it's definitely worth
considering we get an AMD Verizon 5 3500
you which is a little bit slower than a
tenth Jen I 5 but not by much and
actually means laptops like this can be
even cheaper paired with 8 gigs of RAM
256 storage a solid range of ports while
we share which lets you transfer files
and even control your Huawei phone or
laptop a fingerprint reader built into
the home button and a nifty recessed
webcam although its placement does then
mean it's looking up your nose which
isn't ideal if you're doing a bunch of
video calls but it's a great all-round
laptop and for 550 pounds a bargain now
speaking of bargains the next laptop I
want to show you you may not have even
heard of but it's the owner magic book
now all new is basically a sub brand of
Huawei they tend to target towards more
youthful audiences and they sometimes
can be more affordable as well but
actually this is the same price as the
make make mate book D at 550 pounds and
we also get the exact same specs 3500
you eight gigs of ram 256 gigs of
storage but it does come in I think a
slightly more stylish slightly more
premium design and also I do prefer the
keyboard on this over the mate book so I
actually think between the two I'd
rather go with the magic book if you can
find it we also get a recessed webcam a
similar on a share feature for your
phone and
same range of ports it does make you
think a little bit but you can get this
for nearly half the price of this yeah
definitely still a premium for Apple
devices alternatively and particularly
for you guys in the US for whom the mate
book and magic book aren't readily
available I'd recommend this guy the
Acer Aspire v slim but at just 550
dollars on Amazon right now it's a great
value option with a 15 inch IPS screen
the latest specs and a pretty good
looking if squally officee design but if
you really do just need something cheap
and cheerful for the most basic tasks
and I think the Acer Aspire 3 is a great
option
it's a 15.6 inch laptop with a pretty
decent risin 3 3200 you chip although
we're getting a fairly poultry 4 gigs
around and 128 storage so the aspire 3
runs Windows 10s by default which is a
more locked down but faster and safer
version of Windows so it would make a
great laptop for your kids but it
doesn't mean take a few seconds to
switch back to full fat Windows 10 and
it is free the main downside apart from
the so-so specs and the cheaper plastic
you build is the screen it uses a TN
panel
unlike the vibra book the colors and
viewing angles are a bit
well Biffy to say the least but again if
it's just a second laptop for the house
or something for your kids it's
absolutely fine and I also kind of like
the fact that it comes in this nice blue
and also a red color option oh there is
also a black model if you're mister
serious and don't want to have any fun
do you make sure though that you get the
aspire 3 with an SSD it's a lot faster
than other models with hard drives but
for 350 pounds it's an absolute bargain
and if you're a bit of a tinkerer you
could always upgrade the RAM and storage
yourself and then the good budget option
is the Microsoft Surface go which costs
about 280 although for a good spare come
with the keyboard it'll cost a couple
hundred more but it's still a great
little compact 2 in 1 laptop but I'd
hold off on that as the 2nd gen version
the surface go to is coming out very
soon and that will definitely want to
keep an eye on now of course there were
loads more laptops out there to choose
from these are just my picks if
performance is important though and you
can wait just a little bit longer
I'm really excited for laptops coming
with aim DS 4000 series of protesters
including another version of the Swift 3
as well as upcoming as susan books and
plenty more so stay tuned as i'll be
reviewing these on my channel
on the lower end there's always
Chromebooks to consider if you just want
a basic laptop for browsing the web but
I'll talk more about those in a separate
video so hopefully that's helped you
figure out which laptop you want to buy
or maybe at least which ones you don't
want to buy as I say I put links to all
the ones I've talked about today in the
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