Hey!

I need a (windows) laptop for school, and I believe I’ve settled for the Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 5. My father‘s been using ThinkPads for a long time and has never had a bad experience with them. They have good build quality, a touchscreen (optional, but something I’ll definitely add on) and solid battery life.

For school, we won’t be using any computing intensive software and I will not be doing any gaming (I just don’t like gaming, sorry!). We will be using math programs like PTC Mathcad and GeoGebra, and maybe some light 3d stuff. Additionally, I might want to get into Blender in the future, so it’d be nice to have so headroom there. I’d like for this machine to last a couple of years, which is why I’m choosing the Gen 5 (less than 4 months old at a respectable price).

Do I need a CPU upgrade? Computing-wise I believe I’ll be fine either way, the longevity aspect is the one I’m focusing on. The „base“ i5 should be fine I believe, what are your opinions?

Side note: I’m very tech savvy (mostly regarding apple stuff, that’s why I’m making this post) — it’s 70€/$70 for preinstalles windows. Installing windows isn’t that hard, no? Just create a bootable drive and then load windows from there, right? I believe the price just isn’t worth it for me… I’ll be able to do this on my own, no?

Thank you!

Hi guys, I'm buying a new laptop and I can't decide which of these 2 processors will be better for me. I will mainly use it for CAD design and occasionally for gaming (eg The Witcher 3). Which would you choose, assuming that price doesn't matter?