Best computer for college

I’m starting online community college this August and then transferring to a larger university later on for a wildlife biology degree. I’ve always used Windows since I already have a pretty powerful gaming PC at home, so I’m way more comfortable with that ecosystem. Macs honestly intimidate me because I’ve never had a great experience with them.

I’m looking for laptop recommendations that are:

Portable enough for classes/travel

Reliable with good battery life

Powerful enough for schoolwork and some video editing

Good for managing a website and helping run a YouTube channel

Preferably Windows

I don’t necessarily need a full gaming laptop since I already have a desktop for that, but I also don’t want something super underpowered that’ll struggle after a couple years.

I’ll probably be multitasking a lot with research, editing, content uploads, and normal college work, so I’d like something that can comfortably handle all of that long term.

What laptops have you guys had good experiences with for college and light creative work? Budget is flexible if it’s something that’ll last me through university.

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This happened when opened the lid , is it okay to leave it like this ?
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LEDs on my computer turn on, but the computer itself won’t

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gpu peaking 100% when playing a video in youtube

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hi is this normal? the peaks are only when i press play on my yt video

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Can I connect two keyboards to one PC but have Windows see only one keyboard?

I’m trying to connect two physical keyboards to my PC, but I want Windows to see only one keyboard device. I tried a USB splitter (y splitter), but that did not work. From what I understand, a normal USB hub or USB switch may still expose the keyboards separately, or cause disconnect/reconnect events when switching.

What I’m looking for is some kind of device that can take two keyboard inputs and present them to the PC as one stable USB HID keyboard. I think this might be called HID emulation, keyboard/mouse emulation, a keyboard merger, or a USB HID proxy.

I do not need the keyboards to work as separate inputs. I just want the PC to receive keyboard input while ideally only recognizing one keyboard-like device.

Is there an affordable device that can do this? Would a KVM with keyboard/mouse emulation work, or would I need something more specific?

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Where to buy pre builds for wide span of games (live in the netherlands)

Need help finding places to buy pre build pcs for gaming

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best memory testing tool?

i was about to use memtest86+ but i saw a conversation on reddit where people said that it wasn't good (although a new version was released like 5 days ago and the discussion is from months ago so things could've changed)
also there's passmark's memtest86 but it's limited and you have to buy a licence for a more extensive test. (just like kahru)
is memtest86+ good enough or is there a better alternative, because im not paying for a software that i will use only once

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SATA PCIe Expansion card forces computer to go into Bios

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Is the best way to avoid static charge when building a pc to just do it naked?

I mean think about it, no worrying about clothes or anything.

I think im onto something..

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Laptop won’t turn on!!

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Help deciding. Pros and cons?

I have 3 options.

First:

AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D (4.0GHz) Processor

ASUS B840M Max Gaming Motherboard

16GB DDR5-6000 RAM

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Graphics Card

1TB NVMe SSD

2.5GbE LAN, WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.3

Windows 11 Home

Second:

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT (3.8GHz) Processor

32GB DDR4-3200 RAM

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Graphics Card

1TB NVMe SSD

Gigabit LAN, WiFi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0

Windows 11 Home

Third:

Intel Core i5 14400F (1.8GHz) Processor

ASRock B760M-C/D4 Motherboard

16GB DDR4-3200 RAM

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Graphics Card

1TB NVMe SSD

Gigabit LAN, WiFi 5 (802.11ac), Bluetooth 5.2

Windows 11 Home

Which would you suggest

I'm doing schoolwork. Making music using DAWs and many MIDI plugins. And I would LOVE to game too.

I'm a noob. Please be nice.

:)

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understanding malware etc.

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Overclocked my laptop but I was just playing valorant (it was the only thing open with nitrosense)
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2000s Dell Desktop

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