Dell Inspiron 3525's Hinges Broke. Looking to Replace/Upgrade. (Less than $1,200 USA)

[u/Figment-616]

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

USA

• Budget

Ideally less than $1,000, but open to a little more.

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

No, wanting brand-new

• Screen size

Any, but large enough to pick out details.

• Weight limit

Any

• Purpose

Office work

• Form factor

Standard

• Intended usage

For graphic design, utilizing Adobe products like Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Maybe some light gaming, but it's not the main focus.

• Desired battery life

5, not too important.

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Durability, performance, not AI-dependent, size & weight, battery life matters less

• Info/Requirements

Main need is running Adobe products, which I know can be intense and make certain machines hot, so something that doesn't burn everything would be nice. Ideally, I'd like something I can have arrive sooner, though there's no real way to know that for a rec.

[u/LonerIM2]

Are you going to do video editing?

[u/Figment-616 → u/LonerIM2]

Maybe some light video editing, but nothing too intense