I am not sure what a good Laptop for chess would need. I would use it for Storing my opening repertoire and games, preparing against opponents, analyzing games with Lc0 and stockfish and playing games online.
I would only use it for chess. I have around 1000€ to spend on it.
It would be nice if someone could help me find a good Laptop.
anything works, I am 2600 in blitz and yet I have a laptop that was discontinued to be made in 2013, its more about your skill and not the laptop, anyways I suggest you to not spend more than 500 euros, or else it will just be a waste of your money
Where do you live? Because this will be relevant to what laptop you can acquire. If for example you live in the Antartica, perhaps you'll have less options than if you live in Greece.
@Rimac_C2 said in #2:
> anything works, I am 2600 in blitz and yet I have a laptop that was discontinued to be made in 2013, its more about your skill and not the laptop, anyways I suggest you to not spend more than 500 euros, or else it will just be a waste of your money
I know I dont need a good one to play but I want engines to work well on it.
@EpiwesraRDX said in #3:
> Where do you live? Because this will be relevant to what laptop you can acquire. If for example you live in the Antartica, perhaps you'll have less options than if you live in Greece.
I am from Germany so there should be no problem.
One key feature I would prefer is the compatibility between any other devices you have.
For example, if you have an iPhone you may prefer acquiring a MacBook Pro, perhaps refurbished to reduce the price, but in order to have compatibility. For example you can utilise the functionality of iCloud on multiple devices. Perhaps you also have a smart watch which you use and this is also something to consider.
Perhaps you prefer Windows OS? You can see how advising something really can come down to choice and with 1000EUR I suspect you could get almost any laptop you wish to have.
@EpiwesraRDX said in #6:
> One key feature I would prefer is the compatibility between any other devices you have.
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> For example, if you have an iPhone you may prefer acquiring a MacBook Pro, perhaps refurbished to reduce the price, but in order to have compatibility. For example you can utilise the functionality of iCloud on multiple devices. Perhaps you also have a smart watch which you use and this is also something to consider.
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> Perhaps you prefer Windows OS? You can see how advising something really can come down to choice and with 1000EUR I suspect you could get almost any laptop you wish to have.
I need one with Windows. The thing i am not sure about is what CPU and GPU
When you say you're not sure about what CPU and GPU, what do you mean? I saw you mentioned you wanted one for Stockfish to work properly. Stockfish will work on very basic levels of computing power and any recognised reseller will sell a computer with the ability to use the latest Stockfish.
They can
@EpiwesraRDX said in #8:
> When you say you're not sure about what CPU and GPU, what do you mean? I saw you mentioned you wanted one for Stockfish to work properly. Stockfish will work on very basic levels of computing power and any recognised reseller will sell a computer with the ability to use the latest Stockfish.
Stockfish and Lc0 can obviously run on every computer but I want the engines to work fast and get to a high depth.
You don't need a lot of computer power IMO for chess. I play chess on a reconditioned laptop that cost me £250 (about $300) about six years ago. I play chess dot com and Lichess with no problems. I also have an old version of Fritz running on it.
