So I was in the market for a laptop. I found my Ryzen 5 2500u with 12GB of ram just was not up to snuff for mobile editing. When your desktop is a 3900x with 32GB of memory well it’s tough to go from 4-minute exports to 30-40 minute exports. But I also wanted something that could play WoW above level 3 settings 1080p with above 30 FPS.
Then AMD Released the Ryzen 4000 series CPUs. Then Lenovo took a U-Sku and allowed it to eat up to 30W of power. The Lenovo Ideapad 5 14 inch was board and let me tell you, what a piece of the machine it is.
It is under $800 with coupons, is editing most of my videos in under 10 minutes, plays WoW level 5 settings between 45-80 fps. The display is pretty good, top firing 2 x 2W speakers, and about 3 hours of battery life while playing WoW.
I absolutely love this machine that I am debating about getting rid of my main system now. It even plays Forza Horizon 4 medium details in the 35-45 FPS range.
Here is my full review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8wVUro-Omc