Hi guys! The laptop I've had for about 3 years now is honestly a piece of shit and I'm currently on the market for a laptop that will last me a few years, is durable and portable, something I can actually play games on and can be used practically. Does anyone have an recommendations or advice on what to look for? Thank you!

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I've been playing Guild Wars 2 a lot on my mom's Mac but I would also like the convenience of being able to play when I'm also at my dad's house. If there's a game that's highly graphics oriented that I could also just get on my PS4, I'll be getting it on my PS4. The laptop right now however can't even handle Minecraft, the screen has a short in it so I have to position it at a perfect angle to use, and I have to click the mouse button 10 times for it to actually register. Overall, not very efficient and very frustrating. That being said, I've never had a computer good enough to really invest in becoming a PC gamer but if I did I would start playing PC games a lot more, if that makes any sense?

I don't even know where I'm going with this, I'm only productive during super later hours but my brain also can't function at super late hours so you can see why my grades have been dropping.

In an ideal world I would like to have a computer that would handle Sims 4 but I honestly feel like it's going to flop like Sim City.

Parents are divorced and I'll also want something that will last until college in 2 years.

And yeah I mean most of my big gaming will be PS4 and Mac, however it'd be swell for the laptop to be able to handle a few games lol.

My mom told me she'd get me a new one for Christmas but I'm 16 now so I'm thinking about asking for a more expensive one and maybe doing monthly payments so I would eventually have paid off half.