I don't know about Lenovo (what Wu Wei said), but my computer has a Ryzen 5 AMD chipset and runs video games. I play Remnant II, Halo., If gaming matters this one is a pretty cheap option. Also Quagmire's comment about 16Gig ram is right.
What about a compromise with something that has similar capabilities but that isn't a Lenovo? :
new Amazon.com
used Amazon.com
But it sounds to me like he's into the anti-glare, touch-screen and noise canceling type of thing and may not be interested in gaming at all. In that case you should still look for one with 16 Gig ram, but you don't need to worry about what kind of chipset it is running. He also seems to like Lenovo for some reason, so in that case I'd go for the
I don't know much about Lenovo but it advertises good specs and a low price, and if gaming is a factor it will do some gaming.
He may eventually need an extra drive in a year or two, because a half terabyte (512 Gig) can fill up with videos, music, games and big applications. Depends on if he's going to download lots of big files like movies and install lots of games from online. My main drive is 1 terabyte, and my secondary drive is 2 terabyte. I don't use all of that though. In total I am using 1.2 terabyte including all the stuff and files I have accumulated.
What about a compromise with something that has similar capabilities but that isn't a Lenovo? :
new Amazon.com
used Amazon.com
But it sounds to me like he's into the anti-glare, touch-screen and noise canceling type of thing and may not be interested in gaming at all. In that case you should still look for one with 16 Gig ram, but you don't need to worry about what kind of chipset it is running. He also seems to like Lenovo for some reason, so in that case I'd go for the
Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
I don't know much about Lenovo but it advertises good specs and a low price, and if gaming is a factor it will do some gaming.
He may eventually need an extra drive in a year or two, because a half terabyte (512 Gig) can fill up with videos, music, games and big applications. Depends on if he's going to download lots of big files like movies and install lots of games from online. My main drive is 1 terabyte, and my secondary drive is 2 terabyte. I don't use all of that though. In total I am using 1.2 terabyte including all the stuff and files I have accumulated.