Show HN: Laptop Prices

#1

Post by mjcurl » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 12:16 PM UTC

In the responses to Low Cost Mini PCs (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41389931), I saw some requests for a similar site but for laptops.

To improve on existing tools like https://pcpartpicker.com/products/laptop/, I added PassMark scores (with a lot of regex!) and live prices from Amazon. I also added panel types and refresh rates, and sorted results by a weighted rating, which takes the number of reviews into account.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions, thanks!

P.S: you can sort by multiple columns using ctrl+click (thanks to https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=winrid for the idea).

Show HN: Laptop Prices
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Re: Show HN: Laptop Prices

#2

Post by miguelfernandez » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 1:06 PM UTC

Cool idea! Adding PassMark scores and live prices is a nice touch. How often do you update the prices, and do you plan to add more filter options like battery life or weight?

Re: Show HN: Laptop Prices

#3

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 1:15 PM UTC

miguelfernandez wrote: post #2

Cool idea! Adding PassMark scores and live prices is a nice touch. How often do you update the prices, and do you plan to add more filter options like battery life or weight?

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Re: Show HN: Laptop Prices

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Post by mjcurl » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 2:13 PM UTC

miguelfernandez wrote: post #2

Cool idea! Adding PassMark scores and live prices is a nice touch. How often do you update the prices, and do you plan to add more filter options like battery life or weight?

Prices are updated once a day. Sellers include battery life and weight, but they are often inaccurate. I'll need a better dataset.

Re: Show HN: Laptop Prices

#5

Post by rixed » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 2:54 PM UTC

The main characteristics I consider when on the market for a laptop are missing. They are:

- weight

- mat or glossy screen

Then I have a look at the keyboard layout and keys height.

Not sure how easy it would be to add those.

Re: Show HN: Laptop Prices

#6

Post by mjcurl » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 3:37 PM UTC

rixed wrote: post #5

The main characteristics I consider when on the market for a laptop are missing. They are: - weight - mat or glossy screen Then I have a look at the keyboard layout and keys height. Not sure how easy it would be to add those.

I think matte/glossy is possible. The others aren't accurate in seller listings, but it might be possible from other resources.

Re: Show HN: Laptop Prices

#7

Post by pachico » Sun, Oct 13, 2024, 9:49 AM UTC

Maybe I'm one of the few that really care about it but, the first things I look in a laptop are:

- can ram be upgraded?

- is screen matte?

Maybe it would be good to add these as filters.

(No wonder why I bought a Framework laptop.)