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Show HN: Laptop Prices (comparelaptopprices.com)
11 points by mjcurl 619 days ago
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).
3 comments
miguelfernandez 619 days ago
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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mjcurl 619 days ago
Prices are updated once a day. Sellers include battery life and weight, but they are often inaccurate. I'll need a better dataset.
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rixed 619 days ago
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.

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mjcurl 619 days ago
I think matte/glossy is possible. The others aren't accurate in seller listings, but it might be possible from other resources.
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pachico 615 days ago
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.)

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