Ask HN: Which Is the Best Laptop?

Use case and what you value is what really matters here.

I will be using it for coding, video editing, casual gaming and streaming. My budget is under $1000.

And an external video card in an enclosure isn't an option? Even a cheap PC video card will out-perform these laptops discrete ones.

But it matters before purchase because the laptops needs the correct IO to hook up to an external enclosure (Thunderbolt 3).

You probably don't want my opinion. I'm cheap.

I have a 13 year old Inspiron (swapped HDD for SSD) and it works for me.

Looks like you're already considering Ryzen 4000 series laptops already. Stick with one of those and add a GPU to it, especially for the video editing part. I don't know exactly which one that is, but check out r/AMDLaptops for suggestions.

If it were for me I would go for the G14. The Ryzen 4900H is very powerful and the laptop is pretty light weight (compared to other gaming laptops).