15.6" laptop with touchpad mouse buttons recommendation

LisaInCa

Hello, I am looking for a 15.6" laptop for my daughter who is starting college so I would like for it to be able to meet her needs for the next 4 years.

I would like an Intel i7 processor with built-in webcam, 16GB memory and a total of at least 1TB with at least 512 of it SSD, preferably 1TB SSD.

The problem is she wants the touchpad to have the 2 mouse buttons, which almost nobody makes anymore. She also wants a black (or other dark matte) rather than silver finish if possible.

Price point is under $1500 if possible. She does play a bunch of Steam games on it so a separate graphics card (NVIDIA preferred) would be nice but not essential.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! Since we don't live near a Micro Center store, we would have to be able to buy it online.

JS_MC

You're quite welcome! Happy to assist!

JS_MC

Hello @LisaInCa

Welcome to the community! Thanks for providing such helpful insight about what you're looking for!

My first recommendation that comes to mind is the MSI GF65 Thin. It's a 15.6" laptop that meets all the specifications that you've mentioned. It also comes with the latest NVIDIA 3060 mobile GPU and it's still under your budget.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/633944/msi-gf65-thin-10ue-097-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black

Just in case you're looking for more recommendations I've compiled a list of the laptops that would match the specifications that you're looking for!

https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?N=4294967288+4294820741+4294820410+4294814242+4294817200+4294818011+692+594&NTK=all&sortby=pricelow&storeid=029

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about anything! I'm happy to help!

LisaInCa

Thank you for your response! As far as I can tell that recommendation doesn’t have the touchpad “mouse” buttons that we are looking for, but I think one of the ones on your list does. Thanks!

JS_MC

Ah, I did not interpret your meaning correctly, apologies!

Another that would have two physically individual buttons would be the GL65.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/623561/msi-gl65-leopard-10sdr-221-156-gaming-laptop-computer---black

Apologies again for missing that!

LisaInCa

Thanks so much! That seems to be the only one I can find right now that fits all of her criteria. Thanks again for your help!