I know there are one of these threads every month but everyone has different requirements.

I need a new lappy. We're in our rental property and just no space for my desktop.

 

I'm after something fast and with a biggish screen (ideally 15"+), there is a fashion for tiny screens right now. IT'll be a desktop replacement effectively so only need to be moved from dining table to bag. Battery life also not important.

But I am after, decent keybopard and screen, 8-16Gb ram, good processor and at least a 0.5Tb SSD.

I'd prefer a buiness style laptop, I think they're better built than the consumer options. Also don't need a gaming laptop (although they have the bigger screens)

 

I'm struggling to find everything in one package for a price that isn't insane.

 

I was about to buy a Lenovo 585 which had everything for under £800 (Ryzen 7, 16Gb, 512ssd, 15.6")  but my credit card company decided that laptops are a risk so blocked the purchase. Then blocked it again after I'd spoken to them because it was close to a change of address. By the time I'd got that sorted out they were out of stock.

 

So after recomendations. Price say upto £1100. I'd rather pay out for something decent since it will get a lot of use.

Very much a personal thing Sony do excellent quality at the top of your budget and having bought the wife a £380 HP lap top I prefer using my older Toshiba which was only £280 new yet is much more user friendly. Almost too much choice these days.

Edited 26 August, 20196 yr by shyVRS245
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I get sent alerts from hp about deals and so on,  this is the latest one; 

 

HP Back To School Offers

If you don't mind buying "refurbished" then this is an exceptionally good deal - 

 

https://microdream.co.uk/lenovo-thinkpad-t530-15-6-core-i5-3320m-8gb-512gb-ssd-dvdrw-wifi-webcam-windows-10-professional-64bit.html

 

You get solid "business" construction, 15.6 inch screen, 512 Gb SSD, and Windows 10 Pro for under £300.

 

Increase the RAM to 16 GB for an extra £50.

In the end probably due to laptop shopping fatigue I've bought....

 

A Lenovo P52 workstation, 16Gb RAM 512 SSD 15.6 inch screen.

TBH it's probably my sort of thing. Over powered and over engineered.

 

So it's anything but a thin and light laptop rather it's a big fecker with a magnesium chassis and passed MOD drop tests. But also more usably it's got a replacable battery and it's easy to add memory and replace parts. It's not an unrepairable glue bomb like these teenie lappys seems to be.

 

It's also got one of the better keyboards around. So more of a tool than an accessory but tbh it's still lighter than my partners Macbook pro.

 

Did some initial setup last night and it is very fast indeed.

 

It's probably just well it's tough since Yodel didn't bother to get a signature for it and dumped it in my recycling bin.

 

I have an Apple 13" Mac Book Pro. Quality,  The problem running a Windows based Laptop the in 6 months there will be another version of Windows.

 

 

 

That is all 

 

AG

26 minutes ago, Auric Goldfinger said:

I have an Apple 13" Mac Book Pro. Quality,  The problem running a Windows based Laptop the in 6 months there will be another version of Windows.

 

 

 

That is all 

 

AG

Bit like buying a new car these days.

1 hour ago, Aspman said:

In the end probably due to laptop shopping fatigue I've bought....

 

A Lenovo P52 workstation, 16Gb RAM 512 SSD 15.6 inch screen.

TBH it's probably my sort of thing. Over powered and over engineered.

 

So it's anything but a thin and light laptop rather it's a big fecker with a magnesium chassis and passed MOD drop tests. But also more usably it's got a replacable battery and it's easy to add memory and replace parts. It's not an unrepairable glue bomb like these teenie lappys seems to be.

 

It's also got one of the better keyboards around. So more of a tool than an accessory but tbh it's still lighter than my partners Macbook pro.

 

Did some initial setup last night and it is very fast indeed.

 

It's probably just well it's tough since Yodel didn't bother to get a signature for it and dumped it in my recycling bin.

 

Looks very similar to my HP ProBook wonder if they are the same company

1 hour ago, Auric Goldfinger said:

The problem running a Windows based Laptop the in 6 months there will be another version of Windows.

 

It's less of an issue since windows 10 came out as most updates are relatively seamless.

 

It not that much different to OSX which have a new release every 12 months

Edited 5 September, 20196 yr by langers2k

24 minutes ago, BigJase88 said:

Looks very similar to my HP ProBook wonder if they are the same company

No HP is American owned and Lenovo is owned by the Chinese Government with a minority shareholding by IBM.

2 hours ago, Aspman said:

In the end probably due to laptop shopping fatigue I've bought....

 

A Lenovo P52 workstation, 16Gb RAM 512 SSD 15.6 inch screen.

TBH it's probably my sort of thing. Over powered and over engineered.

 

So it's anything but a thin and light laptop rather it's a big fecker with a magnesium chassis and passed MOD drop tests. But also more usably it's got a replacable battery and it's easy to add memory and replace parts. It's not an unrepairable glue bomb like these teenie lappys seems to be.

 

It's also got one of the better keyboards around. So more of a tool than an accessory but tbh it's still lighter than my partners Macbook pro.

 

Did some initial setup last night and it is very fast indeed.

 

It's probably just well it's tough since Yodel didn't bother to get a signature for it and dumped it in my recycling bin.

 

 

Even though I'm primarily a MacBook user now I would have suggested a Lenovo laptop. Our old Lenovo Yoga is still going strong and despite now relegated to travel jobs were I need a PC it spends most of it's time in the garage. With all the knocks it had and dirt in there it runs faultlessly and rarely crashes unlike my Macbooks.

 

 

3 hours ago, CWARD said:

Our old Lenovo Yoga is still going strong

I have a 2007 Lenovo laptop which is still going strong, though not with original hard drive or power supply. Had to replace keyboard after coffee spill, but motherboard survived. Of limited use now as running Windows XP, but use it to access emails and edit video when away on holiday.

 

Also have fairly recent Lenovo desktop which I purchased refurbished, and slightly older Fujitsu. I would recommend both these brands, plus HP, and always look at refurbished if I am buying one.

 

I wasn't sure about the Lenovo. I didn't like the older ThinkPads we had at work, or more specifically I hates the trackpad with a vengeance. The P52 is a different creature thankfully. I even have a bit of praise for MS since I was able to turn off the pinch zoom which I always set off by accident.

 

It spent most of yesterday evening doing the 1809 update. Took about 2hr to download but only 10min or so to install.

 

I'd also accidentally removed 365 when I was pulling out bits and pieces using powershell (the bits MS don't want you to remove for some reason but I've not need for a mixed reality portal amongst other things).

 

Did a bit of work on it as well and it's a nice and fucntional. I had an HP business laptop years ago and these 'pro' devices do seem much better made than the 'home;' versions. That HP was still running without issue 10yr later. In fact I only dumped it because I had no use for it and couldn't give it away (battery long dead, hinges cracked but still worked fine).

1 hour ago, Aspman said:

I'd also accidentally removed 365 when I was pulling out bits and pieces using powershell (the bits MS don't want you to remove for some reason but I've not need for a mixed reality portal amongst other things).

If it was me the removal would have been deliberate. I have no love of any MS software apart from the Windows OS, and that is more of a love-hate thing when it is being updated. For me the great thing about Windows OS is that it is a platform that runs an immense amount of non MS software. The non MS programs that I regularly use meet my needs very well and are either free or low-cost.

 

If I had a specific business need for 365, e.g. collaboration with other workers, then that would be a compelling reason to keep it, otherwise no.

 

I  needed the OneDrive space for photos. For your 365 fee you get 1Tb of storage as well.

 

Dropbox will give you 2Tb for ~£100 a year but no office software. I use 365 professionally so it's useful for me to keep up to date.

I have a Dell XPS for home use, great machine, top end of your budget and you need to factor in a thunderport docking/ power unit if you use multi screens etc though can’t fault mine, does everything I throw at it with ease, 3D rendering, Ray tracing and other processor heavy stuff.