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Affordable laptop recommendations: budget £350-£450

maomao said:
So, moving on, are Dell laptops any good? Hardwearing is more important than good looks. I can get 5% off as a student so this one is pushing it a bit:

www.dell.com

Dell Inspiron 14 with 13th gen Intel Core processors | Dell UK

Shop the Inspiron 14" laptop with built-in ready for business features, latest Intel processors. View on Dell.com
www.dell.com

but I can get this for more or less exactly what the Asus cost:

www.dell.com

Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Laptop | Dell UK

15-inch laptop with responsive performance in a sleek design with 2-sided narrow borders, optional PCIe SSDs, Express Charge, and an AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700U Mobile Processor.
www.dell.com

I'm not arsed about storage, 250gb is plenty. Is the extra 20 quid worth it for a AMD Ryzen™ 5 4500U rather than a AMD Ryzen™ 5 3450U ?
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We pretty much have all Dells at work.
Mines an Inspiron 5400 i5 does the job very well.
I'm in Teams meetings all the time at work and it copes well with that plus using other office 365 apps at the same time.

I am cabled to a dock, though, so have no speed or wifi issues as I am in the office as we're Tier1 people.

At home on WiFi, a few stutters but nothing major.

Is your home WiFi up to it?

Oh, I hate the keyboard. Others love the keyboard.
YMMV
 
Throbbing Angel said:
We pretty much have Dells at work.
Mines an Inspiron 5400 i5 does the job very well.
I'm in Teams meetings all the time at work and it copes well with that plus using other office 365 apps at the same time.

I am cabled to a dock, though, so have no speed or woody issues as I am in the office as we're Tier1 people.

At home on WiFi, a few stutters but nothing major.

Is your home WiFi up to it?

Oh, I hate the keyboard. Others love the keyboard.
YMMV
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I have a USB docking station at home. And a nice wireless keyboard.
 
maomao said:
I have a USB docking station at home. And a nice wireless keyboard.
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You should be golden then.
I too use an external everything when using it at home.

Oh, and I never use the touchscreen.

Dell have this odd system of classifying their screens where some models accept stylus sand some don't.

If that's a must have for you, check it out. Touchscreen in the specs doesn't mean stylus or pen compatible, only finger compatible
 
maomao said:
So, moving on, are Dell laptops any good? Hardwearing is more important than good looks. I can get 5% off as a student so this one is pushing it a bit:

www.dell.com

Dell Inspiron 14 with 13th gen Intel Core processors | Dell UK

Shop the Inspiron 14" laptop with built-in ready for business features, latest Intel processors. View on Dell.com
www.dell.com

but I can get this for more or less exactly what the Asus cost:

www.dell.com

Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Laptop | Dell UK

15-inch laptop with responsive performance in a sleek design with 2-sided narrow borders, optional PCIe SSDs, Express Charge, and an AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700U Mobile Processor.
www.dell.com

I'm not arsed about storage, 250gb is plenty. Is the extra 20 quid worth it for a AMD Ryzen™ 5 4500U rather than a AMD Ryzen™ 5 3450U ?
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The performance difference isn't vast, but AMD made some big gains in battery efficiency in the newer chips. So if you're planning on using it in a mobile fashion, instead of as a small, movable desktop, it's probably worthwhile.
 
Can I get some advice on these two plz? The first has great specs but is above budget. I'm happy to treat myself but mindful that I might be able to get something cheaper if I keep an eye out next couple of weeks...

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Then there's this. Would like there to be an image yet the specs and price look great.

Ex-Display Lenovo IdeaPad 330S-15IKB Laptop Intel Core i5-8250U 1.6GHz 8GB DDR4 1TB HDD 15.6 | Ebuyer.com

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Threshers_Flail said:
Can I get some advice on these two plz? The first has great specs but is above budget. I'm happy to treat myself but mindful that I might be able to get something cheaper if I keep an eye out next couple of weeks...

Laptops - Cheap Laptop Deals | Currys

Take advantage of amazing deals on our Laptops range here at Currys. Shop online and get free delivery or order & collect in store.
www.currys.co.uk www.currys.co.uk

Then there's this. Would like there to be an image yet the specs and price look great.

Ex-Display Lenovo IdeaPad 330S-15IKB Laptop Intel Core i5-8250U 1.6GHz 8GB DDR4 1TB HDD 15.6 | Ebuyer.com

Get a great deal on a Ex-Display Lenovo IdeaPad 330S-15IKB Laptop Intel Core i5-8250U 1.6GHz 8GB DDR4 1TB HDD 15.6 as well as thousands of products at Ebuyer!
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I wouldnt go near the second one as it doesn't have a SSD.
 
Throbbing Angel said:
It is running Windows 10 S too :(
" Windows 10 S is a feature-limited edition of Windows 10 designed primarily for low-end devices in the education market. "
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As long as you turn off the s stuff on installation it's exactly the same as home edition. But do do it on installation or it's a pain apparently. Has never been any sort of problem on my wife's laptop since following this advice.
 
RoyReed said:
I wouldn't go near the first one either unless you're going to save everything to the cloud. 256GB is going to fill up pretty quickly.
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I guess it depends on what your working on, but to me, having loads of local storage on a mobile device is less important then it used to be as so much stuff is available in the cloud. And if you do want to add more then you can get tiny tiny usb drives which are quite high capacity. Obviously no good if your main thing is editing huge photos or video, but I'd rather have a small fast SSD over a slow HDD anyday.
 
UnderAnOpenSky said:
I guess it depends on what your working on, but to me, having loads of local storage on a mobile device is less important then it used to be as so much stuff is available in the cloud. And if you do want to add more then you can get tiny tiny usb drives which are quite high capacity. Obviously no good if your main thing is editing huge photos or video, but I'd rather have a small fast SSD over a slow HDD anyday.
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Threshers_Flail said:
I don't think it will for me tbh. I stream most music/films, store my photos on the cloud and don't play games.
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That’s OK then. I'm just comparing it to the one my wife bought two years ago with very similar specs. She's down to 15GB left. No videos, just a load of photos and music files.
 
AnnO'Neemus said:
Acer laptops come with shitloads of bloatware though. I've had two. So if an Acer said 8G I'd expect to have to uninstall/delete stuff.
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I know I'm responding to an old post here, but ain't that the truth. I've just bought an Acer and the inevitable session of disabling and uninstalling the crapware was even longer than usual!

I quite like the Acer though. Compared to the HP it replaced, the sound isn't as good, the touchpad is very sensitive and takes a bit of getting used to, and in general it feels a bit cheap. But then it was cheap; fully fifty quid cheaper than an HP of similar spec, so I can't complain.
 
Anyone bought a Chuwi before? :D

Was helping my boss laptop shop today and they are really good value and the reviews aren't terrible, but I couldnt quite bring myself to suggest one. It's really not a great time to be buying a laptop though is it?
 
UnderAnOpenSky said:
Anyone bought a Chuwi before? :D

Was helping my boss laptop shop today and they are really good value and the reviews aren't terrible, but I couldnt quite bring myself to suggest one. It's really not a great time to be buying a laptop though is it?
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Nope. It’s a case of get hold of what you can. Still waiting for Lenovo’s to arrive that I ordered 3 months ago!!
 
I ended up getting this for 489 from AO:

ao.com

1N7V2EA#ABU | HP Laptop | ao.com

From your next holiday to a lawn mower, you can shop deals with this 1N7V2EA#ABU HP laptop. It comes with an AMD Ryzen 5 processor and a 256GB SSD.
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Currently out of stock in silver but they have in white or blue. Can always get a tenner voucher code on ao stuff.
 
cybershot said:
Nope. It’s a case of get hold of what you can. Still waiting for Lenovo’s to arrive that I ordered 3 months ago!!
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Ended up getting a refurb HP Elite book from 2018, 5th gen i5 and SSD. Should hopefully run a bit nicer then the really cheap stuff from Argos and if it dies in a year, we'll hopefully I won't be here. :hmm:
 
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