Reply to: Laptop recommendations

[eek]

How about a MSI GS63VR 7RF?

That and the GS73VR was mentioned as an alternative to a Mac in the comments section of a MacWorld article. (Mac owners are getting increasingly disillusioned with Apple these days).

slightly out of the £600 budget of the OP.. I can understand Mac users wanting to move elsewhere - hopefully something with 32gb of memory will arrive later this year...

[cojak]

How about a MSI GS63VR 7RF?

That and the GS73VR was mentioned as an alternative to a Mac in the comments section of a MacWorld article. (Mac owners are getting increasingly disillusioned with Apple these days).

[SeanT]

There are some stunning barely used Dell devices on eBay, and some good as new ones on their outlet to boot... although interesting on the price of the Surface Pro 4 these days.

[l35kee]

I grabbed a Surface Pro 4 (new one is out now i think).

It's perfect.. High end pc, as well as a notepad. The stylus works fantastically with OneNote. Use it for every meeting.

Light, thin, great keyboard. Love it.

[SueEllen]

Dell Latitiude, Lenovo Ideapad, Acer Travelmate.
I've had all 3 in the last 10 years, and none failed.
Don't buy what is on the shelf at PC World / Currys - get a business grade laptop.
PC World / Currys do sell them, as do laptopsdirect and Dell Outlet.

Laptops Direct | Cheap Laptops & Deals | UKs Largest Laptop Specialist.

Refurbished Laptops, Computers & Servers - Dell Outlet | Dell

Just ordered a new one myself from Dell Outlet.

I sometimes use saveonlaptops.com even if it's to look on what is on sale to buy from elsewhere.

[DimPrawn]

I should clarify... the laptop will be for admin and day to day stuff. Not dev work. Thanks

Well any old feckin laptop in that case.

[FarmerPalmer]

Dell Latitiude, Lenovo Ideapad, Acer Travelmate.
I've had all 3 in the last 10 years, and none failed.
Don't buy what is on the shelf at PC World / Currys - get a business grade laptop.
PC World / Currys do sell them, as do laptopsdirect and Dell Outlet.

Laptops Direct | Cheap Laptops & Deals | UKs Largest Laptop Specialist.

Refurbished Laptops, Computers & Servers - Dell Outlet | Dell

Just ordered a new one myself from Dell Outlet.

[BigRed]

As I said before I love the Lenovo products but this is the latest response this morning after I accepted and paid for a repair on 26th January.

I would like to point out a detail on the mail you are referring to.
The highlighted machine details correspond to what you had before!
Here we are proposing you a machine which has the similar specifications comparing to the one you had!
But never have we promised you to offer the exact same product.

Please let us know if you have any other questions our doubts.

Best regards,

"Dear ............,

Please note that following our internal investigation, we would like to offer you a free replacement of the machine below:

Serial Number: HA0MYJ9K
Type: YB1-X91F


This is after I told them that an Android Yoga Tab 3 was not a suitable replacement for a Windows Yoga Book.

[SueEllen]

I should clarify... the laptop will be for admin and day to day stuff. Not dev work. Thanks

Dell shop then as eek advised before.

To be fair any well known brand will have a laptop that is suitable it is just a case of whether you like the keyboard etc.

[ckms]

I should clarify... the laptop will be for admin and day to day stuff. Not dev work. Thanks

[b r]

I spent a bit more.

No development work but used day in and day out (Office mainly but also a load of Visio and spreadsheets). Very robust.

Previous Acer was £600 in 2010 and lasted until late last year - battery life and small size was key.

Got a Fujitsu Lifebook. Small foot print, long battery life, Ethernet port. Happy with it.

[InsertWittyNameHere555]

I would up your budget to around £800 and go for a Lenovo X240, and pay the extra for an extended battery, the simple pleasures of having a laptop with a 10 hour battery life is exquisite

[VectraMan]

A year or so ago I spent £750 on a 2 year old Dell M3800 from Ebay, that would have been over £2K new. Was still under warranty too (maybe not now). That's i7, 16GB, 512GB SSD, 15" 4K screen - very nice laptop that I'm using right now.

[SandyD]

My old Asus died last week and I just got HP Envy 13-ab008na Laptop... but am not doing any development work anymore, just need it for company paperwork etc.

If you are doing dev work, go for high spec dell.

[MrMarkyMark]

Spent around 3K on a Lenovo 4 years ago.

Still cannot fault it.

Won't ever buy a cheap machine again