can you recommend a laptop?

snowmen

Hello!


Wondered if people could give me recommendations for a new laptop -


Need 1 TB of storage min.
Would like to have a dvd rewriter for creating my own dvds
Prefer windows as that is what I am used to presently.
Needs to have an excellent battery as it will be used not plugged in to the mains.


I wont be playing games on the laptop as this is not important to me - it is more of a web browsing + skyping/little bit of word processing/home movie creating type of laptop.


Thanks!

50Twuncle

snowmen wrote: »

Hello!


Wondered if people could give me recommendations for a new laptop -


Need 1 TB of storage min.
Would like to have a dvd rewriter for creating my own dvds
Prefer windows as that is what I am used to presently.
Needs to have an excellent battery as it will be used not plugged in to the mains.


I wont be playing games on the laptop as this is not important to me - it is more of a web browsing + skyping/little bit of word processing/home movie creating type of laptop.


Thanks!

How much do you want to spend ?
Screen size ?
17 inch would be preferable ......
DVD or BlueRay player ?
You should be looking at at least 4Gb RAM -Preferably 8Gb
Processor - Intel i5 or equivalent
I would avoid Acer - they are not built very well
Try Asus or Lenovo - they are OK
Home movie editing can be quite processor intensive but web browsing is not - you need to decide what your priority is and purchase accordingly
Battery life is a complex question - if you treat a battery right - it may last you for years but if you over/under charge it - it may lose its ability to hold a full charge extremely fast !
Perhaps someone else can advise further ?

Jivesinger

snowmen wrote: »

Needs to have an excellent battery as it will be used not plugged in to the mains.

I'm no hardware expert, but I have noticed that some recent laptops no longer have a battery which you can clip in/swap easily. I would avoid these if possible; otherwise in 2 or 3 years you may end up with a perfectly serviceable laptop which is hampered by the battery being worn out, but which you can't easily replace.

Cisco001

May be this

£320
Lenovo B51-80 Intel Core i5-6200U 4GB 1TB 15.6" Windows 10 Home

This may not meet your battery requirement (5 hrs enough?), but it is reasonably priced

John_Gray

Jivesinger wrote: »

I'm no hardware expert, but I have noticed that some recent laptops no longer have a battery which you can clip in/swap easily. I would avoid these if possible; otherwise in 2 or 3 years you may end up with a perfectly serviceable laptop which is hampered by the battery being worn out, but which you can't easily replace.

Since most laptops are used under mains power, because the battery has given up over a small number of years, it doesn't really matter if the battery is swappable or not.

How many people actually buy a new battery to replace the one which gave up?

Jivesinger

John_Gray wrote: »

Since most laptops are used under mains power, because the battery has given up over a small number of years, it doesn't really matter if the battery is swappable or not.

Clearly it does matter to the OP though:

snowmen wrote: »

Needs to have an excellent battery as it will be used not plugged in to the mains.

John_Gray wrote: »

How many people actually buy a new battery to replace the one which gave up?

I dunno - but I certainly have.

snowmen

50Twuncle wrote: »

How much do you want to spend ?
Screen size ?
17 inch would be preferable ......
DVD or BlueRay player ?
You should be looking at at least 4Gb RAM -Preferably 8Gb
Processor - Intel i5 or equivalent
I would avoid Acer - they are not built very well
Try Asus or Lenovo - they are OK
Home movie editing can be quite processor intensive but web browsing is not - you need to decide what your priority is and purchase accordingly
Battery life is a complex question - if you treat a battery right - it may last you for years but if you over/under charge it - it may lose its ability to hold a full charge extremely fast !
Perhaps someone else can advise further ?

Any screen size around 15" would be fine.
Don't need blueray - just DVD. Use windows live moviemaker at the moment to make home movies.
As for battery life - what I meant (but maybe didn't explain properly) was how long you can use the laptop before it needs charged again.

snowmen

Cisco001 wrote: »

May be this

£320
Lenovo B51-80 Intel Core i5-6200U 4GB 1TB 15.6" Windows 10 Home

This may not meet your battery requirement (5 hrs enough?), but it is reasonably priced

Will have a look - 5 hours battery life should be OK as long as I can get this!

Cisco001

snowmen wrote: »

Will have a look - 5 hours battery life should be OK as long as I can get this!

Forgot to say, that is their 'advertise' battery life, it could be a lot shorter depends on what program you are running.

50Twuncle

Cisco001 wrote: »

Forgot to say, that is their 'advertise' battery life, it could be a lot shorter depends on what program you are running.

Also - the life will diminish fairly quickly. .