New Laptop Recommendations

Wikikenkey

I am looking to buy a new laptop for everyday use.  Can you recommend a good one between £300 and £450. 
Looking for one with 8GB RAM and storage 256GB/512GB.  
Not sure if there is anything else I should be looking out for.
Thanks very much.

jsmith9

Go to www.dell.co.uk and have  look at the Inspiron range I think they have  sale on until the 17th

Wikikenkey

Thank you, will take a look.

CoastingHatbox

Dell Latitudes and XPSes are good reliable machines.

Inspirons not so much. I know someone who issued them to staff (even though they are consumer rather than business grade) and experienced a high failure rate with them. Consumer grade laptops are built down to a price much more so than their business grade counterparts.

neilmcl

CoastingHatbox said:

Dell Latitudes and XPSes are good reliable machines.

Inspirons not so much. I know someone who issued them to staff (even though they are consumer rather than business grade) and experienced a high failure rate with them. Consumer grade laptops are built down to a price much more so than their business grade counterparts.

All well and good but the OP's not going to get a decent, "new" latitude or XPS for their budget.

CoastingHatbox

neilmcl said:

CoastingHatbox said:

Dell Latitudes and XPSes are good reliable machines.

Inspirons not so much. I know someone who issued them to staff (even though they are consumer rather than business grade) and experienced a high failure rate with them. Consumer grade laptops are built down to a price much more so than their business grade counterparts.

All well and good but the OP's not going to get a decent, "new" latitude or XPS for their budget.

I think it is better to suggest an over budget laptop that I'm confident will provide the OP better return on investment in terms of longevity than suggest something that matches the budget but I suspect will not go the distance.

If I looked at the Currys/PC World website I'm likely to come away with a £400-£500 laptop because that is the sweet spot when comparing the price and specification alone. The trouble is that puts you in the range of soldered ram/NAND, plastic chassis that go brittle with age and keyboards which are plastic-welded to the palm rest so when you replace them they never are the same.

stuart321

I've had good experience with Lenovo AMD equipped laptops for various family members over the past 3 years around £300-450. Typically single SODIMM for RAM (so easy to buy 4GB model and upgrade by swapping), M.2 SSD either 14 or 15" screen.

Something like this https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1959318?clickSR=slp:term:lenovo%20laptop:1:1:1

Lenovo direct can have good offers and student discount too.

HTH

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Go second hand from CEX. I bought a Dell Latitude E7250 for £220. B grade but looks like new and the battery still in excellent condition. I've had this for over a year and is still running superb. I've found the 12.5 inch screen to be a perfect size for me and the kids to do their school work and play on.
Also with CEX you get a 2 year warranty so it's a no brainer.