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I would say you need at least,8GB RAMIPS ScreenSSD drivePlease note however there is a global shortage of silicon chips due to the high demand for tech during lockdowns. This means most laptops are overpriced at the moment.I would go for one of these two:The matebook D14 is supposed to be better with a much longer battery life but impossible to find in stock at a decent price.There is always a compromise with laptops at this price. The ASUS has poor speakers and the Matebook has a camera on the keyboard as oppossed to on top of the monitor. Pick what matters to you.You can always wait but I read the situation won't improve until 2022.0
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The specs among the laptops seem very similar - 15.6" screens, barring the 14" ASUS Zenbook. 256GB SSD storage and 8GB of RAM also appear to be common factors from what you have posted.From the laptops you have posted, I would go for the HP as the CPU is the most powerful and it is very reasonably priced.Here is a comparison of the AMD 3500U, 3700U and Intel 1035G1, clearly showing the Intel being the fastest while using the same 15W of power.
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poppellerant said:The specs among the laptops seem very similar - 15.6" screens, barring the 14" ASUS Zenbook. 256GB SSD storage and 8GB of RAM also appear to be common factors from what you have posted.From the laptops you have posted, I would go for the HP as the CPU is the most powerful and it is very reasonably priced.Here is a comparison of the AMD 3500U, 3700U and Intel 1035G1, clearly showing the Intel being the fastest while using the same 15W of power.
humanracer has posted some more sensible options. Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Intel 1035G1, plus it does have an IPS screen. The HP doesn't really have a look-in.0 -
leapyear said:
Huawei Matebook - Model number: BohrK-WAQ9BR
- AMD Ryzen 5 3500U processor.
- Quad core processor.
- 2.1GHz processor speed with a burst speed of 3.7GHz.
- 8GB RAM DDR4.
- 256GB SSD storage.
- Microsoft Windows 10.
- 15.6" screen
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There's a lot to be said for getting a MacBook Air/Pro. Just 2 choices really, The Air for most people for normal usage or the Pro if you need to do very intensive stuff. They will last years, and will not get bogged down with bloat and incessant updates and if you have iPhone already then its a no brainer.
If you really can't stretch to a grand then there are plenty of refurb options for less than half that.
Life is too short to be messing about with Windows machines!0 -
HereToday said:poppellerant said:The specs among the laptops seem very similar - 15.6" screens, barring the 14" ASUS Zenbook. 256GB SSD storage and 8GB of RAM also appear to be common factors from what you have posted.From the laptops you have posted, I would go for the HP as the CPU is the most powerful and it is very reasonably priced.Here is a comparison of the AMD 3500U, 3700U and Intel 1035G1, clearly showing the Intel being the fastest while using the same 15W of power.
humanracer has posted some more sensible options. Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Intel 1035G1, plus it does have an IPS screen. The HP doesn't really have a look-in.
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Deleted_User said:There's a lot to be said for getting a MacBook Air/Pro. Just 2 choices really, The Air for most people for normal usage or the Pro if you need to do very intensive stuff. They will last years, and will not get bogged down with bloat and incessant updates and if you have iPhone already then its a no brainer.
If you really can't stretch to a grand then there are plenty of refurb options for less than half that.
Life is too short to be messing about with Windows machines!
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poppellerant said:HereToday said:poppellerant said:The specs among the laptops seem very similar - 15.6" screens, barring the 14" ASUS Zenbook. 256GB SSD storage and 8GB of RAM also appear to be common factors from what you have posted.From the laptops you have posted, I would go for the HP as the CPU is the most powerful and it is very reasonably priced.Here is a comparison of the AMD 3500U, 3700U and Intel 1035G1, clearly showing the Intel being the fastest while using the same 15W of power.
humanracer has posted some more sensible options. Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Intel 1035G1, plus it does have an IPS screen. The HP doesn't really have a look-in.
humanracer posted better laptops for the same money.. The OP needs to understand that.
It's not about ego here. Just do your best.0 -
Just to highlight the a quote from the OP:
If there's a recommendation you have, I'm interested. I have a budget of £500-700. Preferably the lower end
It's not a contest. The OP needs our recommendations. I just pointed out that humanracer's recommendations outperform the older devices in the OP post.
If anyone has anything even better, I'm sure the OP would be interested to know. For my part, I wanted to let the OP know that the new suggestions were better than at what they looked.0 -
HereToday said:poppellerant said:HereToday said:poppellerant said:The specs among the laptops seem very similar - 15.6" screens, barring the 14" ASUS Zenbook. 256GB SSD storage and 8GB of RAM also appear to be common factors from what you have posted.From the laptops you have posted, I would go for the HP as the CPU is the most powerful and it is very reasonably priced.Here is a comparison of the AMD 3500U, 3700U and Intel 1035G1, clearly showing the Intel being the fastest while using the same 15W of power.
humanracer has posted some more sensible options. Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Intel 1035G1, plus it does have an IPS screen. The HP doesn't really have a look-in.
humanracer posted better laptops for the same money.. The OP needs to understand that.
It's not about ego here. Just do your best.I have already helped the OP to the best of my ability by highlighting what you might call the best of a bad bunch. There are plenty of other users who can recommend better laptops if they wish.Nothing posted by the OP tells me they demand bleeding edge technology, including IPS displays or last week's CPU. If the OP can save money by buying last year's technology which will do exactly what the CPU needs, I don't see the harm or problem. This is also in keeping with this forum's rules and character.The purpose of this site is to help people save money, so please keep MoneySaving discussions on topic. Non-MoneySaving threads and posts will be deleted without warning.
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