After a 15 inch laptop..

jimbob_3 · 22 November 2021 at 6:25PM

Hi,

Looking for a bit of help please.

I am looking to replace my 10 year old 19 inch laptop with something smaller. As I have have got used to this size, and have difficulty looking at screens that are too small, I was looking for something about 15 inches.

It needs to have a webcam and 'decent' speakers - I do a lot of zoom meetings - but other than that I am fairly happy with anything.

Willing to spend around / up to about £1,000.

I can find lots of 13 inch laptops but struggling to find reviews of anything of the size I would like.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

grumpycrab · 22 November 2021 at 7:14PM

jimbob_3 said:

10 year old 19 inch laptop

Blimey, what was that?

cx6 · 22 November 2021 at 7:40PM

have a look at www.dell.co.uk

neilmcl · 22 November 2021 at 7:53PM

jimbob_3 said:

Hi,

Looking for a bit of help please.

I am looking to replace my 10 year old 19 inch laptop with something smaller. As I have have got used to this size, and have difficulty looking at screens that are too small, I was looking for something about 15 inches.

It needs to have a webcam and 'decent' speakers - I do a lot of zoom meetings - but other than that I am fairly happy with anything.

Willing to spend around / up to about £1,000.

I can find lots of 13 inch laptops but struggling to find reviews of anything of the size I would like.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Do you need to spend that much on a laptop. What exactly are your day to day requirements?

Unless you're gaming or dealing with heavy graphics applications that need dedicated graphics and the fastest CPU you could get a pretty decent spec laptop for half that amount.

swvillafan · 22 November 2021 at 8:29PM

As NeilMCL mentioned you could get a decent laptop for around 500 bucks. Even if the speakers were a bit naff some USB ones can be had for not a lot and if you found the screen a bit small a monitor could probably be attached via HDMI or similar 😊

jimbob_3 · 22 November 2021 at 9:46PM

All good points

Unfortunately I am often away from home so a monitor and speaker would not really be practical - though usb speakers may work (I hadn't thought of / heard of those)

I just need a good quality webcam, reasonable memory and sound, plus a decent way to type LOTS!

It would not be for gaming nor film watching apart from short few minute long clips.

Any recommendations?

As I say I can find lots of 13 inch and a couple of 14, but struggling to find anything bigger.

Thanks

missile · 22 November 2021 at 11:05PM

I would want to try before I buy. If they have a store near you? You might want to visit John Lewis. They currently have 74 laptops available on their web site between 14 and 16"