Good quality, entry level laptop..?

Bonhomie

Annemos said:

Just to say, I shall shortly have to look for a new one, too. 

My HP is about 7 years old. It seems to be slower and slower and stalls when I am following videos that people have made. (It seems to enter a sleep mode and then takes ages to shift into gear once a video has ended.) I am not an expert, but the CPU goes to 100% utilisation when it stalls. 

I also have the impression that Windows Edge is far too big for it. Especially if I have more than two tabs open. 

Now they have told us that Windows 10 will stop being supported in October 2025. So that is when I shall have to give up on this one! And look for an alternative. I shall need to find out if I can get around the CPU issue with a new one. 

(I need to print documents sometimes. Surf the web. No gaming or fancy things!) 

Good luck Poster. 

https://www.hp.com/id-en/shop/tech-takes/post/how-to-find-hp-laptop-model-number

What is yours?

BlueonBlue

I got a Asus Vivobook on ebay from AO.com in feb with 20% ebay discount totalling £274 delivered in less than 24 hours.
Amazon is £450 today and AO has increased its price/has a slightly different model.

Here is a refurb for £324 around what AO was selling it for at £339 earlier this year

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196351977859 

Refurb 300nit 16" screen ,good ryzen 5 (some are not),upgradable ram ,win11 ,black keys/keyboard so you can see the letters .

Yes you can find fault with any laptop but this is alot for less cost ...your either going to pay the piper ....or you dont .

You can get it for 399 new with a bigger harddrive online at AO

GDB2222

https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptops-2-in-1-pcs/inspiron-15-laptop/spd/inspiron-15-3535-laptop

This will do what is needed, and continue to do so for quite a while. Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM, 1 TB ssd. £450. 

BlueonBlue

A little less cost via the links discount.
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-inspiron-156-fhd-120hz-amd-r7-7730u-16gb-ram-1tb-ssd-win11-laptop-with-hs-code-4342017

GDB2222

BlueonBlue said:

A little less
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-inspiron-156-fhd-120hz-amd-r7-7730u-16gb-ram-1tb-ssd-win11-laptop-with-hs-code-4342017

I think you should find that it is the same Dell.

GDB2222

Somebody will be along in a minute to say that you get better value with a second hand machine. 

Vitor

GDB2222 said:

Somebody will be along in a minute to say that you get better value with a second hand machine. 

Running Linux!

BlueonBlue

Yes the dells sold with a discount in my link.

If a buyer cant find a new laptop deal via a lack of knowing whats needed or being vague then buying used will be a even longer road .
Either that or they walk into Currys and get ripped off.
John Lewis is better but still costly of course although instore they may have reduced returns if you ask although it is a hit or miss luck type of thing .

Annemos

Hello Bonhomie

Mine says: 

System name Laptop - NG 952 UKP

Model HP Laptop 15-bs0xx

Installed physical memory 4GB  

Bonhomie

Annemos said:

Hello Bonhomie

Mine says: 

System name Laptop - NG 952 UKP

Model HP Laptop 15-bs0xx

Installed physical memory 4GB  

You can upgrade it to make it usable, by replacing the slow spinning disk storage and slotting in an extra memory module.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbdlkcwMNKs

£20 to £40 will cover the cost of the parts