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Help With A New Laptop

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  • GDB2222
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    The ASUS has a more powerful processor and twice as much RAM. Blue is a good colour. 

    Have you tried them both to see how the keyboard feels? 
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • flaneurs_lobster
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    Yep, blue colour is cool.

    Stuff to consider beyond the headline specs.

    Something I do when I can actually get hands-on with a prospective laptop. Pick it up and try to flex (gently) the keyboard half. More robust laptops have a metal chassis and even metal externals and makes them more robust and they will resist this flexing. 

    Often forgotten about (although at this price point I'd hope it's a given) - is the keyboard backlit?

    Fingerprint reader? Windows Hello camera? Both?
  • Vitor
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    edited 26 October at 8:10PM
    Asus for the 32GB RAM, Windows+CoPilot is spying on you all the time (although it's simple enough to disable Recall etc. for ever)
  • Frozen_up_north
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    edited 26 October at 11:28AM
    Another vote for Asus. If you didn't have the "free £400 voucher" I wouldn't touch PC World, John Lewis has a higher spec Asus for a similar price and offers a free 2 year warranty as standard. It has an Ultra 9 Processor and is £100 more.
  • GDB2222
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    Frozen_up_north said:
    Another vote for Asus. If you didn't have the "free £400 voucher" I wouldn't touch PC World, John Lewis has a higher spec Asus for a similar price and offers a free 2 year warranty as standard. It has an Ultra 9 Processor and is £100 more.
    To be fair to Curry’s, they have quite a few ASUS laptops including an Ultra 9 one for roughly £100 more. 



    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Cisco001
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    Wait for black friday...
  • mimi1234
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    GDB2222 said:
    The ASUS has a more powerful processor and twice as much RAM. Blue is a good colour. 

    Have you tried them both to see how the keyboard feels? 
    My local store has neither in stock so I can't but I am going into town next week, so can ask for something similar. Thanks for your help.
  • mimi1234
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    GDB2222 said:
    Frozen_up_north said:
    Another vote for Asus. If you didn't have the "free £400 voucher" I wouldn't touch PC World, John Lewis has a higher spec Asus for a similar price and offers a free 2 year warranty as standard. It has an Ultra 9 Processor and is £100 more.
    To be fair to Curry’s, they have quite a few ASUS laptops including an Ultra 9 one for roughly £100 more. 



    Sorry to be thick but what is the difference between this Asus and the one I linked in my post? 
  • GDB2222
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    mimi1234 said:
    GDB2222 said:
    Frozen_up_north said:
    Another vote for Asus. If you didn't have the "free £400 voucher" I wouldn't touch PC World, John Lewis has a higher spec Asus for a similar price and offers a free 2 year warranty as standard. It has an Ultra 9 Processor and is £100 more.
    To be fair to Curry’s, they have quite a few ASUS laptops including an Ultra 9 one for roughly £100 more. 



    Sorry to be thick but what is the difference between this Asus and the one I linked in my post? 
    Very similar, but the more expensive one has a more powerful processor.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • mimi1234
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    GDB2222 said:
    mimi1234 said:
    GDB2222 said:
    Frozen_up_north said:
    Another vote for Asus. If you didn't have the "free £400 voucher" I wouldn't touch PC World, John Lewis has a higher spec Asus for a similar price and offers a free 2 year warranty as standard. It has an Ultra 9 Processor and is £100 more.
    To be fair to Curry’s, they have quite a few ASUS laptops including an Ultra 9 one for roughly £100 more. 



    Sorry to be thick but what is the difference between this Asus and the one I linked in my post? 
    Very similar, but the more expensive one has a more powerful processor.
    That one is available in my local so will have a look. As long as it's not as heavy and bulky like this one, I will go for it.

    Thanks a lot for your help,
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