Choosing Budget Laptop

[JUSTPLAY]

hello,im going to buy a laptop for around 600-700$.what will be best price/performance laptop for that price?(i dont care about gaming)
i have found dell xps 15 for 650$ is it good choice? http/store.hp.com/us/en/PDPStdView?catalogId=10051&urlLangId=-1&langId=-1&productId=1327152&storeId=10151

 

[boosted1g]

The HP envy and the XPS are both decent laptops.
ASUS Zen books are also good.

For your price point I would look for i5/i7 CPU, 8gb ram, and a 256gb SSD drive for OS.

 

[bliq]

both the xps15 and envy 15 are good choices for laptops in that price range.

 

[JUSTPLAY]

why envy 13 cost more that envy 15?

 

[bliq]

why envy 13 cost more that envy 15?

miniaturization costs more. the screen is more expensive since it's higher DPI at the same resolution. more engineering has to go into a smaller chassis to keep it cool and get all the same stuff in there.

 

[JUSTPLAY]

can you link me dell xps for about 700$? (amazon.com prefered) i want to choose between xps and envy

 

[bliq]

I'm not sure there are XPS15s for $700. There's an XPS13 for $800, and those are really good notebooks. I checked newegg and there's an acer and a Lenovo (i like lenovo laptops also) that have 8GB of RAM, 256GB ssd, 15 inch screen etc.

If you want to go with the Envy, I'd just recommend getting the 256GB SSD upgrade for $60. 6GB of RAM will serve you fine- it's easy to upgrade later if you find you need to, and cheaper to upgrade later too.

 

[JUSTPLAY]

and can i change HDD with ssd m.2 ssd? ihave now ssd and want to use that

 

[bliq]

if it has an M.2 slot, you might be able to just add it and have both a SSD and a HDD. the HDD is not in M.2 form factor. it's 2.5inch, 7mm height most likely. you could replace it with a 2.5inch, 7mm height SSD if you wanted to.