Laptop Recommendation Required (Form completed)

[Rincewindwiz]

1. What is your budget? £500
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15"
3. What screen resolution do you want? Better than 1366x768. HD not required. Say 1600x900
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Desktop replacement
5. How much battery life do you need? Not criticla
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? No high cpu/graphics gaming
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) Nothing too stressful!
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? >300GB
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. No
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? Till it dies. Current laptop 8 years old
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? DVD RW
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons. Not brand conscious
13. What country do you live in? UK
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Windows 8.1 for preference


All suggestions (available in the UK) welcome
TFAI

 

[Mattz982]

Why not try getting a small form factor PC, you'll get much more power and it'll be much cheaper, for prebuilds try hazardouspcs.com and see what they offer you.

Personally I think that would be far superior to a laptop. Maybe get an AIO?

 

[naturesninja]

http/www.amazon.co.uk/15-6-Inch-Notebook-i7-5500U-Integrated-Graphics/dp/B00Y0LX39U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444766980&sr=8-1&keywords=i7+5500u <-good build quality, low voltage i7.

http/www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-15-6-Inch-Notebook-i5-5200U-Integrated/dp/B00YRY94X4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1444767151&sr=8-2&keywords=i5+5200u <- comes in black, white or red. Also available in a 2TB version for 30 more quid.

http/www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-15-6-Inch-Notebook-Bluetooth-Integrated/dp/B012VJ07M8/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1444767151&sr=8-12&keywords=i5+5200u <-usually better screen quality than acer or asus.

http/www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-C70-B-34U-17-3-Inch-Laptop-Windows/dp/B00T41A26I/ref=sr_1_27?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1444767669&sr=1-27&keywords=i5+5200u <-less storage space than the others, but with 17.3" screen.

http/www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-80EW00HEUK-DDR3L-1600-Backlight-Non-intel/dp/B00XC2TBYE/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1444767787&sr=1-1&keywords=i5+5200u+1080p <- probably best all around with 1080p screen.