Help! Uk

xCurtisLee · July 27, 2019

Looking for a laptop for general use, Have a budget of around £400ish. As mad as it sounds I have £400 in Argos vouchers so preferably from Argos if you guys have any buying advise.

Many Thanks

Curtis.

Turtle Rig · July 27, 2019

5 minutes ago, xCurtisLee said:

Looking for a laptop for general use, Have a budget of around £400ish. As mad as it sounds I have £400 in Argos vouchers so preferably from Argos if you guys have any buying advise.

Many Thanks

Curtis.

You want a surface pro or a real laptop that can handle pro apps or HT apps like Premiere or Photoshop. Because surface cant handle that. I would def get a laptop compared to a surface pro if you do heavy work on it. Whta specs do you want on your laptop ? How much RAM ? How much storage space and also you will need SSD. What apps do you use or would like to use with new laptop ?

xCurtisLee · July 27, 2019

2 hours ago, Turtle Rig said:

You want a surface pro or a real laptop that can handle pro apps or HT apps like Premiere or Photoshop. Because surface cant handle that. I would def get a laptop compared to a surface pro if you do heavy work on it. Whta specs do you want on your laptop ? How much RAM ? How much storage space and also you will need SSD. What apps do you use or would like to use with new laptop ?

Really just general use, Films, YouTube, web surfing so more storage than anything, I have a full tower computer already for the big things, this is just for traveling with really.

5x5 · July 27, 2019

Look at used business laptops. A ThinkPad T450 or T450s should be within budget. Those are far and away better than the cheap junk you can get new.

Arttu89 · July 27, 2019

With that budget I'd probably look at something used, but since you got that in Argos vouchers I think your most interesting choices will be the £400ish laptops they got with Ryzen chips.

There's not a whole lot of choice in Argos at that price.

If storage is of importance than you can probably go with something like this: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2207894
And if you're willing to sacrifice the stroage to get something slightly more snappy with an SSD: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2017541

You might want to go to a PC World if you have one close, they'll probably have the same models with slightly diffrent specs, so you can have a try and get a feel for the laptop (ie. if you like the keyboard and build quality), before deciding to buy.