Good, fast general use laptop for work around £500

[Asznee]

Looking for suggestions on a laptop to do my work on. Just anything quick and reliable for around £500. 

[Fasauceome]

What do you do for your work? For example, my laptops must have a touchscreen for my work, which involves sketching and writing. Any specific features you require?

[Asznee]

3 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

What do you do for your work? For example, my laptops must have a touchscreen for my work, which involves sketching and writing. Any specific features you require?

Touch screen with pen would be handy. Currently studying to be a marine engineer so mainly used for college but its paid so technically work i suppose aha. Like i say fast and reliable with a decent battery life.Touchscreen with pen if possible. 1080p would be nice

[Fasauceome]

7 minutes ago, Asznee said:

Touch screen with pen would be handy. Currently studying to be a marine engineer so mainly used for college but its paid so technically work i suppose aha. Like i say fast and reliable with a decent battery life.Touchscreen with pen if possible. 1080p would be nice

Would a Chromebook work or do you require some certain windows apps?

[Asznee]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

Would a Chromebook work or do you require some certain windows apps?

as long as it has things like office it should be fine. I can't think of anything window specific I would need 

[Fasauceome]

6 minutes ago, Asznee said:

as long as it has things like office it should be fine. I can't think of anything window specific I would need 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S2SG2PG?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

This lenovo flex seems pretty solid for a budget PC, with a proper SSD for main storage and a dual core i3. The ability to fold seems somewhat handy

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VD71VHJ?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

Asus has some third party Microsoft pens that are compatible with their touch screens, but I'm not sure if this model includes one or not. If you were interested, it would be fairly easy to see if you could purchase a pen for this model down the line.

 

Not certain about the availability of these models in the UK unfortunately.

[Asznee]

8 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S2SG2PG?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

This lenovo flex seems pretty solid for a budget PC, with a proper SSD for main storage and a dual core i3. The ability to fold seems somewhat handy

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VD71VHJ?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

Asus has some third party Microsoft pens that are compatible with their touch screens, but I'm not sure if this model includes one or not. If you were interested, it would be fairly easy to see if you could purchase a pen for this model down the line.

 

Not certain about the availability of these models in the UK unfortunately.

What do you think of this

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-c340-14-amd-ryzen-5-2-in-1-laptop-256-gb-ssd-black-10193748-pdt.html

It seems like the best of both to me but i could be wrong

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Asznee said:

What do you think of this

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-c340-14-amd-ryzen-5-2-in-1-laptop-256-gb-ssd-black-10193748-pdt.html

It seems like the best of both to me but i could be wrong

Comes with a Ryzen 5, a nice upgrade over the models I suggested, and even more storage it seems. I think that's an excellent choice.