best bang for buck business/work laptop

[aidenp]

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone can give me about 5-10 good work laptops, from least to most expensive, in the mid to high performance range? 

It isn't for me, it's for my mum lol but I don't really have much knowledge when it comes to laptops. The graphics side of things doesn't need to be too extreme, the work won't be so much graphically strenuous. 

Just something suitable for admin work, but will be able to handle it in large volumes ie multiple documents, tabs, programs etc. 

Battery life isn't too significant either, will mostly be used within buildings. 

 

Any help would be much appreciated!

Aiden. 

btw, I live in Australia if that may have any impact on availability.

[don_svetlio]

Lenovo ThinkPad is what you want

[aidenp]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Lenovo ThinkPad is what you want

Thanks! 

Do they come in different models?

If so any particular recommendation 

[KRC1023]

I'd say even get a thinkpad X220 or something, should be able to pick one up for about $250 or less (a lot less possibly) and you will end up with fairly good battery, an i5 2xxx, and 4gb of memory. Upgradable to 8gb memory and you can mess with the storage disk if you'd like.

 

Edit: 12.5" screen.

 

t420 is about the same-ish but 14 inch.

 

Also you could get x2*0 or x4*0 where * is more than 2 and get a newer generation of laptop.

For reference the 2-series is from 2011-ish.

[Dackzy]

T series: highers lvl build 

W/P series: Work stations

X series: highers lvl build (maybe a little under the T series acording to some)

E series: Higher lvl entry

L series: Entry

If you can get your hands on a t420s with a i7 2640m, then buy it because that cpu is about the same as a i5 6200u and better than a i5 5200u.

[kirashi]

22 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

T series: highers lvl build 

W/P series: Work stations

X series: highers lvl build (maybe a little under the T series acording to some)

E series: Higher lvl entry

L series: Entry

If you can get your hands on a t420s with a i7 2640m, then buy it because that cpu is about the same as a i5 6200u and better than a i5 5200u.

Profile picture checks out for @Dackzy. This guy seems to know his Lenovo stuff.

On to your laptop search, it really depends on the budget @aidenp and your mom's usage.

If it's just office work, then any decent Lenovo or one of Dell's business based laptops will do nicely.

Something with an Intel i3, preferably i5, and at least 4GB, preferably 8GB, memory will do nicely.

[Dackzy]

56 minutes ago, kirashi said:

Profile picture checks out for @Dackzy. This guy seems to know his Lenovo stuff.

On to your laptop search, it really depends on the budget @aidenp and your mom's usage.

If it's just office work, then any decent Lenovo or one of Dell's business based laptops will do nicely.

Something with an Intel i3, preferably i5, and at least 4GB, preferably 8GB, memory will do nicely.

Awww thanks