12/13 inch laptop recommendations.

[Totalimus]

Hello, I've been studying in university since september 2016 and had to get a laptop for myself that I could use on daily basis since the university is located in a different city.

At that time, my thinking was I need 15.6 inch screen and nothing else matters, because I couldn't imagine myself working on anything smaller but well...times change.

I have found it's pretty uncomfortable to carry around somewhat big laptop with me at all times. It's HP ProBook 650 G1 if anyone's wondering.

I am looking for portability, light weight and decent specs.

 

So I would be really thankful if someone could recommend a 12 or 13 inch laptop with 1080p resolution that has at least i5 cpu, preferably 8GB of RAM or at least the option to ugprade it from 4GB to 8GB down the road. SSD is not necessary, I can buy one later.

My budget is 600$.

 

I had my eyes on lenovo thinkpad x250 (love their estethics) but the 1080p models cost quite the buck.

[dany_boy]

I've has my thinkpad T430 since I got into high school (4.5 years now). I can definitely recommend them, think pads are super rugged and can be upgraded down the line.

[UMxMarky94]

well you could get a xps 13 refurb however the ram will be soldered and it still could cost too much.

 

To be honest thinkpad probably you best bet

[Totalimus]

2 minutes ago, UMxMarky94 said:

well you could get a xps 13 refurb however the ram will be soldered and it still could cost too much.

 

To be honest thinkpad probably you best bet

Yeah, but 1366x768 resolution will have pretty small screen area to work on. I really need to have as much workspace as possible for programming and stuff.

[UMxMarky94]

1 minute ago, Totalimus said:

Yeah, but 1366x768 resolution will have pretty small screen area to work on. I really need to have as much workspace as possible for programming and stuff.

well this is the cheapest xps 13 on Outlet.

 

http://outlet.us.dell.com/ArbOnlineSales/Online/SecondaryInventorySearch.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&sign=PXhcOSHtr1T4IOw%2fPR7UdXTEfA5WiJR9HSkbodXIVrQpaHpmK4xO5mc6VP2djBiYdiyTKHwU3FY2JzI175yonm5wsqOHLDy6kCJjzXC7%2bGP6qqekAH7oVtRrQhcKOS8C4fzpET%2fC1wb%2bG0el9A7jDfwYpy52wb0QaJm5iDB7Cj3XcyXGqgtHOGpyEpC2Wzh6yOrGdWcQeCol1R8I5jdz0A%3d%3d

[Totalimus]

10 minutes ago, UMxMarky94 said:

well this is the cheapest xps 13 on Outlet.

 

http://outlet.us.dell.com/ArbOnlineSales/Online/SecondaryInventorySearch.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&sign=PXhcOSHtr1T4IOw%2fPR7UdXTEfA5WiJR9HSkbodXIVrQpaHpmK4xO5mc6VP2djBiYdiyTKHwU3FY2JzI175yonm5wsqOHLDy6kCJjzXC7%2bGP6qqekAH7oVtRrQhcKOS8C4fzpET%2fC1wb%2bG0el9A7jDfwYpy52wb0QaJm5iDB7Cj3XcyXGqgtHOGpyEpC2Wzh6yOrGdWcQeCol1R8I5jdz0A%3d%3d

Oh wow, this would have been awesome. The thing is I am from Europe, so can't really any any refurbished ones here, huh. + I don't live in a big country like UK, France or anything so I need to buy the laptop locally.

[UMxMarky94]

There is also a Europe store and UK one

 

 

Just had a look on them and there aren't any XPS 13s which are the same spec that aren't £700 + 

 

but there is this (throw in a ssd and more ram and you could be golden) 

 

http://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/SecondaryInventorySearch.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdfh1&l=en&s=dfh&sign=PXhcOSHtr1T4IOw%2fPR7UdT4m33GPA3aLSH8JfnnehpXqgrqmkbq1qMxpSKvgPBtHyLnGlweHG9PhvZvfJpyTQss%2fUeD%2bVrPFUcD9HEooRAr9aaiOOKGFQAD9NCnJoaNjmM1tBOjgdOCLz%2fX7OOODyQ9IKuox804TEq%2b1gEuAuHB4t%2bTPfowgxEBB04VTsvttnDmJ3k70X6iqNEpLdA47Ay0AGL2%2bpcdv07p5dkOgS%2fSJbZ6OTMr0MA%3d%3d

 

but here is the XPSlink anyway

 

http://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/InventorySearch.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdfh1&l=en&s=dfh&brandid=7&sign=PXhcOSHtr1T4IOw%2fPR7UdV0M0ggt7yrPPsJyoquvZVIgQIXWEVW0n2XjikO1EjFDhyEBwJi%2fP2P3Jhyca%2fNJUb%2fWDQeMfHC2iCieh5c21d1jKD9%2f2uA8oMdJwt4cxNDMfO8o9dfQDV5kcmj7VlYkG25hFTrGXXmt6eMjVrxm6m8Gh8McmG1QXrpErp3omzCU7KDcPnhq4jbQ0ZVF1LdHmm5CMieURJSU9vHt%2fm0ot0gRw9CoH8GwRn%2fDiokJ9xm03XowgB%2feoUCVy1whul7PrdXgz6fjbtcI 

 

(First one is a i5 with 4gb off RAM (RAM is soldered)

[Pendragon]

or just buy the T420 and DIY upgrade the screen. Or buy x240 or 230 or x220.