Looking to buy a cheap and light laptop

[Chalkywoods]

My old inspiron is too heavy, loud and generally crap for uni. I'm looking for a cheap laptop that doesn't have to be powerful. I have literally 3 criteria:

• Light and not too big
• Powerful enough to run Lightroom (Doesn't have to do it fast)
• At least 1080p with decent colour reproduction (green=yellow on my dell)

I'm in the UK and cant find anything that fits within my budget, what's the cheapest I'll be able to get these specs for? Its also difficult to find data on screen quality.

 

Any suggestions?

[Mi26]

Dell XPS 13 might fit the bill although how much are you willing to pay

[Chalkywoods]

2 minutes ago, Mi26 said:

Dell XPS 13 might fit the bill although how much are you willing to pay

Half that? Is that realistic at all? Lightroom runs fast enough on my 1.8GHz dual core so an i3 or maybe even a Celeron might do. The constraint seems to be screen quality

[genexis_x]

Dell XPS 13, HP Spectre x360, Asus UX330UA, all with updated Kaby Lake R CPU, nice display, good build quality and fairly portable

[Mi26]

8 minutes ago, Chalkywoods said:

Half that? Is that realistic at all? Lightroom runs fast enough on my 1.8GHz dual core so an i3 or maybe even a Celeron might do. The constraint seems to be screen quality

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-X542UA-GO254T-VivoBook-15-6-inch-Notebook/dp/B073Q44QR8

[Chalkywoods]

7 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Dell XPS 13, HP Spectre x360, Asus UX330UA, all with updated Kaby Lake R CPU, nice display, good build quality and fairly portable

Still out of my budget, I think I'm being optimistic 

[Sniperfox47]

13 minutes ago, Chalkywoods said:

Half that? Is that realistic at all? Lightroom runs fast enough on my 1.8GHz dual core so an i3 or maybe even a Celeron might do. The constraint seems to be screen quality

https://uk-store.acer.com/acer-chromebook-r-13-cb5-312t-silver-1

[Chalkywoods]

1 minute ago, Sniperfox47 said:

https://uk-store.acer.com/acer-chromebook-r-13-cb5-312t-silver-1

Can Lightroom be run on a chromebook?

[Chalkywoods]

5 minutes ago, Mi26 said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-X542UA-GO254T-VivoBook-15-6-inch-Notebook/dp/B073Q44QR8

This looks better in terms of price, but screen resolution suffers... Ill probably revisit when I have more budget

[Sniperfox47]

Just now, Chalkywoods said:

Can Lightroom be run on a chromebook?

It has Android app support, so the Android version of lightroom runs great on it, yeah.

[Chalkywoods]

2 minutes ago, Sniperfox47 said:

It has Android app support, so the Android version of lightroom runs great on it, yeah.

Interesting... This opens up a lot more options, thanks!

[Sniperfox47]

2 minutes ago, Chalkywoods said:

Interesting... This opens up a lot more options, thanks!

If you're buying a chromebook just keep in mind, not all chromebooks support Android Apps at the moment. A list of chromebooks with Android app support, sorted by brand, can be found here: https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-android-apps 

[Chalkywoods]

3 minutes ago, Sniperfox47 said:

If you're buying a chromebook just keep in mind, not all chromebooks support Android Apps at the moment. A list of chromebooks with Android app support, sorted by brand, can be found here: https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-android-apps 

Ill keep it in mind, cheers