New Laptop Required (1 Viewer)

[the1andonly]

My 12 tear old Fujitsu has just told me its time for a new one (down to one functioning UsB port. Its main use is run motoring applications such as Multiecuscan, vcds and picoscope ie windows OS. It is also used in MH to view/store Photos with external USB drive. I may add photoshop elements (currently on a standalone Desktop, majority of work is done on a Linux box). With the way it gets bounced around/ dropped a semi rugidised version or non cheap is probably appropriate. I would preffer something that will last more than 2 years, whats to avoid and what will survive?

 

[rosalan]

I sat on my HP last year, it was not happy but was insured. The insurance said not repairable and sent me a new Dell laptop of same value. I had not realised that a laptop could be so much better than my £800 HP, but my Dell is. Their support too has allowed me to cope with my ageing ignorance.

 

[VXman]

I had my last HP for 6 years and died mainly out of being dropped to many times. It ran as fast as it did initially.

So when I replaced it I got another. I actually got a slightly lower spec one as I really don't need the fastest processor for standard web browsing, streaming and photo managing. Still very happy with HP.

Got a 17 inch HP Pavilion for about £300 I seem to remember. I use it for watching 'TV' in the motorhome.

 

[ctc]

Have bought cheap and expensive, no real difference in useful performance and my present Lenovo has been just as good at about £200 as others at 3 times the price.

 

[prb]

I can thoroughly recommend the Gadget Centre based in Plymouth. Repurposed and refurbished big name laptops at very good prices. Excellent customer service and 60 day no quibble returns.

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[Oldrat]

Just in case you had a random thought…..

After years of Windows, i finally caved in and changed to a Macbook Air

Its very very different

 

[Oldrat]

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[the1andonly]

Just in case you had a random thought…..

After years of Windows, i finally caved in and changed to a Macbook Air

Its very very different

and doesn't run Multiecuscan or VCDS the only reason for not using my Linux Box

 

[Gromett]

I have stuck with Dell for years now. Never had a bad one and the warranty support on the few times I needed it was on point.
Worth checking out their outlet site. They do occasionally have great deals. Most of the time fairly mediocre deals but when a good one comes up they are really good.

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[pagey]

I bought a hp pavilion Last year 8 Meg ram 500 gig ssd storage , its fast but it has win 11 and I dislike it much prefer win 10 , loaded mes OK,,look at currys in the new year sales for a deal

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[MisterB]

Have bought cheap and expensive, no real difference in useful performance and my present Lenovo has been just as good at about £200 as others at 3 times the price.

Lenovo is IBM ...

 

[Guigsy]

Lenovo is IBM ...

Was.

I'd suggest a workhorse business laptop. They tend to be a little bit more expensive and a little bit thicker. Normally black. Normally hard as nails, despite the gouged lids and multiple coffee spills. E.g. Dell Latitude, although there are lots from Lenovo and HP. I had a Latitude that lasted 3 years of cycle commuting in a less than waterproof bag. Used on the factory floor frequently. Covered in dust and angle grinder grit. Dropped a few times after being balanced in inappropriate places. Kept on trucking. My only complaint was the screen was low res and poor contrast.

 

[Gromett]

Lenovo is IBM ...

Lenovo bought the IBM laptop and desktop computer business from IBM to add to their own. They have never been IBM having been started in China in the mid 80s.

 

[BobJayne]

Maybe worth a look HERE.
Follow the upgrade options to get it for £455.

 

[denisejoe]

I got my refurbished Dell from Amazon Warehouse for £99 a couple of years ago. Does what I need it to do. My main laptop is the MacBook Air but needed a Windows laptop for a couple of programmes I use that don't work on Macs.

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[suavecarve]

I recently got a new one.
Took me 5 minutes to decide which one
Went onto amazon and there was one from 950 quid down to 230 quid.
I only use it for surfing and if I did need to look to find out what its capabilities were that i didnt need I wouldnt know whether I needed them or not.
With my limited knowledge I would be buying on a Black Friday in 2 weeks time unless you see a deal like I got

 

[gus-lopez]

I only use it for surfing

but others are actually plugging it in & turning it on.

 

[the1andonly]

Well i sucumbed to a black friday deal from hp direct £300 off obviously one they want to sell simular only £100 off( lesser specs more money) . 16Gb ram i7 1Tb ssd just hope it physicaly lasts. Waiting for delivery. Thanks for input.

 

[greyowl989]

Just in case you had a random thought…..

After years of Windows, i finally caved in and changed to a Macbook Air

Its very very different

I used thinkpads for years for work - along with the odd dell all of which continue to work - slowly

In parallel, I have had MacBooks and their predecessors for a couple of decades again all still working - home mainly but a bit of work use for software I couldn’t port to win.

I generally use VMs ( parallels ) on the macs with win 7-11. Mananged to port most of my work engineering apps to the VMs. Only issue is if you need hardware talking to the VMs - difficult so I keep a thinkpad for that.

Just got the cheapest MacBook M1 Air at 890 quid and run an arm win11 on VM along with many larger apps on big external ssds. Mainly running photo editing stuff. Very very fast but that is compared to fast intel i7s from 2014-2016.

Acknowledge that is far from everyone’s cup of tea but it works for me.

I did have a Linux ( Ubuntu ) dist on a VM but rarely used it

I would never go back to a win laptop though my wife’s surface book is lasting better than most of the consumer grade machines she has had.

 

[Otter Spotter]

Hasn’t Wissel got a Mac for sale classifieds for £350

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[TheBig1]

value for money, robustness and quality are the usual factors in people choosing a new laptop. I have responsibility for specifying the IT choices for an area of one of the big clubs. After research and personal experience I chose Asus Vivobooks for the officers that need them. Easy to maintain, survive being used in caravans and very cost effective at below £500. For that you get an i5 processor 8 or 16gb RAM, 512GB to 1TB fast SSD, with a clear screen and good size keyboard. Runs videos easily and everything else you usually throw at them. Although if you were editing video I would spend more

Budget ones are fine, but flimsy, premium ones are way OTT unless you play video games