Best Laptop for this price range? (£600)

[epson661]

As its approaching Christmas and Black Friday I was wondering if there is any better laptops at this or below this price range. Has to be in the UK only as its going to be a Christmas present.

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[mcnumpty23]

depends what you want to use it for really and what size screen you want and whether it has to be touchscreen

for £600 you have an awful lot of choice of laptops

 

[epson661]

Well size screen doesn't really bother me anywhere from 13.3 to 15.6 will do as 17" will be too big for uni/school. If it does not have the feature of a transformer then the specs will have to be a lot better.

As the laptop shown above has an i7 8gb ram and 1tb hard drive which is at £600

 

[mcnumpty23]

Well size screen doesn't really bother me anywhere from 13.3 to 15.6 will do as 17" will be too big for uni/school. If it does not have the feature of a transformer then the specs will have to be a lot better.

As the laptop shown above has an i7 8gb ram and 1tb hard drive which is at £600

plan to do any gaming on it?

as the one you linked only has integrated graphics

and 1tb hard drives are cheap--the hard drive in the one you linked is the slowest component

could change that out for a ssd possibly

 

[epson661]

Well size screen doesn't really bother me anywhere from 13.3 to 15.6 will do as 17" will be too big for uni/school. If it does not have the feature of a transformer then the specs will have to be a lot better.

As the laptop shown above has an i7 8gb ram and 1tb hard drive which is at £600

plan to do any gaming on it?

as the one you linked only has integrated graphics

and 1tb hard drives are cheap--the hard drive in the one you linked is the slowest component

could change that out for a ssd possibly

I accidently pressed pick as a solution. However i dont necessarily plan to play games on it and the intel 4400 looks more than capable to do light gaming. Im more a less looking for a convertible/tablet/transformer for under £600 that would offer better performance than this

 

[mcnumpty23]

Well size screen doesn't really bother me anywhere from 13.3 to 15.6 will do as 17" will be too big for uni/school. If it does not have the feature of a transformer then the specs will have to be a lot better.

As the laptop shown above has an i7 8gb ram and 1tb hard drive which is at £600

plan to do any gaming on it?

as the one you linked only has integrated graphics

and 1tb hard drives are cheap--the hard drive in the one you linked is the slowest component

could change that out for a ssd possibly

I accidently pressed pick as a solution. However i dont necessarily plan to play games on it and the intel 4400 looks more than capable to do light gaming. Im more a less looking for a convertible/tablet/transformer for under £600 that would offer better performance than this

thats ok i can unselect best solution for you if you want

let me see if can find a convertible/tablet/transformer for under £600 thats got better specs or not--yes the 4400 is ok for

light gaming

the only thing that looks weak in the one you linked is the hard drive

 

[mcnumpty23]

only one i can find is this one

the amd cpu in it is slower than the i7--but think its got more cores

and think the amd integrated graphics are stronger than the hd4400

but im not that up on amd stuff

and think this one has better battery life

http://www.ebuyer.com/667263-lenovo-flex-15d-convertible-laptop-59422737

 

[epson661]

only one i can find is this one

the amd cpu in it is slower than the i7--but think its got more cores

and think the amd integrated graphics are stronger than the hd4400

but im not that up on amd stuff

and think this one has better battery life

http://www.ebuyer.com/667263-lenovo-flex-15d-convertible-laptop-59422737

There is no need to remove it as a solution as you have helped me a lot on this issue in which I am grateful. If i were to just purchase a normal laptop at this price range would it be significantly better in terms of performance/portability?

 

[mcnumpty23]

only one i can find is this one

the amd cpu in it is slower than the i7--but think its got more cores

and think the amd integrated graphics are stronger than the hd4400

but im not that up on amd stuff

and think this one has better battery life

http://www.ebuyer.com/667263-lenovo-flex-15d-convertible-laptop-59422737

There is no need to remove it as a solution as you have helped me a lot on this issue in which I am grateful. If i were to just purchase a normal laptop at this price range would it be significantly better in terms of performance/portability?

not really no--most normal laptops around £600 would be aimed at gaming--ie a dedicated graphics card

so for the transformer aspect etc the one you linked or the one i linked looks good

i would be tempted by the lenovo and use the price difference to put a ssd in it

 

[epson661]

only one i can find is this one

the amd cpu in it is slower than the i7--but think its got more cores

and think the amd integrated graphics are stronger than the hd4400

but im not that up on amd stuff

and think this one has better battery life

http://www.ebuyer.com/667263-lenovo-flex-15d-convertible-laptop-59422737

There is no need to remove it as a solution as you have helped me a lot on this issue in which I am grateful. If i were to just purchase a normal laptop at this price range would it be significantly better in terms of performance/portability?

not really no--most normal laptops around £600 would be aimed at gaming--ie a dedicated graphics card

so for the transformer aspect etc the one you linked or the one i linked looks good

i would be tempted by the lenovo and use the price difference to put a ssd in it

What would be the best option in terms of the gaming side under £600 because I wouldnt mind giving up the transformer aspect for something that could play games. However I have an Xbox already so I wouldnt know what games to play lol

 

[mcnumpty23]

or theres the i5 version of the one you linked for £499

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/asus-transformer-book-flip-tp300-13-3-2-in-1-aluminium-10010942-pdt.html?gclid=CjwKEAiAy8ujBRCY6c-hveijhFASJAAcyGicPArLx5k9YpE3qV3mSe_qgP40-h_wAcksSdQdi3n1CRoCHfHw_wcB&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc~gg~~~Exact&mctag=gg_goog_7904&s_kwcid=AL!3391!3!53137628540!!!g!77974423694!&ef_id=VByEVQAAAdF8iiby:20141124194329:s#cat-0

 

[mcnumpty23]

only one i can find is this one

the amd cpu in it is slower than the i7--but think its got more cores

and think the amd integrated graphics are stronger than the hd4400

but im not that up on amd stuff

and think this one has better battery life

http://www.ebuyer.com/667263-lenovo-flex-15d-convertible-laptop-59422737

There is no need to remove it as a solution as you have helped me a lot on this issue in which I am grateful. If i were to just purchase a normal laptop at this price range would it be significantly better in terms of performance/portability?

not really no--most normal laptops around £600 would be aimed at gaming--ie a dedicated graphics card

so for the transformer aspect etc the one you linked or the one i linked looks good

i would be tempted by the lenovo and use the price difference to put a ssd in it

What would be the best option in terms of the gaming side under £600 because I wouldnt mind giving up the transformer aspect for something that could play games. However I have an Xbox already so I wouldnt know what games to play lol

lol

my son in law is going for a mid range gaming laptop with a touchscreen and he reckons this is the best bet under £600

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/acer-aspire-v3-572pg-15-6-touchscreen-laptop-silver-10011100-pdt.html#cat-0

 

[epson661]

Thank you so much for your help! I will end up going with either the i5 which you linked or the i7 once I test them out in store this Friday or weekend. Thanks!!

 

[mcnumpty23]

you are welcome