HP or Dell Laptop?

[TODD90]

Hi guys unfortunately my laptop Dell of +10yrs has given up on me I'm looking at buying a new laptop I've looked at a Dell refurb 7370 £619 or a HP Pavilion Pro 14-bf153sa advice will be much appreciated?
I'm a student so need it to be light but powerful enough to run programs like STATA and SPSS never owned an HP so not sure on its reliabilty in the longrun.

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-pavilion-pro-14-bf153sa-14-laptop-silver-10169120-pdt.html#tab6%7Cproduct-deal-offer-1?awc=1599_1517849422_c4afc5976f3187f4341d0469a7b401bc&srcid=369&xtor=AL-1&cmpid=aff~HotUKDeals~Communities%20%26%20UGC~47868&awid=47868

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Inspiron-13-7370-7000-13-3-Laptop-8th-Gen-i5-8250U-3-4GHz-8GB-256GB-SSD/302564962138?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160727114228%26meid%3D51c34af50b104db6bb195eed85f19ab5%26pid%3D100290%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D302564962138%26itm%3D302564962138&_trksid=p2060778.c100290.m3507

 

[Cystash]

Honestly, if i was going to spend the money those laptops are listed at, i would actually go Asus. Ive seen better performance out of Asus than any dell or hp laptop outside of the Dell workstation laptops.

 

[ehmkec]

Don't forget MSI has a killer line of gaming laptops.

 

[TODD90]

Honestly, if i was going to spend the money those laptops are listed at, i would actually go Asus. Ive seen better performance out of Asus than any dell or hp laptop outside of the Dell workstation laptops.

Have you got an recommended models at the moment for ASUS I've seen the VivoBook Slim 14 but Just for 128GB SSD costing £550 plus

 

[Cystash]

I would possibly look at there Zenbook series? There laptops can be pricey but they are well worth it. Now that i thought about it Lenovo also makes some good performance laptops also. I would do some searching on amazon and look at Asus, Lenovo, and MSI and just do some price comparisons on the hardware. Even if you got one that doesn't come with an ssd, if it has a second hard drive bay you could always get whatever ssd you would like and swap it in there.

 

[TODD90]

I would possibly look at there Zenbook series? There laptops can be pricey but they are well worth it. Now that i thought about it Lenovo also makes some good performance laptops also. I would do some searching on amazon and look at Asus, Lenovo, and MSI and just do some price comparisons on the hardware. Even if you got one that doesn't come with an ssd, if it has a second hard drive bay you could always get whatever ssd you would like and swap it in there.

Thanks I'll have a look at those brands I 've got a 250gb samsung SSD so hopefully can swap out if need be

 

[Cystash]

Glad to help you!

 

[TODD90]

Glad to help you!

Lenovo seems to offer best value good student discount looking at the ideapad 720S 14IKB will come down to £680 or a Ideapad 720S 13" £720 the latter has the newer i5 but former has a huge battery tough call which would you go for?

https://www3.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/ideapad/700-series/Ideapad-720S-14/p/88IP70S0833
https://www3.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/ideapad/700-series/Ideapad-720S-13-Intel/p/88IP70S0893