Laptop recommendation please

[mihiw]

Hello,

1. What is your budget? $500 to $1,000

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 14" 15" 16" not important

3. What screen resolution do you want? 1366x768 or higher

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? desktop replacement, I just plug it into my monitors and use MX keyboard and mouse

5. How much battery life do you need? not important it's plugged in all the time

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? no

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) mostly office work, I have a lot of apps and browser tabs open at the same time and I want it to be fast under those conditions

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? 512, 1T, 2T, anything is fine

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? 2 or 3 years is fine

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? none

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons. I have mostly had Dells

13. What country do you live in? U.S.

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

I'm looking at one on Amazon
new HP Pavilion 15 for $900
i7-1255U 1.2 GHz (up to 4.7GHz)
10 cores, 12 threads, 12MB L3 Cache
64GB DDR4 SDRAM
2TB SSD
15.6” touchscreen 1920x1080
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
Wifi 6
Windows 11 Pro

Right now I have
Dell i7-7600U 2.91 GHz
2 cores, 4 threads
16GB DDR4 RAM
512GB SSD

and it's too slow for what I do, even after a fresh reinstall.

Thank you very much.

 

[Lafong]

Single thread performance advantage on the 1255U is about 64 percent....quite significant and surely a big difference.

Your current Dell has only 2 cores and 4 threads. I'd expect that's what's holding it back in your case.

You may not need to jump as far as the 1255U to be highly impressed, but if you can afford it, why not.

I don't use laptops myself, but generally.......HP does not get a lot of accolades on this site.

Not sure you need 64 RAM rather than 32, if you need to reduce cost.

Not sure you need Windows Pro rather than Home.

Have you looked at Lenovo or Dell?

Have you specifically looked at "business" or "corporate" product lines, rather than home or consumer?

 

[mihiw]

Thank you very much.

Someone had told me when they went to 12 gen. it was a major leap forward and to not bother with 11th gen. or below anymore.

I'm looking at the 64GB RAM and Windows Pro just because they come on the laptop I was looking at buying. It is advertised as an HP Business Laptop.

Thank you again for the info.

 

[Lafong]

I would try to find reviews of that specific HP and I would scour the net for user experiences.

I would regard it as a possible choice, but would try to find comparable Dell or Lenovo machines that are in the same ballpark:

12th or 13th generation; i5 or i7. Look at Passmark.com to get a reading on the "horsepower" of your possible CPU choices.

32 GB RAM or more; 64 is not likely to be a significant advantage to you. The builder will charge you an arm and a leg for the extra 32. Might lean toward DDR 5 rather than DDR 4, but the price difference might be ridiculous.

Win 10 or 11; Home or Pro; I wouldn't pay a premium to get one or the other.

Required storage; SSD mandatory, but not necessarily NVMe. If you don't need 2 TB, shop for less.

May not be possible, but ideally get your hands on the candidates to evaluate factors you cannot judge by the spec sheet alone. Maybe at a local store. Best Buy? Costco?

Pay some attention to the seller. Some may offer better return privileges or customer service.