1. What is your budget? £1000 max
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 14 or 15 inch
3. What screen resolution do you want? Full HD
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? On the fence but leaning towards more portable
5. How much battery life do you need? Not really important
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? Light gaming, maybe a bit of Minecraft, would like the option for more challenging games at lower settings
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) I need to start learning coding for work so need to be able to use any relevant apps
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? At least 256gb SSD
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. NA
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? As long as possible
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? Not important
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. No brand loyalty
13. What country do you live in? UK
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I've been looking around and I've got 4 laptops that look pretty good to me and would appreciate some extra input:
Dell Inspiron 14 7490 - i7 16gb RAM MX250 graphics 512gb SSD Thunderbolt 3 port - £1069
Lenovo ideapad s540 14 - i5 8gb RAM MX250 graphics 256gb SSD - £650
Lenovo yoga s740 14 - i7 8gb RAM Iris Plus graphics 512gb SSD - £800
Lenovo ideapad 5 14 - Ryzen 7 4700u 8gb RAM Vega 7 graphics 512gb SSD - Not released yet but expected to be between £650 to £700
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 14 or 15 inch
3. What screen resolution do you want? Full HD
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? On the fence but leaning towards more portable
5. How much battery life do you need? Not really important
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? Light gaming, maybe a bit of Minecraft, would like the option for more challenging games at lower settings
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.) I need to start learning coding for work so need to be able to use any relevant apps
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need? At least 256gb SSD
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. NA
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop? As long as possible
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? Not important
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. No brand loyalty
13. What country do you live in? UK
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I've been looking around and I've got 4 laptops that look pretty good to me and would appreciate some extra input:
Dell Inspiron 14 7490 - i7 16gb RAM MX250 graphics 512gb SSD Thunderbolt 3 port - £1069
Lenovo ideapad s540 14 - i5 8gb RAM MX250 graphics 256gb SSD - £650
Lenovo yoga s740 14 - i7 8gb RAM Iris Plus graphics 512gb SSD - £800
Lenovo ideapad 5 14 - Ryzen 7 4700u 8gb RAM Vega 7 graphics 512gb SSD - Not released yet but expected to be between £650 to £700