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Need a laptop for working from home 85% of the time, will travel abroad with me 6-8 weeks of the year.
Main use is heavy spreadsheets with multiple browsers, all with many, many tabs, youtube videos, spotify
While having its own screen on will also need to drive two monitors (HDMI and DisplayPort) - Maybe a converter for DP->USB-C would help? Not sure if I do this with my Dell U2414M?
3-4 USB ports - At home will need to connect usb keyboard, mouse, webcam and Bluetooth headphones
Laptop will have to have a full keyboard and numpad for use while travelling, nice to type on would be a bonus
Needs to have Gigabit Ethernet connection, Wifi and Bluetooth
Ideally Wifi 6 & Bluetooth 5.2
As it's for WFH I'm not worried about keeping it small or lightweight, battery life isn't too much of a concern, graphics enough to drive the 3 screens properly
512GB SSD storage
12th generation processor or newer, fastest possible with budget - either i5 or i7 would be fine
RAM I need 16GB - I think should be aiming for LPDDR5 correct?
Spec enough to handle Windows 11, doesn't have to come with OS work can provide this
Quality 1080 webcam for work zoom calls would be a huge plus
15-17" screen size - IPS or other high quality display - (16:10 would be a bonus but I'm not even sure possible?)
Preferably NOT a TN or OLED panel (it's going to show the exact same image majority of the time at home, so burn-in risk pretty high)
I would prefer Intel and Nvidia, but this isn't important
Ideally all self-contained so I have all the options when travelling but could also get a docking station and a usb hub if this is gonna make things better overall
Budget £550-£700 all-in
I like the look of Lenovo, prefer black/grey
Appreciate any advice!
Main use is heavy spreadsheets with multiple browsers, all with many, many tabs, youtube videos, spotify
While having its own screen on will also need to drive two monitors (HDMI and DisplayPort) - Maybe a converter for DP->USB-C would help? Not sure if I do this with my Dell U2414M?
3-4 USB ports - At home will need to connect usb keyboard, mouse, webcam and Bluetooth headphones
Laptop will have to have a full keyboard and numpad for use while travelling, nice to type on would be a bonus
Needs to have Gigabit Ethernet connection, Wifi and Bluetooth
Ideally Wifi 6 & Bluetooth 5.2
As it's for WFH I'm not worried about keeping it small or lightweight, battery life isn't too much of a concern, graphics enough to drive the 3 screens properly
512GB SSD storage
12th generation processor or newer, fastest possible with budget - either i5 or i7 would be fine
RAM I need 16GB - I think should be aiming for LPDDR5 correct?
Spec enough to handle Windows 11, doesn't have to come with OS work can provide this
Quality 1080 webcam for work zoom calls would be a huge plus
15-17" screen size - IPS or other high quality display - (16:10 would be a bonus but I'm not even sure possible?)
Preferably NOT a TN or OLED panel (it's going to show the exact same image majority of the time at home, so burn-in risk pretty high)
I would prefer Intel and Nvidia, but this isn't important
Ideally all self-contained so I have all the options when travelling but could also get a docking station and a usb hub if this is gonna make things better overall
Budget £550-£700 all-in
I like the look of Lenovo, prefer black/grey
Appreciate any advice!
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