Mid range laptop recommendations please

TheFifeFlyer · 19 Sep 2021 at 19:32

Can anyone suggest something around the £600-£700 mark for my Missus?

Ideally, it will be

backlit keyboard,
Fingerprint reader
15"
i5 or equivalent processor as minimum
SSD with no huge memory needed. 250Gb is ample.

That`s about it really.

Thanks in advance.

Snapshot · 20 Sep 2021 at 07:05

HP Pavilion 15-eh0018na - £650 direct from HP. My wife has an earlier version with the previous generation R5 and it works very well.
There's also the apparently identical 15-eh0511sa available from the high street chain but you get an extra two years warranty free with the HP version.

TheFifeFlyer · 20 Sep 2021 at 08:32

Snapshot said:
HP Pavilion 15-eh0018na - £650 direct from HP. My wife has an earlier version with the previous generation R5 and it works very well.
There's also the apparently identical 15-eh0511sa available from the high street chain but you get an extra two years warranty free with the HP version.

Thanks very much Snapshot. That is most definately a contender.

TheFifeFlyer · 20 Sep 2021 at 17:49

I`ve narrowed it down to the one mentioned and the new Dell 15 Inspiron. It looks like not much between the 2 spec-wise and at under £700.

Processor
11th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-11300H Processor (8MB Cache, up to 4.4GHz)
Operating Systems
Windows 10 Home English
Graphics Card
Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics with shared graphics memory
Display
15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-glare LED Backlight Non-Touch Narrow Border WVA Display
Hard Drive
512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
Memoryi
8GB, 2x4GB, DDR4, 3200MHz
Primary Battery
4-Cell Battery, 54WHr (Integrated)
Wireless
Intel® Wi-Fi 6 2x2 (Gig+) and Bluetooth 5.1

HP Pavilion 15-eh0018na Touchscreen Laptop - AMD Ryzen™ 5
£649.99
VAT incl.

Windows 10 Home 64

AMD Ryzen™ 5 4500U (2.3 GHz base clock, up to 4.0 GHz max boost clock, 8 MB L3 cache, 6 cores)

8 GB DDR4-3200 MHz RAM (1 x 8 GB)

512 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD

39.6 cm (15.6") diagonal, FHD (1920 x 1080), touch, IPS, micro-edge, BrightView, 250 nits, 45% NTSC

I currently have a Dell G3 myself and am happy with Dell updates and quality.

Anyone have any thoughts or experience on which one to go for?

Cheers.

Hodders · 5 Oct 2021 at 00:07

Both options are solid. The Dell has 2x4gb so upgrading memory will be a pain. Hp had 1x8 so can just add another 8.

Plus I believe the AMD integrated graphics are better? Anyone confirm?

TheFifeFlyer · 5 Oct 2021 at 10:15

Thanks @Hodders for the advice.

I actually got her the HP one last week but returned it as it wasn`t a backlit keyboard like it was spec`d to be. The f9 button was blank so returned it. That put me right off HP.

Got her the Dell and she`s happy. Upgrading the RAM etc. won`t be necessary for her.

TheFifeFlyer · 24 Nov 2021 at 12:37

Ah well.....that`s the Dell gone as well.

Got the BSOD on several occasions, linked to corrupt Win 10 installation I think. Did a fresh install a few times and didn`t fix it so called them up.

Dell wanted to charge me to speak to a software specialist about it.

I told them to bolt and send me a returns label. Their customer service is shocking and won`t buy from Dell again.

Minstadave · 24 Nov 2021 at 12:41

Lenovo Ideapad Pro 16 is a good shout at your budget.

TheFifeFlyer · 24 Nov 2021 at 12:48

Minstadave said:
Lenovo Ideapad Pro 16 is a good shout at your budget.

Thanks Dave. I`ll have a look at that.

Begbie · 24 Nov 2021 at 12:49

So is the honor Pro thing, especially when got at £600 in the offers they do often. Mine has been fine, especially for the price.

TheFifeFlyer · 24 Nov 2021 at 16:28

Shahoorsir. Thanks Begbie

TheFifeFlyer · 30 Nov 2021 at 19:13

Just to close this thread out.

She decided that she would take my G3 since I got myself a new LG Gram 17.

Thanks to all who gave me help.

Time to change my signature again