HP Envy 17-CR0006NA

[White_Widow]

Hello everyone,

I'm looking at the above laptop.

32GB Ram
i7-1260P
1TB SSD
4K
No Touch Screen

Its currently on sale for around £1300.

Would love to hear your opinions on this laptop and also if there is a better laptop for the money. I can go to around the £1500 mark as work are paying for the laptop.

Thank you in advance!

John

 

[White_Widow]

Sorry to bump but would really like some help with this if anyone has any suggestions? I haven't got much knowledge in laptops and want this to last me 3 years so want to chose the right one. Thank you

 

[White_Widow]

I think the CPU is a little weak. It's gen 12 rather than the current gen 13 but what really makes the difference is the missing zero in the name. This means it has only two-thirds the power of the i7-12700H which is what I'd really be looking for in this class of laptop.

It also doesn't have a discrete GPU but Intel's current Iris Xe graphics would probably be good enough, depending on your workload.

The one thing I really don't like is the keyboard layout as HP has squeezed in a numeric pad by moving the cursor keys to where the r/h Alt, Windows and Control keys should be. My wife's Pavilion laptop has a similar layout and it irritates me every time I use it.

Thank you for your reply Snapshot, I was not aware of the difference in processor - thank you for saving me buying the wrong laptop! Thats why this forum can't be beaten!

Are there any laptops you would recommend around this same price range?

 

[White_Widow]

Thanks Snapshot. I appreciate your help and will give the HP a miss.

I checked Lenovo and they still have an offer running on the

ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5​

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I can spec one up with

i7-12800H
32GB Ram
1TB SSD
16" Display
GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ti Laptop GPU 4GB GDDR6

and it comes out around £1700 inc VAT.
Do you think this is a good buy or is there a better laptop out there for the money?

I have been looking for a few months now and with so much variety I am struggling to press the button and purchase something.

As always, I would prefer to buy from ocuk so if they offer something similar then happy to go with that.

Thanks again,

John