Mid range laptop recommendations please

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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.
 
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.
 
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.
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Thanks very much Snapshot. That is most definately a contender.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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 :)
 
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