Need help finding a Laptop.

Boleyn

Boleyn

Boleyn

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Hello all.

I’ve been tasked with finding a laptop by the better half and I have absolutely no idea what specs are good in laptops, Desktops I’m fine with but Laptops….

All I’ve been given is it must be fast, have some future proofing and handle multi tasking easily. i.e Photoshop open, a few spreadsheets, other documents and several browser tabs (and possibly other stuff like iTunes e.t.c) and be able to play some games like Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition.

So to start an SSD but how big? And do laptops have further internal storage or will it have to be external?

How much Ram? 8, 16, 32 GB?

CPU: i5, i7, i9 or Ryzen. Clock speed? Cores?

Price wise max £1500 but preferably under £1000

Sound and GPU are not especially important, it would be nice to have good ones but these can be sacrificed (Needs to play Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition though – this is the one game she wants to play most of all)

Anything I’ve missed?

Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
 
Thanks everyone. extremely helpful.

That Dell XPS 13 looks amazing for the price. i7 8th gen, 16gb ram, 512gb SSD and a 4k touch screen for less than £1500?

But does it play Baldur's Gate II I was asked again.

Thank you all again for your thoughts.
 
Like I said in my original post I know nothing of Laptops so I there may very well be an obvious reason why both the Lenovo X1 and the Dell XPS 13 were recommended over these 3 I just found here on Overclockers.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-....3-fhd-i7-9750h-gaming-laptop-lt-291-ms.html#
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...4hz-ips-i7-9750h-gaming-laptop-lt-03e-au.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/hp-o...z-intel-i7-9750h-gaming-laptop-lt-04h-hp.html

All 3 have a better CPU, better GPU, same 16GB memory, larger screens albeit not 4K touch screen but is that really noticeable at 13.3"? Larger storage and all at the same price or cheaper than the two recommended.

Now the other half definitely likes the Dell (same spec Lenovo is a bit pricey) but she is concerned about the small screen size and she keeps talking about games, Baldurs gate 3 now so a better GPU would be nice.

So what I'm asking now is, is the Dell still recommended over any of those 3? The same mandate stands, fast and capable of serious multitasking but any extras would be nice.

Thank you again.
 
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