Recommend a laptop £1000 to £1500

Baldbloke · 26 Aug 2023 at 22:52

A good pal wants to buy a laptop. He knows nowt about computers. He has asked me to recommend a laptop. Shortlist a few for him.
I am fairly good with PC stuff and build my own but current gen laptops I know nowt about.

He will be phote editing. Maybe a teeny bit of video editing.

Any real sparklers or bargains out there at the moment?

Thank you.

Ollie83 · 31 Aug 2023 at 16:17

Baldbloke said:
A good pal wants to buy a laptop. He knows nowt about computers. He has asked me to recommend a laptop. Shortlist a few for him.
I am fairly good with PC stuff and build my own but current gen laptops I know nowt about.

He will be phote editing. Maybe a teeny bit of video editing.

Any real sparklers or bargains out there at the moment?

Thank you.

Would second hand be an option? You'd get more bang for your buck and his editing would benefit a lot. Better screens on higher end laptops will have way better colour reproduction.

Baldbloke · 1 Sep 2023 at 06:57

Ollie83 said:
Would second hand be an option? You'd get more bang for your buck and his editing would benefit a lot. Better screens on higher end laptops will have way better colour reproduction.

Good idea but he would be more comfortable with a warranty and tech support offered by buying a new device. Thank you.

Ollie83 · 1 Sep 2023 at 08:37

Baldbloke said:
Good idea but he would be more comfortable with a warranty and tech support offered by buying a new device. Thank you.

No problem

InkZ · 6 Sep 2023 at 10:17

Asus TUF seems a good price and spec. Get one for £950.

JollyJamma · 9 Sep 2023 at 08:33

Baldbloke said:
A good pal wants to buy a laptop. He knows nowt about computers. He has asked me to recommend a laptop. Shortlist a few for him.
I am fairly good with PC stuff and build my own but current gen laptops I know nowt about.

He will be phote editing. Maybe a teeny bit of video editing.

Any real sparklers or bargains out there at the moment?

Thank you.

MacBook Air M1 with 16gigs of RAM £1200.

Not per say maxing value compared to a Windows laptop but for all day battery life and good photo editing performance it’s really something to consider.

Snapshot · 9 Sep 2023 at 17:04

What screen size is he after?

Baldbloke · 9 Sep 2023 at 17:51

InkZ said:
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Good question. D'uh! I should have found that out. I'll ask him.

Edit he says Minimum 17 inch screen.

Baldbloke · 10 Sep 2023 at 19:55

Ok, so as I said, my current knowledge of laptops is zero.
My pal who wants one has sent me a couple of ads for ones he has been looking at on the net.
They seem to have integrated graphics. Doesn't say what the graphics spec is. Is he wise to consider anything with integrated graphics for photo editing>

Perhaps something with a named, dedicated graphics card would be better? RTX 3060, 4060 in his price range.

I've sent him a link to overclockers laptops page.

ethan · 22 Sep 2023 at 00:25

I've just purchased an Asus Vivobook Pro, as a portable option for creative work-to cover my work needs when away from the office-as an alternative to a 14/15 inch Macbook Pro. There are bigger sizes and a number of variations with regard to the same model number. For example, mine came with a RTX 4050 and not the Rtx 3050-as listed in the following review.

Review is here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isz4_d_Zw_s&ab_channel=ASUS