Laptop recommendation

I think i commented on the thread before Christmas, But my work laptop got upgraded to a dell G5 15" SE Laptop with Ryzen 7 4800H and 16GB ram. Costs £1149, I'm running 2 extra 1440p screens via an Anker USB dongle. I can't fault it.
 
It's a Lenovo Yoga that I have now and haven't been overly impressed with it. Pretty sure I will be going with the XPS 13.
My wife has a high end Yoga for work and i think its pretty poor as well battery life is below par and screen brightness is mediocre.

the Dell outlet sometimes have high end xps machines, the 15" xps its in the form factor of a 14" laptop its not that large at all.
 
256GB isn't enough, I need at least 512GB

OK, that would push you over budget then. If you look on Ebay for the 1 year old models, might find one in budget if you were keen on a Surface. Failing that, you can't really go wrong with the XPS models that other posters have recommended.
 
If it's for home use with dual monitors why not get a mini-PC rather than a laptop? Something like the Intel NUC? I have a Gigabyte Brix with dual 1920x1200 monitors.
 
If it's for home use with dual monitors why not get a mini-PC rather than a laptop? Something like the Intel NUC? I have a Gigabyte Brix with dual 1920x1200 monitors.
Or go cheaper still with a pair of RPI 4's, two mini HDMI cables and monitors.
 
If it's for home use with dual monitors why not get a mini-PC rather than a laptop? Something like the Intel NUC? I have a Gigabyte Brix with dual 1920x1200 monitors.

I travel extensively (or will be doing again after the pandemic is over) so need something light and portable too.
 
Bought me and my daughter Lenovo laptops approx 500 quid each. Take about 20 minutes to boot up and if you want to open a word document you are looking at around 50 minutes from pressing the start button.
Absolute waste of money. I'd stick with Dell personally.
 
Bought me and my daughter Lenovo laptops approx 500 quid each. Take about 20 minutes to boot up and if you want to open a word document you are looking at around 50 minutes from pressing the start button.
Absolute waste of money. I'd stick with Dell personally.
Either someone has sold you a complete pup, you're being hyperbolic or you really need to get those laptops looked at. My work laptop is a Lenovo and even though it is laden down with every piece of security software that they can find in the catalogue it is booted and ready for work in well under a minute. My alternate is a Dell and just as quick, my home/gaming PC is a self build thing and that is even quicker but I keep security software on that down to defender and good practice. Assuming your laptop has SSD storage there is no way that any modern PC should take FIFTY MINUTES to load an office app.
 
Useful. If someone specifically asks for no Mac recommendations
To be fair I did find that useful. I know the OP 7 months ago said no apple but its better than starting a new thread on laptop recommendations.

Why do you have a penchant for snapping at posters? No need to add to the thread in that way.
 
To be fair I did find that useful. I know the OP 7 months ago said no apple but its better than starting a new thread.

Why do you have a penchant for snapping at posters? No need to add to the thread in that way.
To be fair the OP did specify "Not Apple" in the very first post. Apple fanbois always have to have their say :rolleyes:
 
Bought me and my daughter Lenovo laptops approx 500 quid each. Take about 20 minutes to boot up and if you want to open a word document you are looking at around 50 minutes from pressing the start button.
Absolute waste of money. I'd stick with Dell personally.

nothing to do with the make. amazes me that people are still being sold computers with traditional hard drives. YOU MUST GET ONE WITH SSD'S, regardless of make. also there must be other issues, probly windows updates.
 
Useful. If someone specifically asks for no Mac recommendations
To be fair the OP did specify "Not Apple" in the very first post. Apple fanbois always have to have their say :rolleyes:
I didn't read the OP just searched on laptop recommendations thread and added to it. As Cardiff intimidated I didn't want to start a new thread (and neither did I want to stir the anti apple lobby NY - I think you've made that perfectly clear)
 
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