Looking for a windows laptop...

[Brazo]

For business needs, no gaming no photo editing but I'm impatient and would like a decent processor.

Not bothered about windows or even a hdd as I've plenty of ssd's I can stick in.

I need a 13-14 inch screen. Resolution not important but 1080p would be nice.

Budget around £500. I can't seem to find anything that suits these needs.

No touchscreen either!

 

[JohnBradbury]

I'd suggest looking for a second hand Thinkpad. Build like tanks, solid workhorses.

 

[Defiance]

Look at Dell Outlet - often a wide range of laptops with good offers. Check Dell Outlet Uk Twitter for discount codes as well.

 

[neil_g]

There's a couple of dell latitude 13" in your price range. Always been great business machines in my experience (normally the 15" models I've used). 128gb ssd, only a dual core 6th gen i5 but at this price point I don't think you'll get a quad.

 

[Brazo]

Thank you all. I can't go second hand as will need a invoice/receipt for tax purposes.

Il check out dell outlet.

@neil_g Will a dual core chip with no ht (pentium ) be any good? Skylakes no better than haswell really.

 

[Neilc28]

Another vote for Dell Outlet or Thinkpad from here, my T400 is still trooping on!

 

[Brazo]

The benchmarks for the dual core skylake i3, i5 and i7 are all very samey so it looks like there's 200mhz between them as a 'differentiator'

 

[Brazo]

I found a HP X360 with a 13.3 inch screen and i5 6200u, 8gb ram and 128 ssd for £449.

Nicely under budget, although compromised on screen resolution. Unfortunately comes with win 8 but I have a few win 10 keys and it will be nice to remove the bloatware!

 

[Rich_Derby]

I found a HP X360 with a 13.3 inch screen and i5 6200u, 8gb ram and 128 ssd for £449.

Nicely under budget, although compromised on screen resolution. Unfortunately comes with win 8 but I have a few win 10 keys and it will be nice to remove the bloatware!

Don't forget the backdoor to Windows 10 upgrade too: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgrade

 

[Brazo]

Don't forget the backdoor to Windows 10 upgrade too: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgrade

Thanks Rich, will check that out.

 

[Box Brownie]

FWIW

If you have your ISO W10 download from earlier this year it still works..........it did for me I learned of this elsewhere and it was true that the account activation servers are clearly still running

 

[Brazo]

FWIW

If you have your ISO W10 download from earlier this year it still works..........it did for me I learned of this elsewhere and it was true that the account activation servers are clearly still running

I do yes but it's still downloadable too, I did it a fortnight ago!