Posted 12 January 2024

Looking for a Laptop for partner 15"

There are always laptops on here, many out of our price range. So I'm looking to the techy guys on here. I know it's a big ask. I'm trying to find a 15" laptop with 16gb RAM for my partner. She is not fussed whether it's W10 or W11. I'm guessing that to get the most for her bucks (budget around £200-£250 ish) it will be a refurbished option. The only proviso she has aked me to mention is it comes with a warranty. Can you help please
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  1. 001Cisco's avatar
    Too old.
  2. Veedub's avatar
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    Is this laptop up to date and good value?................. amazon.co.uk/Lat…c=1
    iWish's avatar
    7th gen i3 doesn't even support win11. No more win10 updates after 14/10/25.
  4. 001Cisco's avatar
    Is 14" acceptable?

    Lenovo L14 Gen 3/i5-1235U/16GB Ram/256GB SSD/14"/W10/B £280 (CPU Release Feb 2022)
    uk.webuy.com/pro…n=7

    Lenovo L14 (Gen 1)/i5-10310U/8GB Ram/256GB SSD/14"/W10/B £180 (CPU release May 2020)
    uk.webuy.com/pro…=18 (edited)
    Veedub's avatar
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    Thanks for the info. 15" is mainly needed as her eyesight isn't at it's best ;-)
  5. 001Cisco's avatar
    15" with 16GB RAM. But I feel the 14" above better value. Ryzen 5 4500u is faster than i5-10210u according to cpu passmark.

    Dell 5590/i5-10210U/16GB Ram/256GB SSD/15"/W11/B £245 (CPU release Aug 2019)
    uk.webuy.com/pro…138

    Lenovo E15 Gen 2/Ryzen 5 4500U/16GB Ram/256GB SSD/15"/W10/B £260 (CPU release Jan 2020)
    uk.webuy.com/pro…110

    Lenovo Thinkpad L15/i5-10210U/16GB Ram/256GB SSD/15"/W10/B £270
    uk.webuy.com/pro…132 (edited)
    Veedub's avatar
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    Do CEX offer any warranty with their models?
  6. Renoir64's avatar
    It's important that you think about what it will realistically be used for.

    If it's for surfing the web and basic photo editing etc it might be worth considering a chromebook.
    It's all I've used for about 3 years and I couldn't be happier with it.

    Obviously very small hard-drive (I use a separate SSD drive and the cloud) but you can do any office task that you need to and it has superb integration with android phones.

    £250 would buy you a pretty good one. Mine was less than that and has a 14" touch screen.

  8. CurvedSlightly's avatar
    Seems like a fair trade.
  9. AndyRoyd's avatar
    Intrigued about the undefined absolute necessity for 16GB.
    Veedub's avatar
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    She has been saying that she's using 7.85GB out of 8gb RAM. I'm just trying to get her what she wants within the budget IYSWIM
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