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In The Market For A New Laptop

Andy_con

Andy_con

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am after a laptop for photo and video editing for the drone stuff i do, so not making hour long videos. more like 30 second long clips etc...

always had good experiences with dell and had a recent bad one with HP.

after comparing a few dells, this looks good for the money

outlet.euro.dell.com

Dell Outlet: Certified Refurbished Laptops, Desktops & Workstations | Dell UK

Certified Refurbished laptops, desktop gaming computers, monitors, docks & servers on the cheap from Dell Outlet. READY TO SHIP laptops for sale.
outlet.euro.dell.com
 
That budget is close to M1 Mac territory, that’s where my money would be going but I am invested in the Apple ecosystem so I’m going to be biased.
 
Do you especially want a tiny all-in-one type machine? These seem to be the ones that don't usually have a particularly long life. The Dell XPS is a really nice little machine.

Otherwise spec on the one you have found looks good, more than good enough for some casual video editing etc.
 
Touring_Rob said:
Do you especially want a tiny all-in-one type machine? These seem to be the ones that don't usually have a particularly long life. The Dell XPS is a really nice little machine.

Otherwise spec on the one you have found looks good, more than good enough for some casual video editing etc.
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no, dont need an all in one thing.

my current old dell laptop is 17", love the big screen but is to big to carry round. my work laptop is a cheap 13" dell, love how small and light it is.
 
it appears if you want a good resolution screen you need to get an all in one thing

they are selling high spec gaming laptops for £900 with a shitty 1920 x 1080 screens, i aint paying that sort of money and getting a poor quality screen.

normal laptops the same price and spec as the all in ones have 1920 x 1080 screens, where as the all in one is 3840 x 2160
 
I think a lot just depends on where you a buying from:

www.europc.co.uk

Dell XPS 13 9380, Silver, Intel Core i7-8565U, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 13.3" 3840x2160 UHD, EuroPC 1 YR WTY 152735

Dell XPS 13 9380, Silver, Intel Core i7-8565U, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 13.3" 3840x2160 UHD, EuroPC 1 YR WTY 152735
www.europc.co.uk www.europc.co.uk

There a quite a few registered Dell resellers about who are willing to do decent deals.

PS - I don't know, and have not used the linked company, was just a 2moment google but they do claim to be a Dell partner.
 
Touring_Rob said:
I think a lot just depends on where you a buying from:

www.europc.co.uk

Dell XPS 13 9380, Silver, Intel Core i7-8565U, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 13.3" 3840x2160 UHD, EuroPC 1 YR WTY 152735

Dell XPS 13 9380, Silver, Intel Core i7-8565U, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 13.3" 3840x2160 UHD, EuroPC 1 YR WTY 152735
www.europc.co.uk www.europc.co.uk

There a quite a few registered Dell resellers about who are willing to do decent deals.

PS - I don't know, and have not used the linked company, was just a 2moment google but they do claim to be a Dell partner.
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that looks perfect, but how do you know if they are pukka or not??

i do note its euroPC refurbished, which isnt idea.
 
The 2in1 you linked is also refurbished.

I have no clue about the company tbh, not suggesting that you buy from them. They were just one of the top hits when I googled XPS 4k.

Perhaps the company is worth some investigation. At work we buy lots of our dells through a dell reseller rather than direct from Dell, the computers they sell seem to be mostly dell overstock, returns or cancelled orders so get called refurbished even though they are new - they also come with a dell warranty.

I would be fine buying from a dell reseller if the original Dell warranty was included.
 
Touring_Rob said:
The 2in1 you linked is also refurbished.

I have no clue about the company tbh, perhaps worth some investigation. At work we buy lots of our dells through a dell reseller rather than direct from Dell, the computers they sell seem to be mostly dell overstock, returns or cancelled orders so get called refurbished even though they are new - they also come with a dell warranty.

I would be fine buying from a dell reseller if the original Dell warranty was included.
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the 2in1 is refurbished but its dell refurbished.

ill do some googling, many thanks
 
If you're editing video and stuff do you not want something with a discrete graphics card to give abit more ommph than an on-board jobbie can manage?
or maybe an AMD Fusion/APU based laptop or whatever they're calling it now.
 
R3k1355 said:
If you're editing video and stuff do you not want something with a discrete graphics card to give abit more ommph than an on-board jobbie can manage?
or maybe an AMD Fusion/APU based laptop or whatever they're calling it now.
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no idea, all suggestions welcome.
 
4k doesn't count much on laptop screens. Get a MacBook air m1 and enjoy life. You know I'm not an apple guy but they are tremendous and good value.

Otherwise maybe a surface pro 7 or similar. Great power in a small chassis. Especially when the keyboard is removed and you can just use the pen. I've had one for 2 years now and it's been brilliant. Tasked constantly for 8 hours a day.
 
Drone just shoots standard pics and vids, but I'm not an apple user end of.

So will be going Windows route.
 
andy_con said:
am after a laptop for photo and video editing for the drone stuff i do, so not making hour long videos. more like 30 second long clips etc...

always had good experiences with dell and had a recent bad one with HP.

after comparing a few dells, this looks good for the money

outlet.euro.dell.com

Dell Outlet: Certified Refurbished Laptops, Desktops & Workstations | Dell UK

Certified Refurbished laptops, desktop gaming computers, monitors, docks & servers on the cheap from Dell Outlet. READY TO SHIP laptops for sale.
outlet.euro.dell.com
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That actually is a lot of spec around that price. Especially ram wise. Not much more you'll get for that and dell are reliable in my experience.

Cheapest surface is double that!
 
andy_con said:
after a bit more searching and googling parts/spec, ive decided on this one -

outlet.euro.dell.com

Dell Outlet: Certified Refurbished Laptops, Desktops & Workstations | Dell UK

Certified Refurbished laptops, desktop gaming computers, monitors, docks & servers on the cheap from Dell Outlet. READY TO SHIP laptops for sale.
outlet.euro.dell.com

way better than my current 7 year old one
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We bought these for use at work, really decent laptop. Only downside is the lack of an ethernet port as I work in IT it gets used a lot. Nothing a usb-c hub doesn’t fix mind.
 
Gavin. said:
We bought these for use at work, really decent laptop. Only downside is the lack of an ethernet port as I work in IT it gets used a lot. Nothing a usb-c hub doesn’t fix mind.
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It's just for at home so that shouldn't be an issue.
 
So my new £800 laptop just arrived, on first power up the blue screen of death and went into a scan and fix mode thing. Second start up I managed to get through the set up process before it blue screened again. Now it freezes after 1 min of being logged on and the only way to turn it off is to hold the power button down.

Looks like it's going back to dell 🤦
 
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