In The Market For A New Laptop

[Andy_con]

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

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

 

[Ben]

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.

 

[Andy_con]

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.

anything but apple please... 😬

 

[Flob]

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.

 

[Andy_con]

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.

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.

 

[Andy_con]

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

 

[Flob]

I think a lot just depends on where you a buying from:

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

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.

 

[Andy_con]

I think a lot just depends on where you a buying from:

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

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.

that looks perfect, but how do you know if they are pukka or not??

i do note its euroPC refurbished, which isnt idea.

 

[Flob]

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.

 

[Andy_con]

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.

the 2in1 is refurbished but its dell refurbished.

ill do some googling, many thanks

 

[R3k1355]

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.

 

[Andy_con]

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.

no idea, all suggestions welcome.

 

[Sir_Dave]

I boought an XPS13 recently and its the laptop i should have bought years ago, brilliant piece of kit.

 

[CrippsCorner]

Noticed this posted today...

The best cheap laptop for 2022 - The Verge

I know it says budget, but this is the UK where everything's more expensive, therefore their number one choice is actually £900 over here!

HP ENVY x360 - 13-bd0017na Convertible Laptop - HP Store UK

 

[Jack!]

I swear the average person couldn't tell the difference between a 1080 or 4k, 13 inch screen, at more than a couple of feet away.

 

[Gally]

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.

 

[SuperJ]

For a laptop it has to be MacBook imo.

 

[Jack!]

Not sure how compatible his drone stuff is with MacOS?

 

[AdDaMan]

Baffling to not buy an M1 Macbook. Utter madness.

 

[Jack!]

Baffling to not buy an M1 Macbook. Utter madness.

Unless his drone software isn't available as a .pkg?

 

[AdDaMan]

Unless his drone software isn't available as a .pkg?

Well i don't know about his, but mine just shoots jpg/RAW & normal vid?

 

[Andy_con]

Drone just shoots standard pics and vids, but I'm not an apple user end of.

So will be going Windows route.

 

[Gally]

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

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 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]

Noticed this posted today...

The best cheap laptop for 2022 - The Verge

I know it says budget, but this is the UK where everything's more expensive, therefore their number one choice is actually £900 over here!

HP ENVY x360 - 13-bd0017na Convertible Laptop - HP Store UK

would never buy an HP x360 again...

pile of s**t, both hinges broke off the case. made from cheap shitty materials.

 

[Andy_con]

after a bit more searching and googling parts/spec, ive decided on this one -

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

 

[Gavin.]

after a bit more searching and googling parts/spec, ive decided on this one -

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

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.

 

[Andy_con]

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.

It's just for at home so that shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Andy_con]

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 🤦

 

[Andy_con]

finally have a new working laptop, even though DHL delivered it to the wrong address.

screen is amazing, makes my drone photos look ace.