Anything better?

[arnie12]

Can anyone recommend anything better than this for £1300?

Need something this week, as travelling with work this weekend to the US.

Needs to be windows, my minimum checklist was:
i7
16GB RAM
64bit
10 core
500GB SSD
Power 2 external monitors 95% of the time.

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/hp-envy-17cw0501...

Data engineer so running visual studio, SSMS, PowerBI, python with some front end (react) thrown in.

I know budget should be more, but its not unfortunately

[PhyllisOphical]

I have a Dell Inspiron 16 Plus Laptop. Just a bit smaller screen, but I don't find that to be a problem. Similar spec for around £1100, and you are likely to be able to find a discounted price or get cashback.

details here

[.:ian:.]

I had a 17" laptop for work, huge pain in the arse to lug around!
How about this https://www.currys.co.uk/products/asus-zenbook-14-...

Oled, 16 core next gen cpu, 1tb ssd. Half the weight of the 17" er

[David_M]

.:ian:. said:

I had a 17" laptop for work, huge pain in the arse to lug around!

Agreed - especially given the checklist contains "Power 2 external monitors 95% of the time." so smaller is better.

I like Lenovo thinkpads, so with those criteria would go for something like
https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/lenovo-thinkpad-t1...

[LeeM135i]

We currently buy these for our travellers.

https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptops-2-in-1-pcs...

Light, small enough for a 14" and powerful for office tasks.

Don't underestimate how much harder it is to travel with a 15/16" laptop. I use a Mac and ordered a 16" MacBook Pro, loved the big, bright screen but I swapped out after a couple of months for a 14" as it was just too chunky to carry. If you take a HDMI cable you can plug it into most hotel TV's if you need a bigger screen to review presentations / park documents.