Hello all
I need a new laptop and am a bit un sighted on all this, so would appreciate some feedback. PC World are doing a 10% CashBack offer on laptops over £599 which ends today, so time is a bit critical on this!
I need something small and portable – it’s for work, but will frequently travel home with me in my bag, so that makes 13.3 the biggest possible. Smaller, whilst not essential, would be good.
I mainly use it connected to a dock system, and then use a 24” monitor and “normal” keyboard, so 95% of the time the laptop is a second screen. I only actually use it the laptop as a main focus device when I’m working from home (1-2 evening a week, and about one full day a month).
We run Office 365, and I will get a licence from the company I contract to.
In terms of spec, I think I need something with 8GB RAM, 128-256SSD and one of 5th gen i5 or i7, or an Intel M.
Some of the reviews I’ve come across state that the Core M machines are good to a point and then get overburdened and slow. I don’t do anything that I would call demanding, but will frequently have 4-7 web windows open, and be working on 3-5 word or scanned documents, some of which can be 300+ pages.
Does anyone have a view on i5 versus Core-M?
I was considering the following options:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/s_action/compare/10109302-10132414-10108707-10134528.html
Would really appreciate a steer, if anyone is knowledgeable on these.
Thank you!
I need a new laptop and am a bit un sighted on all this, so would appreciate some feedback. PC World are doing a 10% CashBack offer on laptops over £599 which ends today, so time is a bit critical on this!
I need something small and portable – it’s for work, but will frequently travel home with me in my bag, so that makes 13.3 the biggest possible. Smaller, whilst not essential, would be good.
I mainly use it connected to a dock system, and then use a 24” monitor and “normal” keyboard, so 95% of the time the laptop is a second screen. I only actually use it the laptop as a main focus device when I’m working from home (1-2 evening a week, and about one full day a month).
We run Office 365, and I will get a licence from the company I contract to.
In terms of spec, I think I need something with 8GB RAM, 128-256SSD and one of 5th gen i5 or i7, or an Intel M.
Some of the reviews I’ve come across state that the Core M machines are good to a point and then get overburdened and slow. I don’t do anything that I would call demanding, but will frequently have 4-7 web windows open, and be working on 3-5 word or scanned documents, some of which can be 300+ pages.
Does anyone have a view on i5 versus Core-M?
I was considering the following options:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/s_action/compare/10109302-10132414-10108707-10134528.html
Would really appreciate a steer, if anyone is knowledgeable on these.
Thank you!