Topic: New laptop advice

[ScouserAtHeart]

I wish I'd held on to my old PCs/laptops with Windows 98 or XP

[Kenny's Jacket]

What I mean is , if your current laptop lasts well. And you only get out the other laptop when it fails, it might well be only good for windows 11 as windows 12 comes out.

Possibly I'm being biased as I'm always being told I have too many laptops cluttering the place up. Admittedly some of those probably still have windows 95 on....

I really dislike windows 11, give me XP anyday.
As long as Microsoft dont do the apple trick and deliberately slow old stuff down I dont care about that.

[PaulF]

I really dislike windows 11, give me XP anyday.
As long as Microsoft dont do the apple trick and deliberately slow old stuff down I dont care about that.

Fair enough. Not really used 11 myself. I think I prefer win 10 to xp.
I don't know if it's still the case, but does Windows 11 still need the on chip security thing, which 'older' computers don't have.  I don't see you falling foul of that but that was what I was thinking when I mentioned obsolete.
Also £140 for a laptop. Bargain!

[Graeme]

I don't know if it's still the case, but does Windows 11 still need the on chip security thing, which 'older' computers don't have.

Yeah it’s still the case, however at the Windows 11 setup screen where it tells you the PC isn’t compatible you can open up the Registry and put a string in to disable the check, refresh the setup then it will install.

[Kenny's Jacket]

Yeah it’s still the case, however at the Windows 11 setup screen where it tells you the PC isn’t compatible you can open up the Registry and put a string in to disable the check, refresh the setup then it will install.

For someone who is technologically inept, I dont like the sound of this

[Kenny's Jacket]

Fair enough. Not really used 11 myself. I think I prefer win 10 to xp.
I don't know if it's still the case, but does Windows 11 still need the on chip security thing, which 'older' computers don't have.  I don't see you falling foul of that but that was what I was thinking when I mentioned obsolete.
Also £140 for a laptop. Bargain!

It was about £160 , I subtracted the cost of a charger.

Its quite low spec and a refurb.

[Claire.]

looking at laptops for my nephew - he's got a budget of £400, he does play games but nothing too heavy (luckily) graphics wise, probably that roblox crap and watching youtube.

I've been looking at:

ASUS Laptop Vivobook 15 E1504GA 15.6" Full HD Laptop (Intel i3 8-Core Processor, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BZZ8C6WP/?tag=wtbarticle1504-21&th=1

Lenovo IdeaPad 1 15 inch Full HD Laptop - (AMD Ryzen 5-3500U, 8GB, 256GB SSD, Windows 11 Home in S mode) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Laptop-Ryzen-Windows/dp/B0BH8DMH1B/?tag=wtbarticle1504-21 - what is windows S mode??

ASUS Vivobook 15 X1500EA 15.6 Full HD Laptop (Intel i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 11) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BMW1DF5G/?tag=wtbarticle1504-21&th=1

now, I've been buying macs for so long that all the specs could be written in fucking hieroglyhs so, which one of them looks best or is there a brand I can look at or particular one someone can recommend? ta me dears.

[Hedley Lamarr]

looking at laptops for my nephew - he's got a budget of £400, he does play games but nothing too heavy (luckily) graphics wise, probably that roblox crap and watching youtube.

I've been looking at:

ASUS Laptop Vivobook 15 E1504GA 15.6" Full HD Laptop (Intel i3 8-Core Processor, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BZZ8C6WP/?tag=wtbarticle1504-21&th=1

Lenovo IdeaPad 1 15 inch Full HD Laptop - (AMD Ryzen 5-3500U, 8GB, 256GB SSD, Windows 11 Home in S mode) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Laptop-Ryzen-Windows/dp/B0BH8DMH1B/?tag=wtbarticle1504-21 - what is windows S mode??

ASUS Vivobook 15 X1500EA 15.6 Full HD Laptop (Intel i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 11) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BMW1DF5G/?tag=wtbarticle1504-21&th=1

now, I've been buying macs for so long that all the specs could be written in fucking hieroglyhs so, which one of them looks best or is there a brand I can look at or particular one someone can recommend? ta me dears.

Windows S mode is basically a restricted version of windows where you can only install apps from their quite horrific App Store and use Edge as your browser, fortunately Microsoft make it easy to turn S mode off, just a matter of clicking a button.  It's perfectly safe to switch it off.

[Graeme]

The X1500EA would be my choice of the 3. I’d discount the Lenovo because they don’t have the build quality or reliability of the Asus in my experience.

Out of the two Asus models, the X1500EA uses the Intel Iris Xe graphics, which generally perform better than the Intel UHD in the E1504GA.

[Claire.]

Cheers Graeme, now I deffo wouldn’t have spotted the screen stuff or the graphics card!

My other option is Dell, didn’t realise they did machines at this kind of price and cos I get the advantage discount from work it might mean a slightly better spec, will compare now I know what kind of thing be on the lookout for!