Light and Fast Laptop

discombobulate

Hi All. Bit of advice needed please. Currently have an XPS 14 that suits my needs well but selling it to get a lighter < 1.5kg laptop.

Anyone have any recommendations? My requirements would be:

1. Lightweight
2. SSD
3. Fast boot time
4. Main uses are web browsing / videos
5. Decent screen
6. Good audio would be another plus
7. Budget would be < €1000

Curb Your Enthusiasm

I have this one and its fantastic. http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=P0R94EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

Thin and light, great battery life, full HD screen and Bang and Olufsen audio. 256gb SSD with 8GB RAM. Boot up time on my one is less than 10 seconds.

Curry's have them in-store if you want to take a look at one, albeit at much higher prices than HP directly. £629 should be fine for your budget (less than €900) - Use ParcelWizard for delivery from HP UK (3 free deliveries with them, so no cost)

devnull

I don't have the Envy 13 but I have the Envy x360 with pretty much the same specs and it's a great machine.

Stheno

Techmaster wrote: »

I have this one and its fantastic. http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=P0R94EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

Thin and light, great battery life, full HD screen and Bang and Olufsen audio. 256gb SSD with 8GB RAM. Boot up time on my one is less than 10 seconds.

Curry's have them in-store if you want to take a look at one, albeit at much higher prices than HP directly. £629 should be fine for your budget (less than €900) - Use ParcelWizard for delivery from HP UK (3 free deliveries with them, so no cost)

Currys have this one for €999 on offer at the moment.

Is it comparable with your own? The processor, ssd and memory spec seem to be the same?

For Forks Sake

Stheno wrote: »

Currys have this one for €999 on offer at the moment.

Is it comparable with your own? The processor, ssd and memory spec seem to be the same?

The Currys one has a QHD screen, the other one is FHD, that seems to be the only major difference between the two,

Curb Your Enthusiasm

For Forks Sake wrote: »

The Currys one has a QHD screen, the other one is FHD, that seems to be the only major difference between the two,

Yep, that's the only difference. €999 is great for the spec with the 4k display.

Stheno

Techmaster wrote: »

Yep, that's the only difference. €999 is great for the spec with the 4k display.

I bought it yesterday, I'm still getting over how lovely it is

Having full HD is not something that bothers me at all, so it's no loss. Am I right in thinking it's quarter HD and not 4k? Thought 4k was the latest and greatest to top HD?

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Stheno wrote: »

I bought it yesterday, I'm still getting over how lovely it is

Having full HD is not something that bothers me at all, so it's no loss. Am I right in thinking it's quarter HD and not 4k? Thought 4k was the latest and greatest to top HD?

Quad HD = 720p HD x 4 so yep you'd be correct

Did you buy the QHD model from Curry's or the Full HD model? What's the model number on the box?

Stheno

Techmaster wrote: »

Quad HD = 720p HD x 4 so yep you'd be correct

Did you buy the QHD model from Curry's or the Full HD model? What's the model number on the box?

It's the 13-d061sa lists display as QHD +IPS LED

For me compared to my ancient and low spec Dell, it's magic, the display is superb incredibly crisp

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Stheno wrote: »

It's the 13-d061sa lists display as QHD +IPS LED

For me compared to my ancient and low spec Dell, it's magic, the display is superb incredibly crisp

Ah cool. I have the Full HD model, only difference is the screen res. Small bit better battery life which matters to me Awesome device, glad you're happy with it. Crazy how the comparable Macbook costs €1649!!

For Forks Sake

Stheno wrote: »

I bought it yesterday, I'm still getting over how lovely it is

Having full HD is not something that bothers me at all, so it's no loss. Am I right in thinking it's quarter HD and not 4k? Thought 4k was the latest and greatest to top HD?

QHD = 3200 x 1800 in the case of that one. It's fractionally below 4k.