Laptop Opinions

hopskipandjump

I’m looking to purchase a new laptop. I don’t have any major requirements, just using it for general Office use plus streaming / watching movies. I’m swayed by the price tag in the end of the day but would be willing to stretch for a worthwhile purchase. I would appreciate your expert opinion on the following laptops:

1. Dell Inspiron 13 5000 Series 2-in-1 - €799
http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-13-5368-2-in-1-laptop/pd?oc=cn53602&model_id=inspiron-13-5368-2-in-1-laptop
6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-6200U Processor (3M Cache, up to 2.80 GHz)
8GB Dual Channel DDR4 2133MHz (4GBx2)
256GB Solid State Drive
Intel HD Graphics 520
13.3-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Truelife LED-Backlit Touch Display with Wide Viewing Angle (IPS)


2. Dell XPS 13 - €1,249
http://www.dell.com/ie/p/xps-13-9350-laptop/pd?oc=cnx9310&model_id=xps-13-9350-laptop
Intel Core i5-6200U (3M Cache, up to 2.8 GHz)
8GB LPDDR3 1866MHz On-Board Memory
256GB PCIe Solid State Drive
Intel® HD Graphics
13.3 inch FHD AG (1920 x 1080) InfinityEdge display, Silver


or


3. HP Pavilion 15-au078sa 15.6" Laptop - €629
http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/hp-pavilion-15au078sa-156-laptop-gold/332045/396.0.0
-Intel® Core™ i5-6200U Processor
-Dual-core
-2.3 GHz / 2.8 GHz (Turbo Boost)
-3 MB cache
Memory (RAM) 8 GB
Storage 256 GB SSD
Screen size 15.6"
Screen type LED
Resolution 1366 x 768
Touchscreen No
Screen features LED backlighting
Up to 9.5 hours battery life

Many thanks

TerrorFirmer

The top one is the best balance, the middle one is a lovely laptop and extremely sleek but it's a huge premium, the bottom one is fine from a spec point of view but has a low resolution screen despite being a bigger laptop which is a bad mix. The top one would last the best part of a decade for the uses you've described.

hopskipandjump

Thanks very much, I thought as much but wasn't sure. I'll go with No. 1.