laptop/ultrabook recommendations

[Ramrod]

As per title.
My wife needs a new laptop.
Under £1000 (sub £600 would be nice)
11.5-14" screen
i5 or i7 Haswell
4gig RAM minimum
128gig ssd would be nice
Prefer if it had win7 on it but that's looking impossible so 8.1 will have to do.
Not a Mac.....

Anyone have any ideas as I'm going round in circles atm.....

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Something like this would be nice but it's coming from the states

wave a grand and then be happy to just spend over half what chance does that give us lol lol

windows 8.1 can look and feel just like 7 easy

why only a smaller than normal screen?

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http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Asus_...3G/version.asp call for ram upgrade

You could if you wanted source an optical bay adapter and put the existing HDD in that and add your own SSD. ( I rarely read discs now btw this may not suit you or maybe if rarely us optical bung the drive you take out into a slim external
caddy maybe)

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http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Samsu...UK/version.asp touch screen again upgrade the ram this has the ssd

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http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Lenov...UK/version.asp this is win 7 upgrade ram

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http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Lenov...96/version.asp

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http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Fujit...GB/version.asp upper limit

[MovedGoalPosts]

Is the sub £600 so you can get goodies for your PC

Always worth looking at Dell's lappys - check the small business offerings for Windows 7 alternatives. They have a Windows 8 licence downgraded to Windows 7 Pro so if you wanted to you can install Windows 8 (if you find the Dell OEM disks they don't supply).

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Rob

Is the sub £600 so you can get goodies for your PC

Always worth looking at Dell's lappys - check the small business offerings for Windows 7 alternatives. They have a Windows 8 licence downgraded to Windows 7 Pro so if you wanted to you can install Windows 8 (if you find the Dell OEM disks they don't supply).

Dell lappys build quality isn't all that
Win 8 isn't all that bad (had a play in pc world today) and I think I can get Mandy to accept it.

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Thoughts on this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1213587485...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
?

its used

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

its used

Yep. Might not be a problem.....or are you always leery of used kit?

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Yep. Might not be a problem.....or are you always leery of used kit?

I do tend to be unless I know its history. specially when it is in the hundreds of pounds

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

I do tend to be unless I know its history. specially when it is in the hundreds of pounds

Hmmmm.....that is what's stopped me going for it. Decisions, decisions.....
I really like your Samsung recommendation but the processor seems a bit weedy/unknown

it is not meant to be a desktop replacement

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http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_...03/version.asp there is this ultra book top end of budget

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http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Gigab...F1/version.asp

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lots of nice ultra books at top end of budget

[qasdfdsaq]

Sounds like you want... pretty much any ultrabook on the market right now.

Macbook Air also fits the bill perfectly, if you can stomach running Windows on a Mac. Course that does give you the opportunity to buy Windows 7 yourself and install it.

[Jimmy-J]

You could have ago at putting your own Laptop/Notebook together here... http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/

[progers]

Personally I would avoid DELL too, they don't tend to use propriety components.

I have an ACER and my daughter has my old one, a friend and his wife also bought ACER on my recommendation.

Win 8.1 takes a bit of getting used to but once you are, it's brilliant; boot up time c. 20 secs!

Originally Posted by progers

Personally I would avoid DELL too, they don't tend to use propriety components.

I have an ACER and my daughter has my old one, a friend and his wife also bought ACER on my recommendation.

Win 8.1 takes a bit of getting used to but once you are, it's brilliant; boot up time c. 20 secs!

I disable the fast start up features of windows 8 as it does not really perform a full shut down which I have found over time creates problems I can wait the extra 30 seconds to do a proper cycle lol

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

it is not meant to be a desktop replacement

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http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_...03/version.asp there is this ultra book top end of budget

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http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Gigab...F1/version.asp

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lots of nice ultra books at top end of budget

That Gigabyte one is pretty spot on. I'm amazed at he price though since it's been out for almost two years now!
I'm also surprised at the cost of laptops compared to the last four times I've had to buy one! They seem to be more expensive in comparison and are holding their prices for a lot longer.

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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J

You could have ago at putting your own Laptop/Notebook together here... http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/

That is really rather good!

Chassis & Display
Fusion-T: 14" 10-Point Multi-Touch Glossy HD+ Widescreen (1600x900)


Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Dual Core Processor i7-4500U (1.80GHz, 3.0GHz Turbo)


Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)


Graphics Card
INTEL® HD GRAPHICS MEDIA ACCELERATOR 4400


Memory - Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)


Memory Card Reader
Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)


Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack


Bluetooth & Wireless
WIRELESS INTEL® N135 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH


USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS AS STANDARD


Battery
Fusion Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (44.6WH)

The 14" Fusion-T

Specification Snapshot:

4th Gen Intel® Core™ CPUs
Intel HD® Graphics 4400
Certified Intel® Ultrabook™
10 Point Multi-Touch
Up to 7 Hour Battery Life
1600 x 900 Resolution
SuperSpeed USB 3.0
HDMI Output Connection
Wireless Fitted as Standard

£698.00 inc VAT and Delivery!
I'm trying to find the catch!

you do not want a V300 SSD the recently changed the NAND and you do not want to get stuck with one of the newer models