Cheapish laptop - recommendations please

[Simon]

My wife needs something as she wants to start studying something soon and it'll be shared with our son for his Google Classroom stuff, as it's not practical for him to use my work laptop.

Want a proper SSD, no eMMC or UHS stuff. Battery life and screen quality more important than gaming capability, naturally. As long as it can stream youtube vids without dropping frames I'll be happy. Prefer AMD over Intel but it's not a deal-breaker. Not ashamed to go into Currys to pick something up if theirs is the best price. Budget £500-£600 or so. Windows, not chromebook.

What would anyone recommend please?

[dinny_g]

Screen size ???

This will largely determine the quality of machine you'll get for your budget...

Edit - Assuming 15"...

I've had a couple of Lenovo's and they haven't put a foot wrong. Perhaps something like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flagship-Lenov ... 157&sr=1-7

Other half has similar (but smaller screen and Intel i3 chip)

but I'm no expert - there are others on here who will give you better advice

[mik]

Similar needs - very recently got one of these for my eldest

Decent i5 processor
16gb RAM
512GB SSD

https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/lenovo- ... ersion.asp

[DeskJockey]

I've bought all mine secondhand from eBay. You'll get a business grade machine that's a couple of years old, looks brand-new and that'll run anything you need from an office/study perspective. £3-400 is plenty.

There are plenty of Lenovo T-series ones at that price point.

[Simon]

Thanks. Yes, Forgot to say screen size. 15-16 inch. That ballpark. Funnily enough I looked at a Lenovo on Currys website as there are a couple on offer on there. My son has a Lenovo tablet for play which is good value.

Only thing putting me off is the extra number pad on the keyboard. Not a fan of number pads at all, let alone using up space on a laptop keyboard.

[mik]

I think that’s pretty common with the 15.6-16” screen models no?
As they have “spare space” compared to smaller models.

[Simon]

I've a Dell Precision 5560 (basically a business XPS) 15.6 laptop and that doesn't have it. It feels more 'right', especially as the keyboard isn't then off-centre....