Laptop advice - processor vs screen

browneggsandham · 27-12-2022, 13:25

Looking for a bit of hopefully pretty general advice.

I'm in the market to replace my slightly old ASUS laptop as it's seen better days, budget around £5-600 max.

Mainly used for day to day things, but also more recently for bits of work including website building and app building/running.

Looking at newer ASUS vivobook models but open to suggestions. My price point seems to be a bit of a balance between screen quality (OLED or just UHD) and processor 11th/12th gen.

Where would people recommend my focus should be? Should I sacrifice the OLED display for 12th gen i5/i7 or will the processor difference be negligible for my type of usage?
Ideally 16GB RAM and WiFi6 as I have Virgin's new HUB6 at home.

Any thoughts/recommendations/links greatly appreciated

TIA

Jaymoss · 27-12-2022, 13:31

Surprised you can get OLEDs in the £600 price range. I personally would opt out of that in favour of better hardware

Taf · 27-12-2022, 14:25

Lenovo has a good sale on at the moment. It's always best to buy direct from them.

I'd always go for a faster processor and more RAM, as even a smart screen is boring as you wait for the guts to do the computing.

https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/d/deals...CYoga%2CLenovo

GrimUpNorth · 27-12-2022, 16:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taf

Lenovo has a good sale on at the moment. It's always best to buy direct from them.

I'd always go for a faster processor and more RAM, as even a smart screen is boring as you wait for the guts to do the computing.

https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/d/deals...CYoga%2CLenovo

I can recommend Lenovo too and they have a link on the page Taf put for a further 10% off your first order. Also, I think the current AMD powered laptops can easily give Intel a run for their money.