1080p, 256Gb SSD, 8Gb RAM - then you are talking. It's really a bad compromise to not pay the extra £50 or so to get that in the spec.

If you double the pixel density on a 5" phone you see the same amount of info but with twice the DPI.
Moving from 768P to 1080P is also a doubling the pixel density but it also allows you to display twice as much info as the 15.6" screen is large enough to accommodate it.
So you can view 2 documents rather than one all with the same number of pixels.
If you showed twice as much info on a 5" screen everything would be too small as it would be half the size.
Therefore they are not comparable.

Stop reading anything the reviewer that said that writes

Hey, do you have a link to that?

Will this play CIV 6 comfortably?

Decent specs except the screen resolution will annoy many people. heat from me regardless, it's a low price and otherwise decent.

It's very relative.... If u have never used 1080p....720p will be good Enuf

720 screen and DVD writer, how quaint.

it's a nice spec, but I totally disagree, 720p is not enough to be anywhere near productive.

Any good for a university student to around campus etc?

1080p at 15" as a minimum.. 13" you might get away with 720p but I'm using a a 13" mac at 2560 x 1600 and I have to scale it to smallest..the higher the better IMO.

1080p, 256Gb SSD, 8Gb RAM - then you are talking. It's really a bad compromise to not pay the extra £50 or so to get that in the spec.

4 GB is not much, windows will be compromised by having to call upon the hard drive a lot. What is the position with extra memory?

adrianmg as you seem to know your subject, my understanding is that SSDs can only be written to a limited number of times, so more memory would as a result increase the life expectancy of the SSD. Though you have not asked, my I5 laptop here handles 4 browser tabs with 32GB very fluidly

I really don't see the issue with this not being full hd. I play games on my Lenovo V110 15ISK (i3 tho), no issue with resolution. So far, I've tried Overwatch (low settings for everything), Cities Skylines and Insurgency. All run with next to no issue.

All those moaning about a 720p laptop screen - please feel free to drop an extra £100 or so on a full hd screen which you won't see too much of a difference on.

The resolution is acceptable on a £200 10"/11" netbook, but woeful on a £369 laptop.

spannerzone your 'horses for courses' is very true. One of my friends, his boy has an HP laptop like my fujitsu. The HP has 4GB, I'm told that it has freezing issues. I'll be truthful and admit that when I bought my laptop, there was a very good deal for 2 of 16GB on Amazon that I bought. I'm regularly on the prowl for a good SSD. I've read reviews that say some are little better than common hard drives

Stop reading anything the reviewer that said that writes

Not really a fan of the U processors

pondlife you wouldn't trust http://www.userbenchmark.com

cojack only time will tell, though to be fair, what you say is close to what Apple are known for over recent years

You comment is misleading. 720p is low for a laptop and in fact this laptop screen has a higher resolution than that at 1366x768.

This has been fairly standard in laptops for many many years now as higher resolutions take more power and cost more. This being said the screen resolutions of my last 3 phones have been 2560x1440 and those have been on 5.5 inch screens, the screen on this laptop is 15.6 inches. My own 13 inch screen laptop has a screen resolution of 2560 x 1440.

I think it was right of spannerzone to point out how poor the resolution is.

Nothing misleading about it. I've used 720p and 4k laptops, so I'm helping others realise that for most tasks, this resolution is perfectly acceptable. The higher resolutions provide better clarity in some applications, e.g. photo editing. For info. I have also used mobiles with various screen resolutions and with a screen that small, you'd be hard pushed to justify anything over 720p or at most 1080p. In the case of mobiles, you hold the photo closer than you would a laptop so on balance, the same sort of resolution would be acceptable.

I would suggest providing useful comments rather than trying to tell people that this resolution is slightly higher than 720p. We know that, it's for making it easier for others to related to a common term.

400 was my budget for a laptop (got a Ryzen and 1070 in my PC.) Needed a laptop for photoshop while I'm away from PC. Using photoshop means multi tasking, the i5 made me click this deal straight away but 4GB is just not going to cut it for me :disappointed: guess I'll have to save up a bit more or if anyone can recommend anything I've missed?

If you double the pixel density on a 5" phone you see the same amount of info but with twice the DPI.
Moving from 768P to 1080P is also a doubling the pixel density but it also allows you to display twice as much info as the 15.6" screen is large enough to accommodate it.
So you can view 2 documents rather than one all with the same number of pixels.
If you showed twice as much info on a 5" screen everything would be too small as it would be half the size.
Therefore they are not comparable.

You could buy more RAM to make it 8GB.

every one, my Fujitsu a556 has a screen of 1366 X 768. For things like word processing and exchanging messages here, it is perfectly good. If you have more resolution, you most likely have less memory for every thing else as popular laptops are sold with as little memory as possible and with out dedicated graphics memory that is part of a graphics card

It'd be cheaper to just buy one that's already 8GB and probably with a better build quality

Bought my daughter a Lenovo for a similar price last year. She hates it and I can't blame her to be honest. Still, it will encourage her to work hard for a better one :laughing:

If you don't need new, I can recommend Tier1, as an example this is just £10 over your budget but a half decent spec;

http://www.tier1online.com/728-20a8-s0qh00-bscreen/refurbished-x1-carbon-2nd-gen-i5-4300-2560x1600-grade-b-minor-screen-blemish-barely-visible-when-in-use

Or this for £350;

http://www.tier1online.com/728-2347a31-b/refurbished-thinkpad-t430-1600x900-8gb-240gb-ssd-i5-3320m-grade-b

I've just picked up one of the X1 carbon laptops, Tier1 have better eyesight than me as I've yet to find a screen blemish. The worst thing about it was that the stickers they put on the wrist rest were starting to peel so I had to remove them.

mani5001
ref; It'd be cheaper to just buy one that's already 8GB and probably with a better build quality

For example what?

i5, 8GB RAM and doesn't look like it would break from closing it to quick. (I know it's an A grade but look at the price too) http://dcdigitaltv.co.uk/product/hp-pavilion-15-au181sa-15-6-laptop/

From ebuyers web page:

"Plenty of Storage

With up to 1 TB of storage space, there's ample room for all your documents, photos, and other digital files"

Is this a typo or reference to some type of cloud storage?

I find 4gb to be limiting when running browsers with many tabs that are open. So unless you are talking about a more portable device I would make sure it can be upgraded to at least 6gb but preferably 8gb

:smiley::confused:

high five to you

Is it possible to remove the dvd drive and fit a hdd caddy?

I got a Medion Akoya i5-7200U, 8GB Memory 256GB SSD, 1080p 14" screen, 2yr warranty for around £400 2 months ago. It's a great machine an even has backlit keys :smiley:

Mental is a harsh word to use. When 1080p screens exist and can be had in laptops circa this price, not sure why you would entertain it.

so you're going to be squinting to see everything? I have a friend who has a 1080p 14inch laptop and you can't see anything. If you're using it long term, you really shouldn't have things that small anyway.

Then again, I do coding. Having a high resolution would really kill my eyes.

http://m.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_647765.html
Ideal for uni.

£379 now

720P screen is woeful in this day and age. Welcome to the dark ages, basically, with this laptop. 1080p minimum for a 15-inch screen.