My aunt and uncle are wanting to buy my cousin a laptop as a surprise before he starts his degree in September. Being the "techie" of the family (apparently) they've asked for my advice. Unfortunately I think they've over estimated my credentials and rather than admit my ignorance I thought I'd ask here. Then take the credit and adulation of my family. So, the pertinent information:
He's doing a physics degree Apple products aren't on the cards Budget is £500+ (I have to admit I'm not sure if you can get a laptop for programming at that price point. If not I'm happy to feed that back to them).
Display Type 15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) IPS AntiGlare 250Nit
Memory 8GB (2x4GB DDR4)
Storage 256GB SSD
Graphics Integrated AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8 Graphics
Battery Up to 3 hours
Would they consider a refurbished one? You can normally get some pretty good deals from Dell's own refurbished Outlet store and your money goes a lot further, £485 gets you this one
Inspiron 15 - 5567 Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-7500U (2 Core,4MB Cache, up to 3.5 GHz) Windows 10 Home (64bit) 8GB (1x8GB) 2400MHz DDR4 Non-ECC 256GB 2.5 inch SATA Class 20 Solid State Drive Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD) 4GB AMD Radeon R7 M44x Software Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 802.11ac, 1x1, 2.4 & 5GHz + Bluetooth 4.2 LCD Back Cover for Non-Touch Screen with HD Camera-Sparkling White Battery : 3-cell 42WHr Battery 15.6 inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Non-Touch Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display Internal UK/Irish Keyboard
Thanks guys, it's given me something to work on. Refurbished would definitely be on the table and I should have thought of that so thanks for reminding me that it's an option.
