No need to spend that much unless it in includes a fancy monitor. Just get one of the Lenovos further up the thread.
Pretty much everything has HDMI for an external monitor these days.
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In true AA style in the end we bought this for £580
https://www.laptopoutlet.co.uk/medion-akoya-s6445-15-6-inch-ci7-8565u-8gb-512gb-ssd-w10h.html
We found a voucher code.
If you want a nice laptop, the Dell XPS range is the standard choice. They have great spec and exquisite screens. That said, a mate who has one has had no end of problems, but then the guarantee is good!
Personally I would go cheaper and get a decent screen, as I hate the form factor. The Lenovo business machines at £800-odd are great.
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The guys at work (after I’d got past the “durr, Linux”, “durr, Mac” - being IT nerds it’s like here but with even more coffee) are saying Dell, probably XPS.
Cheers, synchronised posting.
Have you considered an all in one PC? They are usually 24" touch screen things. If you don’t need portability they can be a lot cleaner looking at home.
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Work just gave me a Lenovo Yoga X390 (i7) which is very nice. Super light, great screen (1920x1080) and 3x USB C and 1x USB A
The i5 is probably more in the price range you mention. Would happily own one myself.
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I have had a couple of laptops from Dell’s consumer range and they were dreadful. Buggy and unreliable.
However my current work laptop (Latitude 5490) is excellent. The business range is much better built. (Still not as good as the MacBook though!)
Already got one upstairs. This is a second machine that will need to move around 
Upvc sash ones
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The 2020 XPS is super nice. Bezel has almost completely gone. I’ve got the 2019 machine which is nice but the latest one is king. They start around a grand, heading quickly into the stratosphere.
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“standard for whom” i stopped procuring Dells last year, due to so many RMAs. Our standard choice ATM is Lenovo
we are ordering similar to these:
https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkbook-series/Lenovo-ThinkBook-15-IML/p/20SM000FUK
Not that anyone gives a crap, but I ended up going for a Dell XPS 13, not the “new” model. So by the sounds of it the same thing that @browellm has, but perhaps a different screen size.
The “new” one looks like it has marginally better graphics, one less USB C hole, and half the memory (on the standard kit-out). And costs more.
I guess with the USB thing you’re supposed to use a USB monitor as a hub if you’re at a desk.
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Arrived about 7pm.
Blimey, Windows laptops have changed a bit since the last time I had one (2007/8?).
But you can rely on McAfee being dogshit that’s deliberately difficult to remove.
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Does that come pre-installed? How utterly shit.
Yes. No option with Dell. I presume McAfee pay for it to happen.
It’s a pain in the crack.
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Don’t take it when you go sunbathing in the park like this German bloke did who had it in a yellow bag.
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Decent prime day deal for a Surface.
let’s hope they are better than previous incarnations. Every one (3 now) i have had from work had given up the ghost after about 10 months…
My latest Lenovo i5 IdeaPad still as new after 15 months
Decision time on new Dell laptop.
Been offered a choice between the following -
XPS 15 7000 Series-7590 @ £1460
OR
Dell Mobile Precision Workstation 3550 BTX @ £936
We change our machines every 3 years and keep the older one as back up.
Which one would you go for and why?
Specs provided as follows -
Components
1 XPS 15 7000 Series-7590
1 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-9750H (12MB Cache, up to 4.5 GHz, 6 cores)
1 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) InfinityEdge Anti-Glare Non-touch IPS 100% sRGB 500-Nits display
1 Palmrest for 81 key (Finger Print)
1 Silver
1 16GB DDR4-2666MHz, 2x8G
1 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
1 E5 UK Power Cord
1 130W Power Adapter
1 6-Cell 97WHr Integrated
1 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5
1 Driver for Wireless 1650
1 Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Backlit Keyboard
1 Additional Software 7590 - Commercial (Windows)
1 Fixed Hardware Configuration
Software
1 Windows 10 Pro (64 Bit), English, Dutch, French, German, Italian
1 Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial - Excludes Office License
1 McAfee Small Business Security 12-month subscription
Service
1 1Y ProSupport and Next Business Day Onsite Service Upgrade
1 Y2-3 ProSupport and Next Business Day Onsite Service Extension
1 No Accidental Damage Protection (001_OS)
1 1Y Collect and Return Service
Components
1 Dell Mobile Precision Workstation 3550 BTX
1 Intel Core Processor i7-10510U with Nvidia P520 2GB, Thunderbolt
1 Intel Core Processor i7-10510U (4 Core, 8MB Cache, 1.8Ghz, 4.9Ghz Turbo, 15W)
1 15.6" FHD 1920x1080, Anti-Glare Non-Touch, 45% color gamut
1 Dual Pointing with Contacted Smart Card Only, Thunderbolt
1 No WWAN Support
1 Bezel, Camera & Mic
1 16GB, 1X16GB, DDR4 2666Mhz Non-ECC Memory
1 M.2 512GB PCIe NVMe Class 40 Solid State Drive
1 E5 UK Power Cord
1 4 Cell 68Whr ExpressCharge Capable Battery
1 Regulatory Label included
1 EAN label
1 FCC Label
1 Nvidia Quadro P520 w/ 2GB GDDR5
1 90W 7.4mm barrel EPEAT adapter
1 Intel WiFi6 AX201 Wireless Card for WW
1 Driver for Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 2x2 .11ax 160MHz + Bluetooth 5.1
1 SSD Bracket for M.2 PCIe
1 Dual Pointing Backlit Keyboard English with 10 Key Numeric Keypad
1 Waves Maxx Audio
1 Dell Power Manager
1 Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery Tool
1 SupportAssist
1 Bottom Door
1 System Shipment Material (MWS3550)
1 Fixed Hardware Configuration
Software
1 Resource Media not Included
1 Windows 10 Pro (64 Bit), English, Dutch, French, German, Italian
1 No OS Media Kit
1 Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial - Excludes Office License
1 No Out-of-Band Systems Management - No vPro
1 System Driver for Mobile Precision 3550
1 Dell Developed Recovery Environment
1 Dell Optimizer for Precision
1 No Anti-Virus Software
Service
1 1Y Basic Onsite Service
1 1Y ProSupport and Next Business Day Onsite Service Upgrade
1 Y2-3 ProSupport and Next Business Day Onsite Service Extension