Laptop for Office Work (Especially 15-20 Chrome Tabs) - Budget $1,000

HarryG on 04/01/2022 - 16:07
Last edited 04/01/2022 - 20:59 by 1 other user

Looking to buy a laptop for normal office work mainly using MS Office and Google Chrome. No gaming.

Requirements:

• Touchscreen - Helps with one on one client meetings.
• USB - C Charger
• Min 8 GB Ram
• i5 or i7 11th Gen or Equivalent.
• No Numpad on the keyboard
• Preferably 14 inches or less.

Looking to spend less than $1000 if possible.

Was looking at these two options - Lenovo Yoga 7i EVO 14-inch i5-1135G7/8GB/512GB SSD 2 in 1 Device

Lenovo Pro For Small Business - Requires sign on to reveal details

Not a big fan of HP, Acer, Asus (please feel free to change my mind)

Are there any better options?

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  Sage222 on 04/01/2022 - 16:13

  +2

  from Chrome tabs RAM is more important than most. if its mostly for browsing any current gen i5 would be fine with 16gb ram. though check out Ryzen 5 series too. Spend your money on a good screen and good wifi card (Intel with wifi 6) unless your wired.

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    HarryG on 04/01/2022 - 16:39

    Any specific brand or models?

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      Sage222 on 04/01/2022 - 17:33

      Most brands have good and bad models. Lenovo, Acer, Dell are usually good to Check

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  MagicMushroom on 04/01/2022 - 16:42

  8GB is not enough for that many chrome tabs

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  MS Paint on 04/01/2022 - 16:58

  +1

  15-20 Chrome tabs?

  Why so many?

  I occasionally find myself with 5 or 6 open but 20 seems insane

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    fantombloo on 04/01/2022 - 17:19

    +5

    20 tabs easy when researching something.

    Nothing like the relief of solving the issue and shutting those tabs click click click click click click click click click click click click.

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    pharkurnell on 04/01/2022 - 17:21

    It happens at work that some people have 20+ tabs open. Laptop slows to a crawl…

    You ask why so many, but most times they dont even realise that 17 of them they are finished with..
    MWO,i usually only have 5-6 open max.

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    HarryG on 04/01/2022 - 18:45

    Thats the max I am expecting the machine to handle. Usually dont have more than 7-8.