My vote is still with the Lenovo Slim Pro 14, it's open box so you are starting off with a good saving. I know you've said your budget is £2k, but that is one hell of a lot for a home computer. I look at laptops as having a 3 year life span before you want to change, if buying the Pro 14 and you di...

The budget does allow to buy new. There's 3 new laptops in my shortlist. ;) As a user experience I think Windows has gone downhill since 7. Especially bearing in mind that the competition in Linux has moved on nicely over the last 10 years... I don’t like Windows and avoid it as much as possible bu...

I think there's something to commend every laptop on the list. Making this the opposite of a Hobson's choice - as laptops go. :grin: For example, the cheapest laptop on the list, the Dell 5591, has the option of fitting a 92 whr battery (for £45 if it doesn't have one already). This gives it a reass...

The budget does allow to buy new. There's 3 new laptops in my shortlist.

As a user experience I think Windows has gone downhill since 7. Especially bearing in mind that the competition in Linux has moved on nicely over the last 10 years...

I've added a poll and edited the first post - for my list of leading contenders

It's not just the Overclockers forum. It's every other place my clicking has landed me on. Makes me wonder if maybe the people that know how to get the best laptop deals for any particular set of circumstances keep quiet about it, to avoid over-fishing of the pond? And if there's a Dunning-Kruger ef...

A Google of "laptop buying forum" leads me to sites like this:

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/commu ... ptops.111/

Which appear to give no useful information whatsoever when it comes to buying a laptop for someone with similar needs to myself.

Chromebook link is broken

Any specific Chromebook deals that you'd see as being a particularly good fit for my needs? I've stopped buying hi-fi. Apart from replacing stuff that goes BER (Beyond Economical Replacement). Such as my AV receiver earlier this year (looking forward to watching Better Call Saul Season 3, blu-ray Di...

Are there any specific Lenovo deals that you think would be pretty close to optimum for me?

Are there any bits of info that I've left out that would help determine what exactly I should get?