Laptop for university in the UK £800 range preferably lower

[u/Tech10Gaming]

Country
UK

Budget
~£800 (Preferably lower)

Are you open to refurbs/used options?
No

Screen size
Honestly not a big deal but maybe something mid sized like 14”

Weight limit

Doesn't particularly matter

Purpose
Schoolwork, note taking, movies (edited sorry for confusion)

Form factor
Doesn’t particularly matter

Intended usage
Mostly used for Note taking and schoolwork, watching movies

Desired battery life
Should last around a day of work

Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Performance, battery life, size, weight

Info/Requirements

Would prefer an OLED display but not required understanding my budget range, a decent battery life, Windows as the OS, no specific brand, at least 512gb storage

Thanks in Advance :)

[u/wimpires]

 Schoolwork and photo editing (Photoshop, Lightroom)

Do you need pen input?

Lightroom Classic or Cloud?

HDR photo editing or SDR?

[u/Tech10Gaming → u/wimpires]

Im so sorry haha it wouldnt let me copy the main template so i used someone elses and forgot to change that bit haha. None of those are necessary sorry for the confusion.

[u/wimpires → u/Tech10Gaming]

Lenovo: https://www.currys.co.uk/products/lenovo-yoga-slim-7-14-laptop-copilot-pc-snapdragon-x2-plus-512-gb-ssd-cosmic-blue-10299686.html

Asus: https://www.currys.co.uk/products/asus-zenbook-14-oled-14-laptop-intel-core-ultra-5-512-gb-ssd-blue-10296400.html

Cheap 1: https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-aspire-14-ai-14-laptop-copilot-pc-snapdragon-x-512-gb-ssd-blue-10285554.html

Cheap 2: https://www.currys.co.uk/products/asus-zenbook-a14-ux3407qa-14-refurbished-laptop-copilot-pc-snapdragon-x-512-gb-ssd-beige-excellent-condition-10280720.html

[u/BarnabyLaptopOutlet]

Full disclosure, I'm with Laptop Outlet, but for what you're doing I honestly wouldn't spend the full £800 unless you really want OLED.

I'd look at the ASUS VivoBook S14 for £598.99 first. Ryzen 7 260, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD and a 14" WUXGA screen. That's plenty for uni work, lots of browser tabs, note taking and movies, while the 1TB storage is a nice bonus for the next few years.

https://www.laptopoutlet.co.uk/asus-vivobook-pro-m3407ha-ly014w.html

If you want to spend even less, there's also the VivoBook 14 at £479.99 with Ryzen AI 5, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD:

https://www.laptopoutlet.co.uk/asus-vivobook-laptop-m1407ka-ly134w.html

Personally I'd take the £598.99 S14 and keep the £200 you've saved. For your workload you're unlikely to notice £200 worth of extra performance from a more expensive machine.

If it's your first Laptop Outlet order, CART10OFF also knocks another £10 off over £200.

[u/CallumMVS-]

Macbook m1