Best metal laptop (Looking for guidance)

airrunner · 11 Nov 2020 at 14:04

Hi All, I wonder if you can help.

I recently purchase a huawei matebook 13 - the cheaper amd version. Love the build quality but decided now to sell it. Mainly due to the battery life being very poor.

In light of this, i have decided to spend a little more, up to £1000. I'm looking for your help on what would be the best, bang for buck laptop. I would ideally like it to be 13 inch or would also look at 14inch.

Many thanks

MiSJAH · 11 Nov 2020 at 21:34

airrunner said:
Hi All, I wonder if you can help.

I recently purchase a huawei matebook 13 - the cheaper amd version. Love the build quality but decided now to sell it. Mainly due to the battery life being very poor.

In light of this, i have decided to spend a little more, up to £1000. I'm looking for your help on what would be the best, bang for buck laptop. I would ideally like it to be 13 inch or would also look at 14inch.

Many thanks

What will you be using the laptop for?

airrunner · 12 Nov 2020 at 09:37

MiSJAH said:
What will you be using the laptop for?

Hey Misjah - Just for general internet use. Although i wouldn't mind something that packs a little punch for some light gaming. Essentially, the best that money can buy for in region of £1000 13/14inch with ideally an all metal shell.

I was looking at
ASUS ZenBook UX425JA 14" Laptop - Intel® Core™ i5, 512 GB SSD, Grey

The only thing that has made me hesitant is that it's only 8gb ram and i don't believe it's entirely metal the shell for durability. But i do love the long battery life of 22 hrs.

airrunner · 12 Nov 2020 at 12:51

I was thinking of this - https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/laptops/matebook-13-2020/buy/

Anyone know of anything better value than the above?

airrunner · 12 Nov 2020 at 12:51

I7 Verison

manic111 · 12 Nov 2020 at 14:31

I have a Lenovo Ideapad 5, with a Ryzen 4700u, 16gb RAM and a 512gb SSD and it absolutely flies, and manages gaming reasonably well. Cost me about £675. I came from a Macbook Pro and expected to be really disappointed in the build quality, and I've been pleasantly surprised. If you configure it right, it's mostly metal (metal lid and palm rest) with a plastic underside, but for the price it feels incredibly solid.

nam · 12 Nov 2020 at 17:53

This one is all metal with latest 11th Gen starts at 1079 should be good for £90 off using HDUK codes , https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/yoga/yoga-2-in-1-series/Yoga-9-14ITL5/p/88YGC901455

chipps101 · 12 Nov 2020 at 18:57

I've seen Asus zephyrus G14's for under £1000 lately, perhaps have a look at them.