Need laptop for my parents 13.3 or 15.4 for max £700

nukec

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Hi the requirements are:


  • thin
    good battery life

That's it.
The ones that I have in mind now are:

  • Macbook Air 13.3 2013 or 2014 edition (depends on the deal I get)
    Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite

I will run Windows 8.1 on both. I know you would say why overpay Mac for Win 8.1. I was anti-mac but I want robust case and outstanding battery life, because all they do is browsing, music, videos, word. I want something to last. I heard there is no problem running Win 8.1 on Macbook Air. Macbook Air can replace battery and SSD, while on Samsung everything is soldered.

I would be really grateful if someone can give me some additional suggestions.
 
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Personally I would go for the Macbook Air out of the two you chose - but here is a list of ones (with my ratings) that I have tried and liked:
Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite (8/10)
Toshiba U50T-A-10F (9/10)
Macbook Pro 2014 Edition (8.5/10)
Dell Latitude 3440 (Cheapest) (7.5/10)
HP Pavilion 15 TouchSmart n232sa (9/10)

I would definitely get the HP or the Toshiba. They are nice to look at, have fairly big SSD size, Windows 8 and and just overall really good.

SachMcFunny

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Personally I would go for the Macbook Air out of the two you chose - but here is a list of ones (with my ratings) that I have tried and liked:
Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite (8/10)
Toshiba U50T-A-10F (9/10)
Macbook Pro 2014 Edition (8.5/10)
Dell Latitude 3440 (Cheapest) (7.5/10)
HP Pavilion 15 TouchSmart n232sa (9/10)

I would definitely get the HP or the Toshiba. They are nice to look at, have fairly big SSD size, Windows 8 and and just overall really good.
 
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