What HP Pavilion model suits your needs best?
What HP Pavilion model suits your needs best?
Hello I always buy HP Pavilions and need a new one. I'm in the UK. Curry's have this one for £249, at a huge reduction. but it's only a 14" screen:
HP Pavilion SE 14 Laptop - Intel®® N200 128 GB SSD 8gb ram full HD screen 128 gb SSD
Then there's this one from the HP Store with a 15.6" screen, it's currently £429 - another good reduction in price
HP Pavilion 15-eg2023na Touchscreen Laptop – Core™ i3, Blue 8 gb ram 256 gb SSD
My eyesight isn't getting any better - would it make sense to pay more for the bigger screen? I don't need a touchscreen, so that's not a dealbreaker.
The eyesight factor is significant. Does a bigger screen make more sense? The cheaper one won't hang around for much longer. Please advise!
The stated price of £249 reflects the actual cost for this model. Currys raised the price by £150 over two weeks before reducing it to create the impression of a discount.
The CPU performance is poor and the 128GB storage capacity is insufficient.
Another HP laptop you referenced seems acceptable despite its less vibrant display and basic colour range, making it unsuitable for professional colour-intensive work like photo or video editing. It should suffice for everyday use.
Given your vision limitations, have you thought about a 17.3" screen, which would raise the cost considerably?
Thank you for your reply. I also thought about a 17-inch model priced around the 15.6", but it only offers 128 GB. You'd need to upgrade for another £100.
That's a much better option, but make sure you go for 512GB of storage option because that will also give you Iris X graphics, and a better CPU.
With a larger screen like that you can go into Windows settings and increase the scaling and text size which will make everything nice and big with plenty of room to display lots of content on the screen. You can also increase the Zoom option in your preferred web browser if you need to.
Sure, here’s a clearer comparison of these machines.
The first model is the HP Pavilion 15-eg2023na Touchscreen Laptop, featuring a Core™ i3 processor, Windows 11 Home, 8 GB RAM, and a 256 GB SSD with a 39.6 cm display.
The second is the HP Pavilion 15-eg2019na Touchscreen Core i3, also running Windows 11 Home, with 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, and a similar 15.6" FHD touch screen.
The third is the HP Pavilion 15-eg3021na, which has a newer Core™ i3 processor (13th generation), same RAM and storage as the first two, but a slightly higher price at £449.
It seems these options are very similar, differing mainly in the processor generation and price point.
The specifications for laptops 1 and 2 seem to match exactly; only the case color varies. Laptop 3 costs more due to its slightly faster CPU, which is only marginally improved. For those with vision issues, I still suggest the 17.3" version if you don’t need portability. It offers dual-channel RAM, Iris Xe graphics, and a more advanced CPU.