Recommend me a laptop

[crazy about cars]

Struggling to find anything decent so hopefully someone can recommend some options.
Budget is up to £500.
Usage is mostly web browsing, forums and occasional RDP into work.

Must haves:

• SSD
• Not larger than 13"
• Non-glare/reflective screen (matt screen?current screen is rubbish if it's really bright behind me)
• Fingerprint scanner or Windows Hello capable camera
• Fast Wi-Fi capable of making full use of 70mbps internet connection(current Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter struggle to go above 30mbps for some reason)
• Windows 10 O/S
• Long-ish battery life (be nice not have to charge up daily when only browsing web and viewing videos)

Nice-to haves:

• 1080p res
• Touchscreen/option to detach to use as tablet
• Windows 10 Pro O/S
• High screen to body ratio/thin bezel

Any suggestions greatly welcomed!

Edited by crazy about cars on Tuesday 26th September 20:54

[crazy about cars]

Thanks for the input all!

General consencus seems to suggest I should increase the budget
I will definitely consider stretching budget if I can find something ideal.
I did consider a tablet but sometimes I need to use it to RDP into work so would think traditional keyboard and touch pad layout works best here.
I suppose I can get a keyboard kit for the tablet and some kind of stand to mimic a laptop if can find tablet beefy enough?

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Simon. said:

Double your budget, seriously.

Its going to be the network connectivity that's going to be your biggest issue, I mean I got a Lenovo Flex 10 for my son a few years ago, upgraded it to Windows 10 and it was better than when it was running Windows 8 but still dog slow, the SSD wasn't 'true' SSD from memory it was a botch of it.

The other options may be to see about buying a second hand Surface Pro (which are awesome bits of hardware btw, I personally own the Surface Pro 2 and work provided me with a SP 4). Absolute beasts.

I have the original Surface running on atom. Really regret buying it and have now gifted it to my kids.
I did look at the newer Surface and they are bit pricey for me plus I don't think I need something that beefy.
Someone suggested Samsung Tab Pro which is tempting which the attached keyboard and looks like it also comes with biometric login capability too!

edit:looks like a samsung phone is required to unlock tab pro with fingerprint ;(

Edited by crazy about cars on Wednesday 27th September 19:47

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sgrimshaw said:

Ex-display Surface Pro 4 or Samsung Tab Pro S maybe?

https://www.svp.co.uk/microsoft-surface-pro-4-128-...

https://www.svp.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-tabpro-s-12in...

Not too sure about the Surface Pro as would've loved the keyboard at that price but the Samsung looks very promising! Just what I need.
Ex display so better than pre-owned I supposed. Cheers for that will do more research on this.

I'm replacing my again and dying Asus U36J which is decent machine (I've upgraded drive to SSD) but it's falling apart now and will be missed.

[crazy about cars]

Spent Saturday in the shops looking around and honestly can't believe how much decent laptop costs now.
Granted I've upgraded my ASUS U36 to SSD but it still came with i5 and NVIDIA GPU for below 500 quid 5 years ago...

I guess I need to seriously consider upping my budget. Surface Pro laptop seems to be the best candidate for now, doesn't have fingerprint scanner but everything else ticks the boxes.