Is the laptop worth buying?

[pc1966]

The clue is in the letter S - - - > "Sh..t"

Indeed!

You can bypass account creation with genuine windows boot usb. It's just couple of commands during install.

Probably, its just MS don't seem to make it easy for various reasons. The Rufus tool probably just puts those commands in to the install execution environment but it has a couple of simple tick-boxes for you to make it really easy.

I avoids Windows as far as I can these days, though I have programmed for it in the past (along with DOS, VMS, Solaris & Linux for my sins). For the last 10 or so years I have rarely needed it at home or work, and have VMs with Windows (w2k, XP, 7) that serve for most occasions where I do need it.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Many thanks to all who replied.

I have now bought a laptop and am very happy with it, straight from the word go.

You all gave lots of information and I used a mixture of it to end up with the Asus vivo book 16GB ryzen 7 £599 from john lewis. I'm sure I could have found it cheaper from another site, but I like the fact I can pop in to the store if need be.

I booted up both the new lap top and the old. I then clicked on chrome on both at the same time. My old HP took 13 seconds to load up my home page. The ASus took <1second!!! Very happy.

I realise I wont utilise anywhere near its full capability but it's making me smile looking at the spec rundown on the system... 16GB RAM, Ryzen 7, 8 cores etc etc...

 

[HappyHippyDad]

The clue is in the letter S - - - > "Sh..t"

You can bypass account creation with genuine windows boot usb. It's just couple of commands during install.

This asus didn't come in S mode, so no faffing around needed luckily.

 

[nicebutdim]

This thread might have concluded much sooner if you'd started by asking for help in finding a decent laptop under £600

 

[pc1966]

£599 from john lewis. I'm sure I could have found it cheaper from another site, but I like the fact I can pop in to the store if need be.

I have also bought stuff from John Lewis as either I was in the store, or I wanted to buy from somewhere that actually provides service if there is an issue.

Glad it has worked out well

 

[HappyHippyDad]

This thread might have concluded much sooner if you'd started by asking for help in finding a decent laptop under £600

Very true! I did kind of wander up in price with each post.

 

[nicebutdim]

Very true! I did kind of wander up in price with each post.

Good thing you pulled the pin before this cost you thousands!