Laptop purchase suggestion

[tyuvbn]

Hi Guys,

My last laptop purchase was 5 years ago and i'm not tech savvy so i need some help. I lean towards HP as they have not failed me in all my purchases.

Main considerations:

1. Large screen
2. Good display
3. Preferably SSD (not too such about the speed advantage but generally it seems like its a must to have)

I'm looking at HP Pavilion Notebook 15-bc221TX and wonder if there is any better options from other brands. However, the price of 1.8k seems like a big amount to be spending on a laptop (i'm surprised that laptops still cost so much)

Some additional questions i have are:

1. What is the difference between bc221TX and bc222TX other than a 2nd hard drive of 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD.

2. What does this M.2 SSD mean?

3. Is a display of 1920 x 1080 considered good? As i watch a lot of movies i guess the display is also quite important.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Intrinion]

Hi Guys,

My last laptop purchase was 5 years ago and i'm not tech savvy so i need some help. I lean towards HP as they have not failed me in all my purchases.

Main considerations:

1. Large screen
2. Good display
3. Preferably SSD (not too such about the speed advantage but generally it seems like its a must to have)

I'm looking at HP Pavilion Notebook 15-bc221TX and wonder if there is any better options from other brands. However, the price of 1.8k seems like a big amount to be spending on a laptop (i'm surprised that laptops still cost so much)

Some additional questions i have are:

1. What is the difference between bc221TX and bc222TX other than a 2nd hard drive of 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD.

2. What does this M.2 SSD mean?

3. Is a display of 1920 x 1080 considered good? As i watch a lot of movies i guess the display is also quite important.

Thanks in advance.

Hello!

What other applications would you be using other than media consumption? i.e. editing videos / office applications (word, excel) / gaming.

1.
Looked through both the 221TX and 222TX , the main difference looks to be the presence of an M.2 SSD. Both the 221 and 222 would come with a 1TB (1000GB) conventional hard disk with the 222 having an added slot for M.2 SSD(s)

2.
To explain it in simpler terms, this is how a conventional hard disk looks like

This is how its SSD equivalent looks like

and this is how a M.2 SSD looks like

Physically they are connected differently internally and yes you are right that SSDs are quicker than conventional hard disks. So back to the comparison between the 221 and 222 - one would boot up and open up applications quicker than the other.

3. Yes, 1920 x 1080 is good enough if you watch your movies in 1080P.
It's the standard laptop screen resolution nowadays. While there are higher resolution panels out on the market, personally it adds to cost and reduced battery life owing to more computing needed to process the increased amount of pixels.

Both laptop models you mentioned has Bang and Olufsen speakers which should provide great audio to go along with it.

Which should you get:

The main reason for its high price is due to its high end specifications.
It has the latest i7 quad core processor as well as a GTX1050 graphics card.
An SSD is great but it's a $200 premium over the exact same laptop.

If you do not need such high specifications, you can look at Dell or Asus offerings - Inspiron and K / UX series respectively. At slightly lower specs, they do offer better value for money with some of the models running on SSDs as well.

 

[Irenicus]

Harvey Norman is selling the BC222TX for $1399 and BC221TX for $1599 now. Maybe you can get a better price if you can haggle with them at the shop.