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October 25, 2016

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What's the best budget laptop? The best cheap laptop is the HP 250 G4, but also check out for the Asus X555LA and Toshiba Chromebook 2. Learn more about the top budget laptops in our best budget laptops chart below.
The 11 best budget laptops available to buy in the UK in 2016. Best budget laptops reviews. Want a cheap laptop? Read our best cheap laptops reviews and laptop buying advice. See also: all laptop reviews. We like a bargain, especially when we're spending our own money and while a laptop might be an essential device to have around, you probably don't want to be eating into any savings and risk not being able to afford that holiday you've been dreaming of. Also see: Laptop Advisor
Although we review many mid-range and high-end laptops, there are plenty of cheaper options out there in the market. We review and rank them with the same care and attention so here you can find the best budget laptop for your needs.
The situation is better than it has been in terms of what you can get for your money in the laptop market. With the rise of smartphone and particularly tablets, laptops have become more affordable and with better specs to tempt consumers.
You're still not going to get anything mind blowing but it's amazing what you can find for under £300 or even £200.

Chances are you're looking for a budget laptop for a specific task. Perhaps the best budget laptop for video editing, the best budget laptop for music production or even the best budget laptop for playing Minecraft and other games. There's also a chance you're looking for the best budget laptop with an SSD or the best budget laptop with good battery life.
Well we can't promise anything but you might find something which suits your needs without blowing your bank balance. Typically, it's hard to get something which is capable of demanding tasks like these examples within a tight budget and we'll explore why. Technology companies love a bit of one-upmanship. At IFA 2016 Acer has announced the Swift 7, the worldâ€™s thinnest laptop. When closed, its thickest edge measures 9.98mm, which makes it the first laptop to be under 1cm thick. A fine achievement, but does it warrant you one? We went hands-on - read our Acer Swift 7 review.

ACER SWIFT 7 REVIEW: UK PRICE AND AVAILABILITY
Acer has priced the European release of the Swift 7 at €1,299, which at the time of writing is £1,090. This makes it more expensive than Appleâ€™s thin as a pancake £1,049 MacBook, so Acer is firmly in premium territory. Then again, the Swift 7 has an Intel Core m7 processor whereas that MacBook at that price has only an m3.
The exact UK price and release date for the Swift 7 are to be confirmed but itâ€™ll be out at some point in October 2016.

Itâ€™s thin. Really, really thin. While Acer has gone all-out with the â€˜worldâ€™s thinnestâ€™ marketing line, you canâ€™t ignore the fact this laptop is a design marvel. 9.98mm at its thickets point when closes means the Swift 7 will slide into a bag like a magazine. Itâ€™s got a 13.3in screen with Gorilla Glass, which is great but unusual for a laptop, along with a clever hinge design that displays two performance indicator lights when open or closed. Itâ€™s actually a shame that this aspect of the design isnâ€™t utilised a bit better to give the user more information â€“ itâ€™s just two tiny lights.

The lid is a metallic black while the base is a metallic gold. This is currently the only colour option, and follows the lead of Apple and HP (with its Spectre ultrabook) by introducing gold into its premium range of laptops. That gold base houses a full size keyboard which at first glance looks like the keys might be too far apart. Happily, we spent a fair few minutes typing on the Swift 7 and there are no issues. The keys have great travel and their quality reinforces the high-end nature of the product.
The Swift 7 also has a huge trackpad, at 72mm to be precise. Weâ€™re not sure why itâ€™s so huge, but it means navigation through Windows 10 is an absolute breeze so we canâ€™t complain. Overall we canâ€™t really fault the design, though if compared to other ultrabooks like Dellâ€™s XPS 13, the bezel around the screen is quite wide, and it doesnâ€™t feel as disappear-in-your-bag portable as the MacBook, but thatâ€™s a slightly unfair comparison given Appleâ€™s laptop has a smaller 12in screen.
If you like the Acer Swift 7â€™s design at first sight, then none of this will matter anyway â€“ and it is gorgeous.

The Swift 7 has a 13.3in full HD IPS display that reproduces colours very well, and pages are readable even on the lowest brightness setting. As we mentioned previously, it has a Core m7 processor, Intelâ€™s current highest spec Core m chip. Thatâ€™s paired with 8GB RAM and a 256GB solid state drive. The combination should prove very effective, and we are looking forward to putting it through its paces in a full review soon.
Acer has also taken the USB-C jump, giving the Swift 7 two of the ports for charging, data transfer and external display connections. There are no other ports besides a headphone jack.

Weâ€™ll have to explore the full features of the laptop in a longer review, including the wisdom behind putting the Dolby Audio speakers on the bottom of the casing. It means that audio sounds great when the unit is on a flat table surface, as it creates a decent amplification. However, we found that sound was less easy to hear when on our lap, which is a little frustrating as it ended up feeling like a compromise to achieve the thinness it so boasts.
We chatted about IFA after we got back on our podcast. Listen here from 32 minutes: After the initial good impressions of this laptopâ€™s exquisite design, we feel it can live up to its billing. The fact the Swift 7 has a Core m7 at the price point works in its favour, and it has the potential to fall into the laps of business users and consumers alike. We reckon the full dimensions could be a little smaller but that is nit-picking. Acer has done superbly to create such elegant hardware and it stands up well next to its rivals.

It's press day at IFA 2016, the tech show in Berlin, and all the big names in tech are holding press conferences to announce new products. Here's how to watch the Asus IFA 2016 press conference live stream. See also: What to expect from IFA 2016.
As per usual, Asus isn't officially at IFA but is still holding a press event in Berlin away from the Messe. The press conference live stream will begin on 31 August at 12pm UK time (1pm local time). You can watch it on this page above at the right time)
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It will be worth tuning in for a collection of new products including phones, laptops, tablets and more. We expect these kinds of devices from Asus and the tag line for the event is 'Zenvolution'. So it's likely we'll see new ZenBooks, ZenPhones and possibly the ZenWatch 3.

What's the best laptop? We round up the best laptops you can buy in the UK in 2016, including best Windows laptops and best MacBooks.
The best laptop is the Dell XPS 13, followed by the Lenovo Yoga 710 and the Asus ZenBook UX305, but there are plenty of other options in our list below.
Despite the rise of tablets, there are still plenty of reasons to choose a laptop. Sometimes you just can't beat a bigger screen, a keyboard and Windows for getting stuff done. But, if you want a laptop that's also a tablet, there are plenty of convertible or 'hybrid' laptops which have a touchscreen which folds right back behind the keyboard and can be used as a tablet. The Yoga 710 is one of the best we've seen in this respect, although if its 11in screen is too small, Lenovo does offer larger versions.
As with any product we review, the best laptops are rated on various factors - performance, build quality, features and value for money â€“ along with an overall score, potentially with an award, too. Note that star ratings don't always dictate where a product ranks in the list below, as the score applies to the date it was reviewed.