Best budget Laptops for work and play

A good quality laptop is a heavy investment for most people and with all the technical descriptions and such a vast range to choose from, it can be a little tricky. Here at Laptop Outlet we’ve chosen our top three cheapest laptops for work and play to help you make the right choice!

Lenovo Yoga 500 14" FHD Touch Convertible Laptop Core i5-5200U 8GB, 1TB+8GB SSHD £369.99

This cheap and convertible Lenovo touchscreen laptop offers numerous quality features that go far beyond its pricing. Crisp and vivid visuals and Dolby® Home Theatre® provides an immersive and stimulating experience when watching films, gaming and listening to music. With the blazing-fast 802.11 a/c Wi-Fi option, you'll be able to connect to the internet wherever you go. This cheap Lenovo laptop pushes the boundaries of flexibility with 360 degree flip and fold design, tent mode and touch screen. Enabling you to work with ease wherever you are, and switch to tent mode as you lie on the sofa to catch up on your favourite show. Screen flexibility ensures that you’ll no longer be desk bound, game where ever you are and simply adjust and tilt until you’ve found you’re prefect gaming angle; then lay back and be blown away by impressive sound and visual quality. All for less than £400!

Lenovo Z51-70 15.6" Full HD Core i7 Laptop Intel-5500U 3.0GHz Turbo 8GB RAM 1TB £404.99

Thanks to the cutting edge 5th generation Intel i7 processor even the most demanding user is no challenge for this durable and cheap Lenovo Z51-70 laptop, with its extended battery life and performance. With 8GB of RAM you will have no problem running multiple programs at once as well as utilizing resource heavy programs for videos and photo editing. This great quality and cheap Lenovo laptop will ensure that the most industrious will have no problem completing a task! And all that work you spent so long on can all be saved, as this cheap Lenovo laptop has 1TB of storage. Taking a break from work? Full HD display and enhanced audio ensure no matter what you’re watching or listening to, sound and visuals are vivid, crisp and of high quality. Due to the immersive and engaging sound and graphics achieved by this cheap Lenovo laptop it is ideal for gaming; both at home and on the go. BullGuard internet security is also included free of charge! Ideal for those who work, browse, game and shop online. This cheap and industrial strength laptop, with free internet security is an absolute bargain for only £404.99!

Toshiba Satellite Laptop L50D 15.6" Display AMD A8-6410 Quad Core 16GB RAM, 1TB £322.99

Super slim (23mm) and extremely light (2.2kg), you can take this powerful yet cheap Toshiba laptop to work and play on the go. The integrated Skullcandy-tuned stereo speakers are positioned below the screen and combined with DTS Sound audio suite to ensure that music, movie soundtracks and gaming can be enjoyed at their best and HD graphics ensure quality visuals. At only £322.99, this laptop enables you to complete work to the greatest possible level with ease and experience high quality entertainment. With such captivating sound and graphics there’s no need to specifically buy a gaming laptop. This cheap Toshiba laptop also gets all your work done to the best standard possible with easy wireless connection between other devices and multiple connector ports to share files with ease. In addition to this, the immense 1TB storage space eliminates the hassle of USBs and other storage devices as you’re provided with plenty. Equipped with Windows 8 to provide seamless and instant access to all your favourite apps and sites.

And there you have it, our top three picks for the best quality laptops suitable for work and play while making sure your wallet is happy! For more great laptops and gadgets to choose from check out our website. And for more top picks and other technology related new check out our blog.

*Please note: all prices are subject to change without notice and all offers are subject to availability

What is Pokémon Go?

 The Nintendo-owned franchise, Pokémon, is making a comeback through Pokémon Go –an augmented reality app game which has become hugely popular. Pokémon first blew up in popularity in the late 1990’s, and it has been reborn in the form of a free download app on Android and iOS devices.

Pokémon Go is everywhere at the moment, and its popularity means that it is on the verge of surpassing Twitter in terms of daily active users on Android. Niantic Labs teamed up with The Pokémon Company and Nintendo to launch the Pokémon brand in mobile platforms. The game has evidently become revolutionary in familiarising augmented reality to the public in the consumer electronics markets.

Niantic founder John Hanke stated:

“We're excited that Pokémon fans and gamers can now start exploring their very own neighbourhoods and cities to capture Pokémon using the Pokémon Go app”

Pokémon Go works by using your phone’s GPS and clock to detect your location in the game and make the Pokémon “appear” around you on the phone screen. As you move around different Pokémon will appear for you to catch, depending on your location and the time. The concept of the game is to encourage users to travel the real world to catch the Pokémon in the fame, and this combination of the game with reality is the first form of augmented reality which can be used by anyone (if the app is available in your country)!

The best part of Pokémon Go is that it’s free, and this is partly why it’s so popular. Although virtual reality has become one of the biggest trends in technology since last year, it has not been so freely available to the masses until now. It is not the first augmented reality game and will not be the last, however the huge previous success of Pokémon, and the fact that original Pokémon fans are adults now, gives the game a sense of nostalgia and boosts its popularity.

Pokémon Go is currently available in the United States, New Zealand and Australia. It has not been officially released yet in the UK, however there are rumours it will be coming out in Europe and Asia this week.