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If you’re looking at this as a business laptop, the “Copilot+” label is the big reason to consider it—this is aimed at teams that actually plan to use AI features in their day-to-day work, not just tick a marketing box. The Core Ultra 7 tier usually means solid responsiveness for typical office workloads, browser multitasking, and light-to-medium creative/engineering tasks, and the 16-inch class gives you enough screen real estate for real productivity. At £1,386.49 ex-VAT, though, it needs to be justified by either (a) meaningful AI usage, or (b) you’re buying from a total-cost perspective (support, manageability, standardisation across a fleet). If you just need a reliable Windows machine for email, spreadsheets, Teams, and basic admin, you’re likely paying a premium you won’t feel back.
I’d recommend it for knowledge workers, consultants, and teams doing lots of documentation, summarisation, drafting, and “assistive” workflows where Copilot features genuinely save time. It’s probably less compelling for buyers who want maximum value per pound on performance alone—there are cheaper alternatives that can be just as quick for non-AI workloads. Also, double-check your software compatibility needs (especially around any specialised enterprise apps) before committing. In short: good fit if you’ll use the AI story; questionable value if you won’t.

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