Need a new laptop computer for my wife

SORRY for THE LONG POST, but I wanted to try and get my questions / situation has responded (seeks advice) all at once.

Here's the deal.  My wife is currently using a laptop XPS 17 4 year.  500 GB hard drive, 8 GB mem with a 2nd generations i7 processor, that was fast, 4 years ago.  Time for an upgrade.

Its use is: absolutely no game (we are too old for it), so don't want to pay for any card/video enhanced feature - lots of photoshop retouching with Photoshop Elements - will use MS Office Word, Excel, and OneNote - a lot of genealogical research (mainly Ancestry.com and family tree) - internet surfing (mainly shopping) - email - wireless - and I think that's about it.

Probably do not have a barn-burner system, but I don't like powerful systems because you don't know what might appear in the future - so I prefer pretty processors high-end with lots of memory, for photo editing work (was told that Photoshop Elements do not use the video card that is my reason to minimize this feature).

Probably will not replace the system for another 3-4 years, which is another reason to prefer a high processor range.

I thought processor i7, 16 GB memory, maybe 1TD of hard disk and minimum graphics card.

I have sort of a question on the display.  It is currently using and like the screen 17 ".  But if one were to get a 15 ", with the same size of HD (number of pixels I guess), the image on the screen seems to have a finer resolution because the pixels are staring closer together.  Or a 15 "display would make it more difficult when Photo editing editing and cleaning of old photos (she does a lot of that is related to his work of genealogy).

Oh and one last thing.  We want Windows 10 and think that we are not particularly interested in touchscreens - although if you get a touchscreen, it does not hurt, he likes it.-, do not use it if you do not want, you do.  I wonder too, if you save a lot by getting a non touch screen, since most of the systems is underway now configured with a touch screen - which is a real perception.

And one final point may be of interest.  I was thinking somewhere around $1,000 for the system.

I hope that you stuck with me and read the whole long post and give me some advice as to what type of Dell system would have these requirements and needs.

Thank you.    Ron in round rock

Hello!  In my opinion the Inspiron 17 5000 should do you very well.  If you like and are used to a 17-inch screen, it can be a bit uncomfortable reduce the size of 2 inches.  In response to your question about pixel etc, if you have a screen 1080 p on a 17 inch screen and drop down to a 15 screen inches most people would say the image seems a bit sharper because the pixels themselves are smaller, but it also depends on how far you are in the screen , the brightness of the screen, the quality of the screen, etc.

Watching the series, I mentioned, it is one that has everything you are looking for, but only 8 GB of RAM for 849,00, or the 16 GB for 1099 version.  Even if you don't really want a dedicated graphics card, it comes with the AMD r5 which used to bad at all.

If you wanted to drop to a 15 inch screen, you can get the Inspiron 5000 15 series for 799 which has all the technical features you are looking for, or you can switch to the Inspiron 15 7000 series itself, but that is more oriented towards people who like a little play.

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