Can someone give input about laptops please?

Excellent!

You're welcome! Given that your current laptop has lasted you 10 years, there's another point in favour of the CX14 that's also worth mentioning.

The CX14 will continue receiving automatic updates until June 2035, whereas the HP will only get them until June 2033 (both per Argos's responses to questions).

I don't have a Currys near me and don't have a car, but thanks for the info.

I tried using Google sheets yesterday evening and it does all that I need.

Storage will be more than enough - it's only for light use and I don't play games or watch videos on a laptop (I have an xbox). My last laptop was an HP one with Windows 8.1 which has lasted 10 years but is now woefully out of date!

Thank you Bunny I thought the Asus was better, but I'm not knowledgeable about processors. I also preferred the look of the Asus and that it has more ports.

I can't pick up a laptop from Currys (no store near me, don't have a car and can't carry a laptop far due to a bad shoulder) so I'll get it delivered from Argos.

The ASUS CX34 from Currys, as kindly suggested by Fizzler , is definitely the best of the three, but only seems to be available for in-store collection, whereas the other two can be delivered.

Of the other two, the ASUS is the better buy than the HP, due to having a more capable processor chip and more ports.

I think all the cool kids use Google Apps these days, as that's what they learn to use at school - so yeah, likely will be fine if you don't have complicated spreadsheets already using Excel formulas - and you can always just try Sheets out on your existing machine if you wanted to make sure it covers you for what you need.

Sorry I can't be more help on the hardware itself - probably the main thing I'd say is to be comfortable with the available storage on there / the screen and keyboard quality. If you're able, may be worth seeing if they're on display in your local Currys (if you have one nearby),

Just looking at Currys Online, for another £20 they have what looks like an upgrade on the Asus you listed, with 4 x (and faster) storage , plus what looks like a decent processor upgrade, but allegedly slightly less battery life. This might be a bit more future proof, but if you don't think you'll need any of that then probably the £20 is more useful :) 

Yes, I understand that they are running Chrome OS rather than Windows. I do use simple spreadsheets, but I understand that Google Sheets will do all that I want without the cost of Microsoft Office. Thanks for replying.

Hi Lotus,

Not had any experience with Chromebooks myself. But just to make sure you're aware, these will be running ChromeOS rather than Windows as the operating system - so Windows applications won't work on them.

Which won't be a problem if you're just wanting to use a Chrome browser / GMail / and Google Apps instead of Microsoft Office, etc. (though I would guess the online versions of Office apps would work).

They're really designed to allow you to access online applications rather than run applications locally on the device - https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/3265094?hl=en provides a little more detail about ChromeOS if you're unfamiliar with it.