- Cyber Security
The Complete Guide to Data Encryption for Business
3 Aug, 2025







£496.31 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
At **£413.92 ex-VAT**, the ASUS ExpertBook B1 B1503CT looks like a sensible “get the job done” office laptop—especially if your users need something reliable for email, Teams, browser work, and light document work. I like that it’s aimed at the Education/enterprise crowd (Windows 11 Pro Education), so it’s the sort of model you can generally manage and deploy without faff. The Wi‑Fi 6E is a nice bonus for modern offices, and the overall build line usually feels more business-appropriate than cheap consumer kit.
That said, I wouldn’t buy it if you expect it to be a general-purpose all-rounder for heavy multitasking, lots of tabs plus apps, or anything CPU-heavy—this is more “good value” than “fast machine.” Also, the **8 GB / 128 GB** class means you need to be realistic: it’ll run fine day-to-day for the right workloads, but once users start storing files locally or running more demanding software, you’ll feel constraints quickly. If you’re rolling out devices to a standard office/e-learning setup and you can keep workloads lean (or are okay with cloud storage and careful app usage), it’s a fair buy. If you’re buying for power users or teams who regularly hammer spreadsheets, bigger datasets, or local media work, I’d look at something higher specced instead.

Lenovo
Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 22AY - Copilot+ PC - 180-degree hinge design - Intel Core Ultra 7 - 256V / up to 4.8 GHz - Win 11 Pro - Intel Arc Graphics 140V - 16 GB RAM - 512 GB SSD TCG Opal Encryption 2, NVMe - 16" IPS 1920 x 1200 - Gigabit Ethernet - Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth - black - kbd: UK - with 1 Year Lenovo Premier Support, CO2 Offset 200 kg (3rd Gen)

HP
HP ProBook 4 G1ah Notebook AI - AMD Ryzen 5 - 220 / up to 4.9 GHz - Win 11 Pro - Radeon 740M - 16 GB RAM - 512 GB SSD NVMe - 16" IPS 1920 x 1200 - Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth - pike silver - kbd: UK

Dell
Dell Pro 16 Plus PB16250 Intel? Core? Ultra 7 268V, vPro? (48 TOPS NPU, 8 cores, up to 5.0 GHz) 32 GB: LPDDR5x, 8533 MT/s (onboard) 512 GB, SSD 16", Non-Touch, FHD+, IPS, Anti-Glare, 300 nits, 45% NTSC, FHD IR Cam Fingerprint Reader, No Smart Card Reader, Control Vault 3+, No RJ-45 FHD HDR + IR Camera, Facial Recognition, TNR, Camera Shutter, Microphone Intel? Wi-Fi 7 BE201, 2x2, 802.11be, Bluetooth? 5.4 wireless card English UK backlit Copilot key keyboard with numeric keypad 3-cell, 55 Wh,

HP
HP ProBook 4 G1i Notebook AI - Intel Core Ultra 5 - 225H / up to 4.9 GHz - Win 11 Pro - Arc Graphics 130T - 16 GB RAM - 512 GB SSD NVMe - 16" IPS 1920 x 1200 - Gigabit Ethernet - Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth - pike silver aluminium - kbd: UK - with HP Wolf Pro Security Edition (1 year)