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The IT Leader's Guide to Managing Remote Teams
13 Feb, 2026






£771.42 inc. VAT
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At ~£642.85 ex-VAT, the Samsung Galaxy Book4 15.6" with an i5/16GB/256GB is a solid “office-and-commute” laptop for UK SMBs—especially if you care about a clean Samsung-style experience, decent build quality, and a screen that doesn’t feel cheap. The 16GB RAM is the real sweet spot for day-to-day business work (Office, browser tabs, video calls, light multitasking) without you thinking about upgrades. The 256GB storage is where I get mildly cautious: it’s fine if your team lives in cloud apps and keeps local files tidy, but anyone with heavier installs, large mailboxes, or lots of local documents will hit the limit sooner than they expect.
I’d buy this for roles like admin, finance, marketing, customer support, and general “knowledge worker” workloads—particularly where standardisation matters and you want something dependable that isn’t a faff to manage. I’d say don’t if you expect lots of local data, offline-heavy workflows, or you’re speccing for people who do big software installs or frequent media-heavy work; you’ll either end up managing storage constantly or paying extra later. If the price is competitive versus similar i5/16GB machines from Lenovo/Dell, it’s a good pragmatic choice—but make sure the storage size matches how your users actually work.

Lenovo
Lenovo V14 G2 ITL 82KA - Intel Core i5 - 1135G7 / up to 4.2 GHz - Win 11 Pro - Intel Iris Xe Graphics - 8 GB RAM - 256 GB SSD NVMe - 14" TN 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) - Gigabit Ethernet - Wi-Fi 5 - black - kbd: UK

Samsung
Samsung Galaxy Book4 - Intel Core 5 - 120U / up to 5 GHz - Win 11 Pro - Iris Graphics - 16 GB RAM - 256 GB SSD NVMe - 15.6" PLS 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) - Gigabit Ethernet - Wi-Fi 6E - grey

HP
HP 250R G9 Notebook - Intel Core 5 - 120U / up to 5 GHz - Win 11 Home - Intel Graphics - 8 GB RAM - 256 GB SSD NVMe - 15.6" 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) - Gigabit Ethernet - Wi-Fi 6 - dark ash silver - kbd: UK

Dell
Alienware 16X Aurora AC16251 - Intel Core Ultra 7 - 255HX / up to 5.2 GHz - Win 11 Home - GeForce RTX 5060 - 32 GB RAM - 1 TB SSD NVMe - 16" 2560 x 1600 (WQXGA) @ 240 Hz - Gigabit Ethernet - Wi-Fi 7 - gamut - BTP - with 1 year Alienware Care Next Business Day Onsite Service