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I am in exactly the same position as you. Marc recommended to me the same model you have, just after you had yours and I love it. Same issues. Keyboard has some keys not working so I have a wireless keyboard which sits on top, has had a new fan and a new hard drive SSD. No battery any more. I am off to the UK so have been in touch with a computer store there and said what I need ( no videos, hardly any games ) and that I wanted to keep all my data so could my hard drive just be put in the new one. Their reply was:
We recomend the Lenovo V330 with: i5 8250U, 256GB M.2 SSD, 8GB DDR4 RAM, Full HD Mate 15.6" Display. It also has a nice keyboard and trackpad, with 2 USB 3.0 and 2 USB Type C, with combo audio/mic port, webcam, mic, ethernet, hdmi, vga and a dvd drive. Oh and it has AC Wireless in duel band.
And that is £600 inc VAT
Office Home & Student 2019 is £119.99 inc VAT
It has a free 2.5" space availiable to fit an extra drive so yes we can put the old on in there.
It will be windows 10. no options for windows 7 now because its getting completely discontinued in jan 2021.
Its voltage is between 100-240 so you will be fine.
I checked it out and the only criticism were it was a bit plasticy and screen resolution not brilliant. Wrote back and reply was:
I recomend it because its just a solid all around laptop. it covers pretty much every aspect quite well and theres not many downsides.
Pros
Its very fast (with it's new i5,8 gb ram & 256gb ssd)
its got very good ports (USB type C is the future)
its very modern (because of the above)
its still got a dvd drive (most dont bother anymore)
its got a full hd screen (most still dont have this)
its got a very good trackpad & keyboard (a nice bonus)
Cons
It's windows 10 (not that you have a choice)
the screen isn't as bright as you might want (but it is still mate, and working indoors wont matter. better to have a full hd screen thats a bit dark then a sub hd screen and it being a 'bit' brighter. sub hd screens are inherently dull anyway, thats why its so cheap).
It's a full plastic chassis (you have to comprimise somewhere, it's still very sturdy in my opinion. fact of the matter though, is back in the day all laptops where sturdy, but not because people wanted it but because they simply couldnt make it smaller, they were big and bulky which makes them automatically sturdy. the more modern something is, the thinner it gets (and by extension less sturdier). Thats reality im afraid.)
It's all about comprismise and realistic expectations. £600 is an incredably good price for something of this spec. thats why i've been recomending this for over 3 months now (that means nothing else has come to my attention that beats it in any meaniful way). If you want it cheaper you have to sacrifice something else. my personal opinion is to care more about performance & features then having a metal chassis or a slightly brighter screen. sure those things are nice, but you pay much more for it and if the machine in question is already OK in the build quality department then just settle for OK and be glad that you have a good performer.
Hope that helps
Matilda