School laptop

[krisulinus]

Hey!
I'm looking for a new laptop for school, mostly used for taking notes so it doesn't need to be powerful gaming PC (have one home,... kinda). I need a touchscreen tho for physics while making sketches.
Any tips?
Preferably 1080p screen and a SSD. And ofc touchscreen.
Up to 750$, would prefer if it cost less.

btw. if you have any opinions on Acer Switch 3 which I was checking out, I wouldn't be mad if you'd tell them to me.

Thanks!

[rcmaehl]

Chromebook

[Eastman51]

1 minute ago, rcmaehl said:

Chromebook

As long as you don't need any of the more "advanced" capabilities of Windows, I agree here. Chromebooks are cheap, and Chrome OS has gotten a lot better. You can  get Android apps now, so you'll be able to use MS Word and OneNote or whatever else you'd prefer to use. I've seen plenty of convertible Chromebooks that have touch screens, and I think a couple have come with a stylus

[krisulinus]

13 minutes ago, rcmaehl said:

Chromebook

11 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

As long as you don't need any of the more "advanced" capabilities of Windows, I agree here. Chromebooks are cheap, and Chrome OS has gotten a lot better. You can  get Android apps now, so you'll be able to use MS Word and OneNote or whatever else you'd prefer to use. I've seen plenty of convertible Chromebooks that have touch screens, and I think a couple have come with a stylus

Thanks for the opinion, I'm sceptic about the Chrome OS tho, will check it out!
Any tips on exact model?

 

 

[Eastman51]

2 minutes ago, krisulinus said:

Thanks for the opinion, I'm sceptic about the Chrome OS tho, will check it out!

It's different..... But overall not bad, at the very least you don't have to rely on web apps anymore. You can crouton your way to Ubuntu or otherwise if ChromeOS doesn't work for you; but at the same time you could just get a Windows convertible, like a Yogabook or Surface.

4 minutes ago, krisulinus said:

Any tips on exact model?

Not really, it looks like pricing is dependent on what CPU you get. Celeron equipped Chromebooks are sub $300, while i3 and above only go up from there. Most Chromebooks only have 4GB of RAM (plenty for how light the OS is) and 32GB of flash storage (you'll probably want an SD card or USB drive/external drive if you need more storage).

[krisulinus]

1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

It's different..... But overall not bad, at the very least you don't have to rely on web apps anymore. You can crouton your way to Ubuntu or otherwise if ChromeOS doesn't work for you; but at the same time you could just get a Windows convertible, like a Yogabook or Surface.

Not really, it looks like pricing is dependent on what CPU you get. Celeron equipped Chromebooks are sub $300, while i3 and above only go up from there. Most Chromebooks only have 4GB of RAM (plenty for how light the OS is) and 32GB of flash storage (you'll probably want an SD card or USB drive/external drive if you need more storage).

Okay okay, will check some models and reviews, thanks once again.
Atleast I wont spend as much money, haha.

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, krisulinus said:

Up to 750$, would prefer if it cost less

Any links of online stores? Budget in your country currency?

 

Prefer min how many hours of battery life? Any preference on weight and display size? Mind low sRGB display and non-upgradable RAM?

[krisulinus]

2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Any links of online stores? Budget in your country currency?

 

Prefer min how many hours of battery life? Any preference on weight and display size? Mind low sRGB display and non-upgradable RAM?

alza.cz, czc.cz or tsbohemia.cz, those are the top ones I'd say. 
Budget is 17000Kč. (Or CZK)

It'd be good, if battery lasted atleast 6h, I have option to charge after that time.
I don't care much about weight, it won't be more than 2kg anyways, display would be best 15" but I can work with a 13".
I'm not planning on doing work with photos, editing etc, so display colours are not really need for me. As RAM goes, I'd say 8GB would be best, but I can work with what it'd be sold with. It's gonna be used mostly on chrome, word etc. anyways.

[genexis_x]

9 minutes ago, krisulinus said:

alza.cz, czc.cz or tsbohemia.cz, those are the top ones I'd say

Thanks for your reply. Will help you to pick the best options after I wake up (need to sleep now, it's 2AM here)

[krisulinus]

2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Thanks for your reply. Will help you to pick the best options after I wake up (need to sleep now, it's 2AM here)

Okay, thank you very much!
And goodnight.  

[genexis_x]

13 hours ago, krisulinus said:

snip

Your budget is not sufficient for KBL-R / WHL i5 or Ryzen 5 APU...mind lower end CPU?

[krisulinus]

56 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Your budget is not sufficient for KBL-R / WHL i5 or Ryzen 5 APU...mind lower end CPU?

Not really, I'm expecting that. Word, using stylus etc. shouldn't need much power anyways.

[genexis_x]

Acer Spin 3 14 - i5-8250U CPU, OKish build quality, non-upgradable RAM

Lenovo Yoga 530-14IKB 81EK00RPCK +RAM+HDD (optional)

Lenovo Yoga 520-14IKB 80X8003SCK +RAM+HDD (optional)

Lenovo Yoga 530-14ARR 81H9000ACK - might struggle to get 6 hrs battery life

Lenovo Yoga 530-14ARR 81H9006XCK / 81H90009CK +RAM+HDD (optional)

Microsoft Surface Go 8GB RAM - high sRGB display, non-upgradable RAM, small display

HP Pavilion x360 14-cd0013nc

HP Pavilion x360 14-cd0006nc / cd0007nc +RAM+SSD

Lenovo Ideapad D330 81H30096CK - non-upgradable RAM, small display

[krisulinus]

29 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Acer Spin 3 14 - i5-8250U CPU, OKish build quality, non-upgradable RAM

Lenovo Yoga 530-14IKB 81EK00RPCK +RAM+HDD (optional)

Lenovo Yoga 520-14IKB 80X8003SCK +RAM+HDD (optional)

Lenovo Yoga 530-14ARR 81H9000ACK - might struggle to get 6 hrs battery life

Lenovo Yoga 530-14ARR 81H9006XCK / 81H90009CK +RAM+HDD (optional)

Microsoft Surface Go 8GB RAM - high sRGB display, non-upgradable RAM, small display

HP Pavilion x360 14-cd0013nc

HP Pavilion x360 14-cd0006nc / cd0007nc +RAM+SSD

Lenovo Ideapad D330 81H30096CK - non-upgradable RAM, small display

Cool, when I get home I'll check it out. Thank you!

[krisulinus]

5 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Acer Spin 3 14 - i5-8250U CPU, OKish build quality, non-upgradable RAM

Lenovo Yoga 530-14IKB 81EK00RPCK +RAM+HDD (optional)

Lenovo Yoga 520-14IKB 80X8003SCK +RAM+HDD (optional)

Lenovo Yoga 530-14ARR 81H9000ACK - might struggle to get 6 hrs battery life

Lenovo Yoga 530-14ARR 81H9006XCK / 81H90009CK +RAM+HDD (optional)

Microsoft Surface Go 8GB RAM - high sRGB display, non-upgradable RAM, small display

HP Pavilion x360 14-cd0013nc

HP Pavilion x360 14-cd0006nc / cd0007nc +RAM+SSD

Lenovo Ideapad D330 81H30096CK - non-upgradable RAM, small display

Okay, I think I'll be choosing between these three:
https://www.alza.cz/lenovo-ideapad-d330-10igm-mineral-grey-d5490852.htm?visited=1
https://www.alza.cz/lenovo-yoga-520-14?dq=5072229
https://www.alza.cz/lenovo-yoga-530-14ikb-mineral-grey?dq=5570032

I was thinking about x360 ...013nc but that's a bit more on the expensive side. Although it's not that much, it still is just for school and I think the yoga would work perfectly fine. I'll check other pages tho if I can't get some of the "better ones" for cheaper, might find something. It's sad that the cheaper ones rather include 1TB 5400RPM HDD instead of 64/128GB SSD, they're not that more expensive and are much faster.
Do you think 4GB RAM wouldn't be enough? I'm just worried about chrome usage with that but you might know more.

Also what do you think about this model? https://www.czc.cz/acer-switch-3-sw312-31-p2lp-cerno-seda/231953/produkt
Is there a reason not to include it?


Thanks for your patience btw, I appreciate it. ^^ 

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, krisulinus said:

Do you think 4GB RAM wouldn't be enough?

Not enough

2 hours ago, krisulinus said:

Is there a reason not to include it?

Slow CPU, non-upgradable 4GB RAM

2 hours ago, krisulinus said:

Thanks for your patience btw, I appreciate it. ^^ 

You're most welcome

[krisulinus]

14 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Not enough

2 hours ago, krisulinus said:

Well that's funny, only the x360 as the most expensive one has 8GB but it has a slower CPU.

Sad that the D330 has such a small screen.

Probably will end up with one of the yoga tablets.

[krisulinus]

1 hour ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Not enough

Slow CPU, non-upgradable 4GB RAM

You're most welcome

https://www.pocitarna.cz/notebooky/hp-pavilion-x360-14-ba026nl/
Actually, how about this one? That does look pretty promising.

[genexis_x]

17 hours ago, krisulinus said:

https://www.pocitarna.cz/notebooky/hp-pavilion-x360-14-ba026nl/
Actually, how about this one? That does look pretty promising.

Old Pavilions has mediocre exterior build quality

[krisulinus]

3 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Old Pavilions has mediocre exterior build quality

oof okay, I'll see what I pick. It's not that old, just two years btw.

Anyways, thank you for your help!

 

[markr54632]

Two years is a very long time in the life of a modern laptop.

 

You may look into the Lenovo flex series as well. They are pretty much a plastic yoga.

 

If you are considering the three Lenovo models I would highly reccomend typing on them in person as all three models use the same compact keyboard legend. Personally, while the keyboard felt nice the weird layout was a dealbreaker for school.

 

Personally I would ditch the touchscreen as well in favor of higher specs. It seems to be a polarizing feature, but I only used it for a couple days and then found it easier and faster to type and use a mouse. Again try this out for yourself to see what you think. Personally I found it to be a gimmick.

 

 

[krisulinus]

3 minutes ago, markr54632 said:

Two years is a very long time in the life of a modern laptop

That's true, but still.
 

 

3 minutes ago, markr54632 said:

You may look into the Lenovo flex series as well. They are pretty much a plastic yoga.

I'll check it out

 

3 minutes ago, markr54632 said:

Personally I would ditch the touchscreen as well in favor of higher specs. It seems to be a polarizing feature, but I only used it for a couple days and then found it easier and faster to type and use a mouse. Again try this out for yourself to see what you think. Personally I found it to be a gimmick.

 

I actually returned just last week my ideapad 520-15 with i5 8250U and MX150 4GB, just cause it kinda sucked and I needed the touchscreen. Hope that'll be the better option.