Looking for school/uni laptop with touch (500-1000€)

[Frizzer107]

Hi everyone,

 

as I've already said in the title, I'm currently looking for a new laptop (more like my first, actually) for around 500-1000€, but I'd be willing to go higher, if it's a superb machine and/or heavily discounted. I will be used as a daily driver, without heavy gaming or content creation/editing in mind, so mostly for media consumption and office productivity. It should hold for a couple of years, I'm not planning to upgrade soon after. Concerning specs I'm already pretty sure what they should be, but I have a hard time actually deciding on something, maybe you have some tips or recommendations.

 

Preferred specs:

- 2nd/3rd gen Ryzen 5 CPU (I like the added value of the Vega iGPU)

- 8 GB RAM

- no discrete GPU (not worth the battery life loss and cost to me)

- 1080p display w/ touch (2-in-1 as well, but no detachables)

- 256+ GB SSD

- of course lighter is better

- no I/O preferences

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[kelvinhall05]

If you're OK with no 2-in-1 or no Ryzen (pick one you don't have), a Thinkpad X395 is great.

[amdorintel]

5 minutes ago, Frizzer107 said:

I'm currently looking for a new laptop

what exactly are you taking in school

because a basket weaving course is different then say a multi-media course

(going for the extreme ends of the spectrum, but you get the idea. basket weaving is a generic term for a course that involves little work, and it increases your overall grade score. things like cooking, or knitting, sports)

[Frizzer107]

8 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

If you're OK with no 2-in-1 or no Ryzen (pick one you don't have), a Thinkpad X395 is great.

Looks pretty good, although I don't really like their touchpad layout (especially the button positioning)

[kelvinhall05]

5 minutes ago, Frizzer107 said:

Looks pretty good, although I don't really like their touchpad layout (especially the button positioning)

It's still a clickpad. Good luck finding a modern laptop with dedicated click buttons below the trackpad.

 

 

Also, trust me, once you use the Trackpoint for a few days or weeks chances are you'll fall in love with it.

[Frizzer107]

16 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

what exactly are you taking in school

because a basket weaving course is different then say a multi-media course

(going for the extreme ends of the spectrum, but you get the idea. basket weaving is a generic term for a course that involves little work, and it increases your overall grade score. things like cooking, or knitting, sports)

Thanks, I updated the original post (TL;DR: not quite basket weaving, but pretty close)

 

[Frizzer107]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

It's still a clickpad. 

OMG I didn't know that, well then it's quite a good option