2 in 1 laptop recommendations

[Ryzza5]

G'day friends

 

After some unsuccessful research I thought I'd check for any community recommendations for a 2 in 1 laptop/tablet (with stylus).

Used with 2 separate Windows accounts, heavy browsing (lots of tabs), YouTube, and video editing in Davinci Resolve.

 

For that reason I'm looking for something with the following specs or better:

 

* AMD Ryzen 7 7x40HS, 7x35HS, or 6800 preferrable for performance/efficiency/battery. I could be convinced to go Intel if enough other boxes are ticked.

* 32GB RAM (everything seems limited to 16GB which is not enough for me)

* Screen resolution greater than 1080p, 13" or 14"

* 1TB or 2TB SSD but can replace if needed

* Available in Australia for under $2,000 AUD (during Black Friday) but the closer to $1,000 the better.

* Reasonable quality of materials (chassis, screen, speakers, touchpad, etc) for someone who is moving away from an old Apple MacBook Air

 

The closest I've found is by Lenovo but they don't have anything with more than 16GB of RAM.

If it turns out I have to wait another year then I'd rather do that than purchase something I'd be unhappy with.

 

TIA

[dizmo]

I don't think anyone can really tell the future so if you're going to wait, you'll probably be waiting forever as there will always be something better around the corner. Are none of the Lenovo's upgradable? Throwing in more RAM can be a cakewalk.

[Ryzza5]

It's not about waiting for something better, just waiting for certain minimum specs to be available in that form factor and within budget.

 

Lenovo RAM is soldered, comes in 8 and 16Gb varieties only for now.

[Bananasplit_00]

Idk what the new surface pro variants are up to in specs but they are lovely devices to use from my experience.

[Qyygle]

ASUS Flow x13?

Don't know about pricing for you, but you can maybe find older gen models at cheaper pricing too now.

 

Any particular reason for the 2in1 design? Do you expect to need the stylus for specific work or digital art, or merely note-taking, convience?

[Ryzza5]

Laptop (on lap, so MS Surface not a great design) and tablet (note taking and placing discreetly on a lectern during presentations) would be some use cases. 

A pen/stylus is a nice to have to keep fingerprints off or when working with small Excel cells.

 

Thanks for the ASUS tip, unfortunately the only model with 32GB of RAM is paired with a pricey Nvidia GPU which I don't need.

[Qyygle]

If the addition of the gpu and cost for the Flow is a bit much, you might try looking at this:

ASUS Vivobook S 14 Flip OLED 14" 2.8K Touch, R7 5800H, 16GB, 1TB SSD, W11H, Blue TN3402QA-DS76T (adorama.com)

 

Not sure what availability is like in Australia, or if they've changed things between model revisions, as ASUS loves to do, but the one I can find in review here, has an accessible RAM slot, so you could upgrade to higher capacity (though giving up some dual channel performance for some of it)

 

13-14" is a hard size to find anything with user upgradable RAM though, especially with higher end CPU's which often end up paired with a GPU.

[Ryzza5]

Thanks, unfortunately the asus website says up to 16gb ram on that module.  I've had a few unexpected expenses so am less likely to pursue a laptop this year but will keep an eye out.