Laptop Purchase Recommendation

[KGM]

I'm looking to buy a laptop for myself. I want something with good stylus support (I'm an online teacher and need to write), nice battery life. However, I'm also an MS CS student, previously using a hp pavilion gaming (it has a 1650) and have always felt that it was extremely sufficient in terms of performance (but ofc no touch and horrible battery life)

[GT710 Connoisseur]

6 hours ago, KGM said:

I'm looking to buy a laptop for myself. I want something with good stylus support (I'm an online teacher and need to write), nice battery life. However, I'm also an MS CS student, previously using a hp pavilion gaming (it has a 1650) and have always felt that it was extremely sufficient in terms of performance (but ofc no touch and horrible battery life)

I don't know much about touch laptops, but do you do gaming at all? If yes, than that narrows the search. If you do not game on your laptop and want something just for work and raw sex appeal, I would say go for lenovo yoga book. Yoga 7 2-in-1 (14", Gen 10) AMD I 360° convertible design lets you switch between tablet, tent, and laptop mode effortlessly | Lenovo AU . 

[KGM]

15 hours ago, GT710 Connoisseur said:

I don't know much about touch laptops, but do you do gaming at all? If yes, than that narrows the search. If you do not game on your laptop and want something just for work and raw sex appeal, I would say go for lenovo yoga book. Yoga 7 2-in-1 (14", Gen 10) AMD I 360° convertible design lets you switch between tablet, tent, and laptop mode effortlessly | Lenovo AU . 

The one with a gpu costs almost 2800 usd though

[Ha-Satan]

On 3/8/2026 at 1:41 PM, KGM said:

The one with a gpu costs almost 2800 usd though

Unfortunately, convertible + dGPU is just gonna be expensive.

[Ha-Satan]

You could look at something like the ROG Flow Z13 for $2000-$2400. That has AMD's highest-end Strix Halo CPU in it, with an iGPU that can usually provide performance roughly on-par with a base PS5 or RTX 3060 (though of course performance will be worse when you're not plugged in).

 

 

[Commodus]

On 3/7/2026 at 4:12 PM, KGM said:

I'm looking to buy a laptop for myself. I want something with good stylus support (I'm an online teacher and need to write), nice battery life. However, I'm also an MS CS student, previously using a hp pavilion gaming (it has a 1650) and have always felt that it was extremely sufficient in terms of performance (but ofc no touch and horrible battery life)

To build on what @Ha-Satansaid: I had a few weeks with last year's ROG Flow Z13 (the first one with Strix Halo) and I'm not sure I'd recommend one, as good as it is in some cases.

 

The main issue: battery life is modest (around three to four hours) on battery if you're doing more than the basics, even when you step down to the Silent power mode. I'd also note that there's no stylus included, so you'll have to buy one even though the screen already supports pen input.

 

With that said, it's wild to use a Surface-style tablet that can play games well using an integrated GPU. It's a bit noisy if you use the Performance mode, but you don't lose as much speed dropping to Silent as you might expect.

 

I would consider the Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 10 or ASUS ProArt PX13 if you don't mind a convertible or conventional design that just happens to support a pen. The ideal would be a future Surface Pro with Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 (the 7X or 9X in particular), but it's not certain if we'll get that.

[Ha-Satan]

2 minutes ago, Commodus said:

I would consider the Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 10 or ASUS ProArt PX13 if you don't mind a convertible or conventional design that just happens to support a pen. The ideal would be a future Surface Pro with Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 (the 7X or 9X in particular), but it's not certain if we'll get that.

Does the PX13 with the Max+ 395 have better battery life than the Flow?