I’m 31, and not the most tech savvy dude out there, I’m seeking advice on what laptop to buy. I am normally a Microsoft OS guy, my budget is $800-$1100. Here are some of the things I care about;
- I am a gamer, but primarily console, it would be nice to be able to have a decent “gaming” laptop if they are worth it in my price range, this isn’t a deal breaker
-I am also into creating art, touchscreen with the ability to use procreate or some other drawing software would be dope, also not a deal breaker
-I don’t care for apple products
-windows OS preferred
-the ability to go from laptop to tablet is sick
-don’t care about size of screen really, I do like a nice picture though, not into cheaping out on the screen
-don’t care about brand, I’ve had acers, Hewlitt Packards, and compaqs back when those were a thing. Hate my current MacBook pro.
-quality over everything, I just want a good product thats going to last me a while
Any help with this purchase would be super duper appreciated! Much love everyone.
Same needs almost
Dang, pitty to tell about, but there is no new 2-in-1 device in those pricerange that can run games and have good build quality materials. You can get 800-1100$ gayming laptop but it will have meh build quality, but you can get cool 2-in-1 without dGPU. Something like YOGA Thinkpads, HP Spectre/Elite 360 or Asus Vivobook Slate/Zenbook S Flip, Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 totally will satisfy you. When it comes to convertable there is always portability over performance (Asus ROG Flow X13 flip exists, but it’s too expensive for now) so you must concider that as a fact. For sure you may use dGPU docking for gaming at home if your laptop will have thunderbolt or USB 4 interface or if it’s gaming laptop - additional touch panel/drawing tablets
I have been looking at the galaxy books and they look super interesting, but I do not understand the without dGPU thing. These 2 in 1s are more of a tablet than a computer correct? Like is the OS windows 11 or like an android os? Sorry if I sound ignorant and thank you for your response
It’s discrete gpu. Equivalent of video card that PC usually use. Laptops have integrated gpu and some of them have discrete gpu too. Integrated uses less power, and have less performance but it’s enough for basic tasks or light gaming. As for dGPU, it uses more power, needs better cooling systems and gives better gaming performance. 2-in-1 laptops is still laptops and you will use it like a laptop ~ 80% of time. There is some laptops like Microsoft Surface with keyboard attachment but modern models are hella expensive. Yes, those laptops runs windows 11. As for android - there is none. But 2-in-1 chromebooks exists and they are quite interesting if you mostly draw, do paperwork, notes, watch youtube, etc simple tasks. They usually support usf styluses and have quite good battery life. But still choise must depend on software you get used to and use every day
Just to throw it out there, in the upper end of your price range (over it if you bought everything directly from Framework) would be the Framework laptop 13 inch DIY edition using AMD. That would provide you Windows functionality, high quality parts with the ability to replace (and upgrade!) anything that breaks yourself, and you would learn more about computers since you have a unique lego-building experience of putting the machine together in the first 30 minutes of ownership.
For light gaming the AMD 7640U processor with 16GB(2x8) of memory would likely be OK.
It would not have a touchscreen or 2 in 1 functionality though.
Just throwing it out there since Framework is the antithesis of Apple, you get to have full ownership over your computer and the ability to properly upgrade it with better parts that would enable more gaming functionality in the future.