Hi everyone,

I’m looking for a new laptop and was wondering about 2-in-1 laptops.

Are there any issues with buying this type of laptop?

How is the durability of the hinges over a long period of time?

Are there any issues with these I should be aware of?

Thanks!

  • FrequentWay@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have a bunch of 2in1s for my parents and my own needs: MSI 13 Modern; Asus X13 Flow, Asus 2022 X16 Flow, Asus 2023 X16 Flow now.

    For the smaller laptops :

    Heat issues - small package : going to over heat while gaming, hard to impossible to find a dedicated GPU equipped model.

    Battery life - smaller chassis - hard to find large battery capacities

    Storage issues - smaller then usual M.2 drives required. The various Lenovo models will need M2.2242 drives which are slightly more common but trying to find a 4TB M.2 2230 drive is impossible or super overpriced.

    Soldered RAM issues - The smaller laptops would have soldered RAM on it, if you can live with what issued then good for you but if you were trying to do engineering work forget it or needed to pay much extra for 32GB.