Best 2 in 1 Laptops?

[xModernSkater]

I'm looking to finally get a laptop mainly for school but also for personal use as well.

I want something that's going to be worth while, I'm just unsure which ones are really good.

I was looking at HP - Spectre x360 2-in-1 and some of the lenovos.

Someone help me please!

 

[icsta]

If you do any gaming make sure it has a dGPU in it. The Spectre x360 has the option for a gt930m, but lenovo and asus both have options for a gt940m in some of their flip notebooks.

 

[Kenneth Barker]

Icsta is correct. The "best" is going to be determined by what you use it for. I personally love the Surface Pro's however, those are not built for any real gaming. I use it only for business and work.

What is the intended use?

 

[TechyInAZ]

Budget?

Surface lineup is probably the best, or the Lenovo yoga series.

 

[xModernSkater]

I was also looking at the surface.

Um how much of a price difference would it be to grab one with a good card in it?

the intended use is mainly for school but like i said I would also consider other options so that it lasts me a while.

budget would be 700-1300

 

[CelicaGT]

I was also looking at the surface.

Um how much of a price difference would it be to grab one with a good card in it?

the intended use is mainly for school but like i said I would also consider other options so that it lasts me a while.

budget would be 700-1300

Surface does not offer discrete graphics.

 

[xModernSkater]

I was also looking at the surface.

Um how much of a price difference would it be to grab one with a good card in it?

the intended use is mainly for school but like i said I would also consider other options so that it lasts me a while.

budget would be 700-1300

Surface does not offer discrete graphics.

Yeah it's fine I don't need one in it. Just need to know how much of a price difference, best touch screen, best quality, long lasting battery, best resolution.

 

[CelicaGT]

Surface Pro 3 is about $1200 US, i5 4GB ram, 128GB SSD and 2160x1440 12" screen. Battery life is pretty good, I have one and it's gone 7 or 8 hours with light usage. Pro 4 is right around the corner though, these may go on sale.

Caveat: Keyboard is EXTRA

 

[icsta]

The surface is a good choice as long as you will not be doing any gaming. The screen on it is by far the nicest one I have seen on any other 2-in-1 device. If you are in a major that writes a lot of papers, or if you take notes on your keyboard I would steer you away from the surface keyboard though. In my opinion it is to small and kind of creates a hassle with unclipping it and clipping it on and so on. I would recommend just a bluetooth keyboard, you can get em cheaper and do not have the awkwardness of being flimsily attached to the surface unit(also helps when using it in your lap and such).

That being said. What screen size are you looking for? I myself prefer larger screens and would go for the Asus 15.6" flip notebook with the i7 & gt940m for about $1000. The only downfall of that notebook is no SSD, but if you want to add one you definitely could with your budget.

 

[xModernSkater]

would you say the surface has the smoothest touch screen experience?
Screen size anything 13 and up is good enough i think.
How long is the battery life on them? I need something that is at least 8 hours.
How powerful are the GPUs? If I do decide to go that route, what would i be able to run?
I prefer to have an I7 chip as well

 

[jaguarskx]

Personally, I have been looking at the 2nd gen 14" ThinkPad Yoga 14 that has a Core i5-5200u and nVidia 940m which is sold exclusively at Best Buy in the US for $950.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-thinkpad-yoga-2-in-1-14-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-16gb-hybrid-hard-drive-black/7067032.p?id=1219668752948&skuId=7067032

While I am not exactly looking for a new laptop at the moment the ThinkPad Yoga 14 is a good balance for a business laptop and light gaming laptop. At 4.18lbs it is not exactly light enough to be used as a tablet, but I have no intentions of using it in tablet mode.

 

[CelicaGT]

would you say the surface has the smoothest touch screen experience?
Screen size anything 13 and up is good enough i think.
How long is the battery life on them? I need something that is at least 8 hours.
How powerful are the GPUs? If I do decide to go that route, what would i be able to run?
I prefer to have an I7 chip as well

Do not waste your money on an i7 in this class of machines, all it will do is reduce battery life with no tangible performance benefit.

 

[jaguarskx]

The difference between a Core i5 and Core i7 "u" model CPUs is that the Core i7 have higher Turbo Boost clockspeed (300MHz or 400MHz) and I think 1MB more internal cache. All "u" model CPUs have two cores.

For everyday use you will not see any performance difference. If you do something that is CPU intensive like video encoding, then the higher clockspeed of the Core i7 can reduce the amount of time needed to encode by a little bit.

 

[CelicaGT]

The difference between a Core i5 and Core i7 "u" model CPUs is that the Core i7 have higher Turbo Boost clockspeed (300MHz or 400MHz) and I think 1MB more internal cache. All "u" model CPUs have two cores.

For everyday use you will not see any performance difference. If you do something that is CPU intensive like video encoding, then the higher clockspeed of the Core i7 can reduce the amount of time needed to encode by a little bit.

Sustained load has shown throttling and reduced performance on the i7 version of the SP3 at least, can't speak for the other machines under consideration. Hence the i5 recommendation.