Solved! College laptop that supports upgrade

[bootit]

What is an alternative device with thunderbolt 3 that can be better upgraded to last longer? I require a laptop for my daughter at junior Secondary School. The school prefers surface pro 5 or Lenovo miix 520; i5, 128 SSD, 8GB memory. They swapped out the previous years 2017 models being the Surface Pro 4 and the ACER Switch Alpha 12 (SA5-271). It will be used for Windows 10, the full Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Products including PhotoShop and InDesign, Camtasia Studio. They draw on the screen with pens but not really sure why. Apparently better for note taking. She will transport it on her bike. It will be used from 9 to 3 daily as a minimum operational time.

Software titles make up the first draft of the 2017 software image Titles are subject to change image is constantly updated and students automatically receive latest image when their computer is being re-imaged

Opsys
Win 10

Custom FHS Installs:
MS Office 2016 ;Onenote. Word, Powerpoint, Publisher. Skype for Business etc (Uses Headset)
Camtasia Studio
Adobe Web Premium CS6:
ArtRage

EduStar Software Installs:
Google Earth
Comic Life
Wolfram Mathematica
Inspiration
Adobe Reader/Acrobat
Inspiration Inspire Data
Format Factory
Geo Gebra
Adobe Premiere Elements
Golden K Star Genius Maker
Trimble Sketchup Pro
Graphmatica
Lego Digital Designer
Microsoft Visio 2013
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft Small Basic
MonkeyJam
Python
Rapid Typing
Scratch
VLC
Game Maker
Autodesk
Arduiro Software
Intel Galileo

Windows Store Requires Install at FHS
Socrative
Flashcards Pro
Intel Learn easy steps
Fresh Paint
Project Spark
Music Maker Jam
Coach's Eye
CreateBookDrawboard PDF
Physamajig
Khan Academy
NearPod

 

[hang-the-9]

Since they are going to be using images for the system, it has to be worked out with the school what they will support. System images are based of a specific hardware setup unless you have info otherwise that other things can be used outside of what they say.

Surface Pro is pretty good with drawing on the screen and has good enough hardware specs for running programs listed.