abarbarian Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I need some help .................................. I have just spent the last two days looking at and being bemused by too much choice. I would like for this portable machine to have, Touch screen with a pen. Decent screen ie: good colour, viewing angles. USB C. Wireless ac, Bluetooth. Sturdy chassis. Ssd or better still nvme drive. Nippy cpu. Decent graphics card or inbuilt. Webcam Fingerprint reader ? This will be for my niece, I am tending towards a "2 in 1" as I think that format would be ideal for a child as would the ability to draw and write on the screen. I want to provide a machine that will run sweetly today and for at least a couple of years going forward, possibly till she goes to the big school at age eleven, when she would need a more uptodate pc. So no cheap and cheerful slow flimsy rubbish and no expensive Mac types either. The unit will probably have Windows 10 installed but I would like to have a machine that will run the penguin nicely with no major quirks as I may install MX-19 on it. Not a lot to ask for I know Trouble is I am confused, Cheap and cheerfull under £300 i5 with integrated graphics £500 3 year warranty i5 integrated graphics needs extra pen £650 i7 integrated graphics 3 year guarantee £700 There are lots of products around for £300 to £400 but they have i3 or lesser cpu's and I don't think they would give a decent experience unless you were just surfing. In the £300 to £600 range you can find i5 and similar with integrated graphics. At the £600 to £750 range you can get i7 with integrated graphics. If I am spending £750 I might as well spend £900 to £1,300 and get a i5 with RTX2060 graphics. However I think that last option is a tad over the top for a six year old. So I am a tad lost do I stick with a 2 in 1 which is very appealing and the best I have found so far is the Medion with the i5 and 3 year guarantee. Or would I get better value with an ordinary laptop ? Help me out folks.....................please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I am no fan of touch screens so my newest ASUS Vivobook doesn't have one. That said if you want a touch screen I'd go with a 2 in 1 I think. i5 or Ryzen 5 should do the trick, and an SSD/M.2 drive is a must. My only advice if you want to run Linux is no combo integrated/discrete graphics - especially AMD. Those things are a bear to get working in Linux. AMD graphics on their own are no problem. Haven't come across Medion but I have had pretty good luck with Lenovo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 This is waaaaaay out of my area of expertise. All I can say is good luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Hello, A Microsoft Surface Go, perhaps? That start at about $400 in the US. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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