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Cost efficient touchscreen laptop

  • 26-07-2016 10:43am
    #1
    Cionn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭


    Hi I am trying to source a reasonably priced touchscreen laptop for my daughter who is in secondary school.
    Ideally I am looking for something like a Lenovo yoga 500. Its a 14 inch screen and has an i3 processor. All the 15 inch laptops i have seen so far are too big and hravy so i am staying away from that size. They are available on Amazon UK for £353.

    I have a budget in mind of about €400. I would appreciate any suggested alternatives or decent places to source the laptop described above. I will gladly contribute to the thread and let people know how I get on to help others in the same boat.


    Thanks

    Cionn


Comments

  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Any reason for needing a touch screen?


  • #3
    Cionn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭Cionn


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Any reason for needing a touch screen?
    Yes.

    Our existing laptop is touchscreen, anytime we use another laptop now we end up poking the screen. Also think going forward it will be standard in the next two years.

    Cionn


  • #4
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,855 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    Cionn wrote: »
    Yes.

    Our existing laptop is touchscreen, anytime we use another laptop now we end up poking the screen. Also think going forward it will be standard in the next two years.

    Cionn

    Really? They were all the rage about 2 years ago, Asus, HP and a few others were heralding them but I haven't seen much of them since. Thought it was just a fad to sell lower spec screens (resolution wise).


  • #5
    Cionn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭Cionn


    machiavellianme wrote: »
    Really? They were all the rage about 2 years ago, Asus, HP and a few others were heralding them but I haven't seen much of them since. Thought it was just a fad to sell lower spec screens (resolution wise).

    Our existing laptop is an original Lenovo Yoga and while it does have its issues and the touchscreen is far from seamless or faultless. It becomes quite a natural environment after time. I reckon we are still 2 versions of windows away from proper touch integration (what is there at the moment is nothing to shout about).

    I still think it is the way forward. I fully take the point that it will impact on resolution but I don't think my daughter will.mind.

    I did think that there were fewer models available than I expected.

    Cionn


  • #6
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,751 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    machiavellianme wrote: »
    Really? They were all the rage about 2 years ago, Asus, HP and a few others were heralding them but I haven't seen much of them since. Thought it was just a fad to sell lower spec screens (resolution wise).

    You can thank Microsoft for that, they were (in the time of Win8) pushing all vendors to put touchscreens on devices that never had or needed them before (such as 15" clamshell notebooks).

    Thankfully since the arrival of Win10 last year, that nonsense has mostly stopped and the only devices with touchscreens are detachable or convertible devices that double up (the like of the HP x360 or lenovo yogas)


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