Is there a laptop to replace a PC with the following properties?

CapnJac · Member

Is there a laptop to replace a PC with the following properties?

Gundog · Guru

Perhaps a brief outline of what your intended use we may be able to suggest something suitable

Cloak · Guru

Can't say I've seen a touch screen on a laptop...

woofta and precious · Senior Member

HP do them, I guess it depends on what you need to do with it.
This one is good, I have an earlier model without the touch screen and replaced the mechanical hard drive with a 256gb SSD.
www8.hp.com/au/en/ads/envy-touchsmart-15/specs.html
It now out performs my desktop!
Brian

aussie_paul · Guru

Can't say I've seen a touch screen on a laptop...

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I have one but don't use the touch screen ability. It suits my purpose to use a cordless mouse.

Aussie Paul. smile

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KevinC · Senior Member

The Microsoft Surface Pro is a tablet with (removable) keyboard. Looks like a laptop, feels like a laptop but doesn't have stuff like CD drive or removable hard drive. Runs an OS that looks like Windows 8. Costs about a grand and may be worth a look. I own the cheap RT version and find it useful.

PeterD · Guru

I have not looked much at laptops but I could not imagine a Win 8 laptop without a touch screen. After all Win 8 was designed to work best with touch screens so anyone producing a machine without touch would be be building one without the full capabilities of Win 8.

Caroline, I'm wondering why you are asking for 16 G of RAM, most things appear to work with 8 G. There are plenty of machines around with 8. If you are looking for a tablet and a laptop then the Asus transformers are both. There are others around similar but they don't use the term transformer. (In fact I asked about transformers when standing in the computer section of DSE and I was wheeled over to a selection of plug-pack power supplies. The texpert did not even know the difference between a power and transformers. I would suggest DSE and JB Hi-Fi would not be suitable shops for your needs.)

I have an Asus TX201L. It's a good little machine. It has a removable Android tablet for the screen. The base is a fairly powerful Win 8 machine. The base can operate vis the tablet as a conventional laptop and also connect to a desk top monitor as a desk-top machine. I don't know whether it would suit you or not, it would not be available at the computer chain stores, you would have to approach an Asus dealer. I got mint through Harris Technology.

Bruce and Bev · Guru

Hi Peter. I agree with your comments about the knowledge base of staff at shops like JB HIFI and Dick Smiths.

The problem lies with staff training. The manufacturers provide regular training sessions for retail staff but all are held when these shops are closed. The retailers refuse to pay staff to go to these training or new product presentation sessions, so obviously (and rightly so) the staff refuse to attend. Why should they have to drive often across the city and spend an evening for their employers benefit and not be paid !

My son is a DSE shop Manager. Over the past 4 years he and his staffs renumeration and employment conditions have been reduced significantly, but the pressure to sell is dramatically increased. New staff are expected to be trained now by the shop manager, but they have unachievable sales budgets to hit, so the Managers are too busy trying to sell and do all the other shop manager stuff. The end result is you have staff with no or little knowledge of the products they sell or its tainted from their own home learnt experience

Ive been into Harvey Norman stores and found most of their staff only know very little about the products - their selling features from a salespersons point of view, rather than good product knowledge

El Gringo · Senior Member

Not a lot of high performance touch screens out there, as they seem to cater for light duty use, maybe to keep the cost down.

Have you thought of an all in one?
This is a brand often overlooked but great quality at a reasonable cost seems to be their motto, have had a couple of MSI's over the years, and built quite a number of systems using their parts, always been happy with them.
Maybe like this... www.msi.com/product/aio/AG220-2PE-Touch.html
latest i7, dedicated graphics, upgradable to 16gig ram, etc.

HP have some nice touch screen laptops, but mainly with the older 5400 rpm hard drives, though if you get a 17" you can add a second solid state hdd.

My only suggestion is to stay away from acer, have way too many warranty issues for my liking, just my observation though as i'm sure many have them and are happy.

Cheers,

PeterD · Guru

Bruce and Bev wrote:
Hi Peter. I agree with your comments about the knowledge base of staff at shops like JB HIFI and Dick Smiths.

I was thinking faster than I was typing. I was more thinking of the low end range of equipment I have seen in those two shops, that seems to be all they carry, particularly on the NSW Central Coast. They carry very little of the high range end that the OP will be seeking. i have not seen any transformer type portables in DSE for yonks. JB occasionally have a few high end laptops in stock.

Sorry for causing confusion.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.