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Best laptop for high school kid?

scooter84 said:
Maybe i am just unaware. What can it do that is so great - beyond being a nice, big tablet that comes with a crappy keyboard.
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Tell me again which Lenovo hybrids come with a high resolution screen (better than 1080p) and touch display that support a digitizer pen like the Surface Pro's (palm rejection and a wide range of pressure sensitivity)? Like I said, I haven't looked at the lineup in awhile, just wondering if there is a true equivalent out there.
 
An office with a desktop is entirely acceptable for what she needs to do.
 
cookoutdeac said:
Tell me again which Lenovo hybrids come with a high resolution screen (better than 1080p) and touch display that support a digitizer pen like the Surface Pro's (palm rejection and a wide range of pressure sensitivity).
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Is 3200x1800 on the Yoga 3 Pro high enough? Noted, it doesn't support a digitizer, but the Lenovo has a much, much better keyboard. Some of the other Yoga models do/did support digitizers...surprised that the latest/greatest doesn't.
 
RacerDeac said:
Is 3200x1800 high enough? Noted, it doesn't support a digitizer, but the Lenovo has a much, much better keyboard.
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The digitizer is a big deal, that's why that requirement was there (for competing with a SP3 at least).
 
cookoutdeac said:
Tell me again which Lenovo hybrids come with a high resolution screen (better than 1080p) and touch display that support a digitizer pen like the Surface Pro's (palm rejection and a wide range of pressure sensitivity)? Like I said, I haven't looked at the lineup in awhile, just wondering if there is a true equivalent out there.
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To be honest, I am no expert on our products. I know our Yoga hybrid laptops (Yoga 2 and Yoga 3) have ridiculously high resolution screens and touch displays but I don't know much about their pen/digitizer capabilities - I think they have it, I just don't know much about it. I know we have some kind of Anypen technology on some of our tablets and hybrids that allow you to write on them with pretty much anything.

I know the ThinkPad Yoga products are very reliable and sturdy and provide touchscreen and laptop/tabley hybrid capability. I they also provide the write-on ability - I don't know any specifics there with respect to digitizer/palm rejection ability, etc... They also have really good keyboards.

My perspective is that we have some truly excellent, high quality products with strong capabilities - and terrible, terrible marketing so that no one knows about them or what they can do... MS has marketed the crap out of the SP 3 and it still has not been that successful. We do no marketing at all and I believe we sell more hybrids than anyone in the world...

But again, I am no expert - just bringing the alternatives to people's attention so they can do their own research.
 
Knight said:
The difference in "education" between a high-powered desktop in the family room and a laptop in their room is precisely the argument against this kind of thing.

I'm not an old-fashioned bro - I'm currently sitting next to 3 XPS 12's that I'm in the process of reimaging.

I find it completely mind boggling that it is socially acceptable to provide a 9th grader with a laptop in their room. I wouldn't even let a 9th grader have a TV in their room. That level of privacy with technology just isn't necessary at that point in their lives.
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how old are your kids?
 
cookoutdeac said:
The digitizer is a big deal, that's why that requirement was there (for competing with a SP3 at least).
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To you, sure. To others comparing the two devices, maybe not such a big deal. For me, the better keyboard would be more important than the pen.
 
cookoutdeac said:
Meh, everyone I know with a SP3 absolutely loves it and what it can do.
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I have one and a Lenovo T450s. I prefer the Lenovo the vast majority of the time.

SP3 is nice for travel, that's about it.
 
RacerDeac said:
To you, sure. To others comparing the two devices, maybe not such a big deal. For me, the better keyboard would be more important than the pen.
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Yeah except for that entire conversation/thread started with a direct comparison of Lenovo products vs the SP3, which is why I made sure to include that in the first place (he was asking what made the SP3 special). If we're talking about a computer for college students they can take all their notes on/etc then that puts the SP3 above any Lenovo hybrids, hands down imo. If just the keyboard mattered (and a high resolution) I'd probably just go ahead and bite the bullet on a Macbook Pro, or just dock the SP3 when working at a desk.

I dealt with and helped lots of WFU students w/ the new Lenovo Carbon X1s the last couple years though, and I will say those keyboards were absolutely awful. Not sure I'd give them many points over the latest touch type keyboard on the SP3.
 
cookoutdeac said:
Yeah except for that entire conversation/thread started with a direct comparison of Lenovo products vs the SP3, which is why I made sure to include that in the first place (he was asking what made the SP3 special). If we're talking about a computer for college students they can take all their notes on/etc then that puts the SP3 above any Lenovo hybrids, hands down imo. If just the keyboard mattered (and a high resolution) I'd probably just go ahead and bite the bullet on a Macbook Pro, or just dock the SP3 when working at a desk.

I dealt with and helped lots of WFU students w/ the new Lenovo Carbon X1s the last couple years though, and I will say those keyboards were absolutely awful. Not sure I'd give them many points over the latest touch type keyboard on the SP3.
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Why would you hand write notes if you had a tablet in front of you? And if you were going to hand write notes, why would you need a tablet?
 
DistrictDeacon said:
Why would you hand write notes if you had a tablet in front of you? And if you were going to hand write notes, why would you need a tablet?
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Because taking notes by hand is sometimes way better than having to limit yourself to just text input (ever try taking notes for a math/engineering course on a normal laptop?)? OneNote + a digitizer pen means you never have to buy notebooks again, all your notes get backed up to the cloud/can easily be shared, and you get to draw graphs/charts/illustrations as necessary when in a class. It's the future, man.
 
I don't think the surface pro has a huge use case outside of school/classes (digital design/illustration maybe, but even then they're probably using more sophisticated drawing tools), but it's the perfect device for that imo.
 
This may be a dumb question but can you bring a tablet into class with you in high school now? Or is this more for work at home?
 
bmoneydeac said:
This may be a dumb question but can you bring a tablet into class with you in high school now? Or is this more for work at home?
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I guess it depends on the school? I guess I'm mainly talking about college courses, some high schools allow laptops/tablets in class though. They're required for some courses at the high school my GF works for (they have loaner chromebooks I think for days that students forget their personal laptops).

The right answer for this thread is definitely a chromebook though.
 
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