I would like to get a new laptop or tablet and to make my choice easier, wanted to find out which model and which brand do you prefer?
Do you already have something from apple? Iphone?
if (the better choice) android, then everything except Apple products is recommended
Depends on your application if you want to do office things and so on then a two in one laptop tablet hp also has awesome where you can flip the screen with windows 10
I have a laptop with a touchscreen that can be folded down, then you have both xd
This is an asus zenbook (flip?) 14 I think. A little more expensive, but I'm very satisfied
If you want a long-lasting product, this is by far the best choice on the list.
The brand doesn't matter, it depends on what you use the device for.
I used a Surface Pro because I often take handwritten notes but also need an x86 / AMD64 device for IDEs and Octave or Matlab, and I also used WSL with a UI server for e.g. Eclipse and occasionally the console for Docker.
But I can help you with the pros and cons:
Lenovo Think and Ideapad.
Actually only Thinkpads, the Ideapads are the inexpensive models without magnesium alloy and have the corresponding certification, they lack the TrackPoint and they did not use the (excellent) keyboard of the Thinkpads. They are stable and they are available in almost every configuration, including those with AMD Renoir chips, namely those with SMT (e.g. 4800u), now probably also with Cezanne (Zen3 cores on the 5600u & 5800u). They are not exactly cheap, but they are good tools that also fit the rest of the hardware (e.g. The Renoirs are only delivered with 3.2GHz DDR4 or 4.26GHz LPDDR4 RAM, actually always in a dual channel, even if one of the DIMMs is soldered). They are often relatively cheap in sales for students (e.g. Campus point or similar). Disadvantage: They are a little heavier than the competition (with the exception of models like X1 Titanium or similar) and the panels were rather weak in the past. It looks much better today, actually always IPS with> 250nits, but speakers are still not geared towards media consumption.
Macbook (Air & Pro, M1 models)
If you can use MacOS and don't need any other specific software, and no touch or digitizer function, these are probably the best laptops that you currently have. Can buy. The M1 can even compete with a 5800u relatively easily and the IGP is slightly stronger than Iris Xe in the 11th gen core i and even as Vega8 in Cezanne and the chip is even more economical and also depends on the 7nm Zen3 here. With the Air you never get out under 10 hours and if you save the battery, the devices can last up to 20 hours. In addition, as usual with Apple, the screens are excellent, bright IPS panels with high color accuracy and good contrast. The panel in the MBP is a bit better. The speakers are also excellent for the case thickness and on the keyboard Apple (thank goodness) has switched back to Apple Scissor switches. The hub is still quite short and I would prefer a Thinkpad, but it's a good keyboard. The touchpad is probably the best on the market anyway. The only disadvantage is actually that you have to switch to the Apple ecosystem, this is especially true for the M1, as there's no boot camp here either. Z.Z. Also does not yet support Linux Kernel M1 (although it is actually being worked on). In addition, the devices are one use only, i.e. A laptop is a pure laptop, no touch, no digitizer and you have a strong IGP but no dedicated GPU, which can weigh significantly more.
iPad (Pro)
If so, take the pro. It's just a tablet, you have to be aware of that. The OS has been adjusted a bit so you now have a file explorer, the option to use a mouse and split screen, but here there's a problem at every point. The connections are missing, the mouse conditions are terrible, many apps are only available in the mobile version and are therefore only designed for manual input, but as a tablet it is the best you can get. The pen input is excellent, even better than Wacom AES (EMR> Pencil2> AES = Pencil1> N-trig> Everything else), image repetition at 120Hz and I think the polling rate for digitizer capture is also higher than the competition… For's Drawing and writing, especially mobile, there's nothing better. The battery life is also better than that of many laptops, panels and, above all, speakers are excellent.
Surface laptop
I never got much out of it and I find it too expensive. Don't get me wrong, they are good devices but the choice of hardware is sparse and you are limited to core i chips (and these are currently simply weaker than the competition from AMD and Apple). Don't get me wrong, the devices do a lot right. They build in good panels, appealing input devices, good speakers, the camera can be used (better here than the Macs) and they have even worked on accessibility and repairability, but the battery is still stuck, but I think there's a lack of equipment
