Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

-$1000

Are you open to refurbs/used?

-No used laptops 

How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

- Not really looking for a 2 in 1 form factor. Looking for decent build quality, but performance and battery life are more important

How important is weight and thinness to you?

-Not important

Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

-N/A

Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

-No heavy applications. Just the browser, video playback, youtube, emails, photos, and some documents (pdf, word, excel, etc)

If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

-I will not be playing games on this machine

Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

-Needs to be touch screen, and have a decent touchpad. Everything else is a nice to have

Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

-Just a laptop being used for generic daily tasks. No gaming, or any heave GPU/CPU intensive tasks.

Im looking for a laptop with these features under 1k:

• touch screen

• good processor and graphics (can play moderately demanding games)

• not too heavy

• windows OS

Any recommendations?

I found a touchscreen hp omen at Costco for $1,000 for a 4060 with I believe ryzen 7 processor and 1 tb memory with 32 g ram. Might be the best deal around but I was curious if anyone has found anything cheaper with better or equal specs? I don't really care about the power of the graphics card, just that it has a dedicated one and is touchscreen. Theres also an hp envy with a 3050 similar specs and price. The screen on the envy seems a little nicer and like it's glass similar to a MacBook which I think is a huge plus.

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: Budget is $800-$1,000 range (can potentially push higher but would prefer to keep in the range)

• Are you open to refurbs/used? No, Require new.

• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? The user requires touchscreen. They have had a surface in the past and prefer the dedicated keyboard of a laptop while still having the touchscreen capabilities. I'm slightly leery of the 2-in-1s as i'm unsure of how well they hold up with so much swiveling on the hinges. Additionally the user is more likely to use it as a laptop with the touchscreen features and less as a tablet. Laptop won't be used extensively for gaming but wouldn't mind slightly better graphical capabilities (just not bottom of the barrel). Battery life is important but will mostly be used within range of an outlet so not required to be outstanding.

• How important is weight and thinness to you? Lighter is better but weight isn't a huge issue. Will primarily be used in the lap while sitting on the couch more than anything. Thinness also better but not a huge requirement. User would prefer a number pad on the keyboard if possible which may increase the size requirements.

• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 15in plus preferred (especially as the number pad is preferred).

• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. No CAD or any huge ram requirements will be needed. But also don't want to skimp on RAM. At least 16GB would be prefered.

• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? No huge gaming requirements. User likes to play card games which don't really require huge FPS requirements.

• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? As mentioned above, touch screen will be heavily utilized. Open to 2in1 models but prefer dedicated laptop to a surface build. Keyboard will be heavily utilized and prefer a num pad section if possible. No optical drive needed. SSD preferred (500gb would be preferred as well. User also would benefit from a backlit keyboard when using at night.

• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. One final note. I've heard some bad things about Lenovo as a brand lately. I know they are a heavily recommended brand however i've seen issues with the laptop going into sleep mode and having trouble powering back on (have experienced myself with a work laptop). Additionally i've heard their bloatware and customer service/repair capabilities leaves a lot to be desired. Would prefer to avoid if at all possible.

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my laptop and was looking for one with a touchscreen since I'm a student who needs to take lots of diagrams :)

Any recommendations for ones under $1000 USD (about £800)? RAM is probably most important to me, I need at least 8GB preferably, and a high gen i5 / i7 or something similar. And although I feel like it's pretty standard nowadays, an SSD would also be preferable!

Thanks :)