I’d go with the cheaper one if I were you. The more important consideration is what you mean by gaming? Neither if these have a discrete GPU, so they won’t be very good for gaming. More on reddit.com

so I ended up going with the ideapad pro, as it turns out that there is a second m2 slot that is 2280 and I was able to pop in my drive and use it as the primary. I'll keep the original as extra storage, so far so good, I think I made the right call! More on reddit.com

None of these would make a difference for her purposes. I recommend the 2nd one though, in my opinion it's a good build and very portable More on reddit.com

So for a couple reasons, the Dell is out. And occasionally the 2-in-1 design does come in handy. I came across this deal at Best Buy and it seems like a pretty darn good deal for the specs. I've searched a couple of other threads here and haven't seen much other feedback on them. Wondering if this is just a good "bang for the buck" or if it's worth spending the extra $200-300 for something like an Asus or ThinkBook below https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-yoga-7i-2-in-1-16-2k-touchscreen-laptop-intel-core-ultra-7-155u-with-16gb-memory-1tb-ssd-storm-grey/6571369.p?skuId=6571369#tabbed-customerreviews https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-thinkbook-16-g6-irl-in-16-touch-screen-notebook-i7-with-16gb-memory-512gb-ssd-gray/6566119.p?skuId=6566119 https://www.bestbuy.com/product/asus-vivobook-s-16-laptop-oled-intel-evo-edition-with-16gb-memory-1tb-ssd-neutral-black/6581900/openbox?condition=excellent More on reddit.com