12.5" - 13.3" Laptop with Conventional Hinge

drew442 on 16/11/2016 - 10:14

Hi Everyone,

I'm looking for recommendations on a 12.5" - 13.3" laptop with a real hinge, not a convertible tablet.

I wan't something with a Skylake CPU and Core M is fine as I believe the only real difference (given the same number of cores and frequency) is the GPU and I'm mainly using it in the car for tuning and emails/youtube/word/excel on the couch.

I was hoping to see something in click frenzy but nothing is jumping out at me. Also, I missed singles day 11/11.

The budget is <$1000 (inc) especially if it's international but I'm mainly concerned with the value and making sure it lasts. My current machine is a HP Elitebook 2540p which I've had forever. I bought a pavilion 14 i3 and put an SSD and 8GB in it back when they came out and I didn't like it so I went back to the 2540p.

Bottom line, small quality machine and decent value for money.

Thanks,

—Drew

Computing

Comments

  • Diji1 on 16/11/2016 - 10:52

    It's a convertible rather than a laptop (keyboard detaches so screen becomes a tablet)

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/276104

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-Transformer-Book-T300-Chi-…

    • scrimshaw on 16/11/2016 - 11:01

      He's using it for car tuning so I suppose he wants something that is more rigid, more durable and can handle being grabbed by the display if required. Maybe meeting MIL-STD 810G dust resistance.

      I'd be recommending a Dell Latitude via Dell outlet instead as that is basically the competitor to the HP Elitebook. There's also the Thinkpad 13 ultrabook.

    • drew442 on 16/11/2016 - 11:30

      Thanks Diji, 5Y cpu's are Broadwell not skylake. I bought my son a transformer book is think T100? and although i think the hinge will work (as no kickstand is requried) I don't think this is the one for me.

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