Looking for a half decent laptop for my brother who is a quadriplegic, he has fairly good use of his hands but I think a touch screen would help heaps.
Looking for a budget under $2,000 we have $1,500 to spend but can push higher if its a bargain ;)
Some helpful things would be bigger keys or spaced out keyboard, not compact, so maybe a wider screen ?
Touch screen is a must
Must have 500gb+ storage
Any other accessible options that anyone can think of.
Thanks, he said he looked at the Flex 5 and it didn't have good reviews, I'll have a look at the Dell.
Incomplete quadriplegia I suppose, if he can use his arms/hands still?
C5 complete quadriplegia, partial use of his hands
Wouldn't it be incomplete quadriplegia then?
I've just witnessed peak ozbargain. Arguing with op over how paralysed their brother is. Ozbargainers truly will argue about anything.
@brendanm: Just seems odd to have complete paralysis of your hands be still be able to move your hands, or to have a completely severed spine yet still be able to send signals through the spine. I want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly just in case this comes up as the million dollar question on the hot seat..
Incomplete quadriplegia means that they have some feeling below the injury level. c5 quadriplegia is total loss of legs and only partial movement of the arms. There are some helpful pictures on google to show the amount of feeling from the injury level.
@faulks2: What does the "complete" part mean, I guess is what I'm confused about. Spinalcord.com says:
Complete quadriplegia is characterized by a complete loss of control over the arms and legs. This is a near-total form of paralysis where a person is wholly unable to move their extremities aside from their head. https://www.spinalcord.com/blog/complete-vs.-incomplete-spin…
Could it be that the good people at spinalcord.com are confused on the definition of complete quadriplegia?
@faulks2: Regardless of where the injury was, and bearing in mind what you have already told us about their ability to move their arms and hands still, do they have "complete quadriplegia" would you say? Just want to make sure I understand the semantics of all this for medical questions on quiz shows. I'd hate to get "Can a person with complete quadriplegia still move their hands?" as the million dollar question and look back with regret on not clarifying this right now. That prize money could really help me out. And it sounds like the correct answer to that question is "yes Eddie, a person with complete quadriplegia can move their hands".
The Intel NUC M15 (12th gen Core i7 variant) has a touch display, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD 15" 1080p display and a sizable 73 watt-hour battery
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/756487
It currently sells for $1499 (Scorptec, Mwave, Umart etc) but when on sale can be had for much less, closer to $1000. Note there is a Core i5 variant but these will not have touch displays.
For 16 inch convertible laptops, there's the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 16 and Dell Inspiron 16 2-in-1. Expect to up to $1500 for a 16GB RAM configuration.