I wasn’t sure where to put this, but I think here is the best.
I was looking at computers for college in the fall and I wasn’t sure whether to pick an ultrabook or a convertible. Someone recommended an Surface Pro, but I don’t know. I’ve been pretty enamored about the Acer Aspire S7 393… please input your opinions
Take a look at the Lenovo line-up. They have very good laptops for affordable prices.
Go for a traditional laptop (ultrabook is fine). Those 2-in-1s are just too new, a hassle to maintain, and honestly quite small. Long hours of typing your paper will wear you out. Plus ultrabooks/laptops might be cheaper. You won’t have the “new gadget effect” but I switched to ultrabook, and I was really happy. I won an iPad later on, and I still don’t know what to do with it.
@kidkoopa
Comparing a surface pro to an ipad is like comparing a Tesla to a moped. It’s not valid. Neither is the “too new” moniker.
Go into the stores and try them out, then see which one you like. The big knock on 2 in 1’s is that they often don’t work great as laptops and can be too thick as tablets. For a good mix, try the HP Spectre x360. Excellent battery life, and the screen rotates 360 degrees, which lets you use it as a pseudo tablet when you have to.
@hungryteenager
I completely agree. I find them quite similar though in terms of typing experience. I know there is also the keyboard option, but in order to get the full keyboard with press-down keys, the surface’s price would be close to the high-end ultrabooks. Where-in I was recommending the ultrabook, simply because you can’t type papers on a tablet.
I’d go for an ultrabook, but I have an exceptional hatred for the Surface’s keyboard. I’ll second what @IAmTheGOAT said, Lenovo’s laptops are great.
Not one of your laptops, but I highly recommend the HP Stream. Lightweight, fast, extremely cheap, pretty, thin, has decent speakers and a webcam…the only downside is that it has a really small RAM (2GB) and memory. However, I haven’t had issues with the RAM so far and it comes with free 4G for life, not to mention 1TB of skydrive storage and a year of Office 360.
It’s a traditional laptop (marketed to compete with chromebooks) that comes with Win8.