LAPTOP SPECIAL ....Touchscreen laptops show their true metal

Touchscreen laptops show their true metal

Whether looking to be part of the touchscreen revolution or just an upgrade, here are popular laptops that you can touch base with

Whether you like it or not touchscreens have changed the laptop landscape forever. From touchfriendly operating systems to the explosion of drawing applications, there are more reasons to have a touchscreen on a laptop than ever.

While it might seem like every notebook has a touchscreen, not all digitisers are born equal. Although most are good enough to detect when you are scrolling up and down a site, there are some particularly tuned for precise digital pen usage and have specialised features.

Here are the best touchscreen laptops for everyone from digital artists to digital note takers.

1 Microsoft Surface Pro 

The Microsoft Surface Pro is the ultimate touchscreen device. Not only is it a tablet two-in-one, rather than a laptop two-in-one, it is also completely designed around a touch interface and the Surface Pen. Whether you’re an artist or need a reliable digital slate for taking notes, the Surface Pro is the finest touchscreen device on the market.

CPU: 7th Gen Intel Core m3; 7th Gen Intel Core i5 – i7 

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 615-620; Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

RAM: 4GB-16GB 

Screen: 12.3-inch (2,736 x 1,824) PixelSense display 

Storage: 128GB-1TB SSD

2 Samsung Chromebook Pro

The Samsung Chromebook Pro can be likened to an extremely large Samsung Note

8. It has a stowable stylus and a great touchscreen for handwriting notes. What’s more, every single thing you write down on the Chromebook Pro is saved to Google Keep, which then digitises your handwriting into a text document for easy searching afterwards. Plus the Chrome OS device’s full access to the Google Play Store also allows users to play all their favourite Android games on a much larger screen than almost all other tablets.

CPU: 7th Gen Intel Core m3-6Y30 

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 515 

RAM: 4GB 

Screen: 12.3-inch (2,400 x 1,600) LED display

 Storage: 32GB eMMC

3 HP Spectre x360

The HP Spectre x360 meets the prefect balance between a tablet and laptop. As a tablet, it has perfectly slim bezels for viewing all sorts of content and is lightweight enough to hold for long stretches. Then as a laptop, it has great battery life to last through the day and you won’t find anything else with a more tactile keyboard.

CPU: 8th Gen Intel Core i5 – i7

 Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 620 

RAM: 8GB-16GB 

Screen: 13.3-inch, FHD (1,920 x 1,080) – UHD (3,840 x 2,160) 

Storage: 256GB-1TB SSD

4 Lenovo Yoga 920

If you’re looking for a laptop with even more screen real estate, there is the 13.9-inch Lenovo Yoga 920. It sports just as many 4,096 levels of sensitivity as the Surface Pro but on a larger 4K screen. This sharplooking hybrid laptop also brings a touch of class with its unique watchband hinge and metal build.

CPU: 8th Gen Intel Core i5 – i7 

Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 620

 RAM: 8GB-16GB

 Screen: 13.9-inch, FHD (1,920 x 1,080) – UHD (3,840 x 2,160) 

Storage: 256GB – 1TB SSD

5 Surface Book 2 (15-inch)

The Surface Book 2 15-inch offers the same great touch and pen experience as the Surface Pro, but on a larger screen and exponentially more powerful hardware. Thanks to quad-core processors and potent discrete graphics, it’s ready to handle your most demanding art projects as well as playing the latest games.

CPU: 8th Gen Intel Core i7 

Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB GDDR5); Intel UHD Graphics 620 

RAM: 16GB 

Screen: 15-inch (3,240 x 2,160) 

Storage: 256GB-1TB SSD.

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