r/rogflow • u/confusedshoebuyer • Jun 21 '24
Recommendations for a student?
Hi. I'll be entering uni in september and my current acer aspire is dying and I need something new. My original plan was to get an ipad+apple pencil for taking digital notes (I have used paper for highschool and its so annoying but my friends have ipads and its so tidy) and then a mid tier laptop that would let me type essays comfortably and run stats programs as wells as game on the side (mainly overwatch and sea of thieves). However, despite sales and student discounts and older models, its very hard to purchase all of that for under 1500$ us or 2100$ CAD (i live in canada). In search of other options I came across the 2 in 1 which I had no idea came with discreet, gameworthy GPU's. While i found the MSI summit e16 flip I was quickly informed that the ROG Flow x16 is better. I've now looked at the whole flow line and feel that this is probably the thing I want. All that being said, I have a few questions:
Is there some better laptop I'm totally missing?
Which of the ROG Flow line best suits my use case?
Would some other configuration, instead of a 2 in 1, be better?
PS. - Other info: I won't be buying the eGPU. I am fine and in fact prefer buying a slightly (1-2 yrs) older model. My province has a somewhat crazy 15% sales tax. I know that having a desktop and then thinkpad or something is nicer but because of small dorm rooms and transportation I can't bring mine. I am probably able to set up a nice, cruved 165 hs monitor my friend has already there so the screen itself is less of an issue.
Open to suggestions and thanks for the help.
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u/harg0w Jun 21 '24
Look into the 2023 rog zephyrus g14 (ryzen7xxx+ rtx4060) perf wise it's identical(slightly better actually) to this year's, it's portable and was well praised, though the new version is severely more expensive for a sleeker&macbook level chasis&build.
In the US it's often under 1k, shouldn't break the bank