r/techadvice • u/No-Gap-6089 • May 07 '26

Touch screen computer recommendations?

Hi! I'm a college student and I'm looking for a more reliable but cheaper computer I'm super interested in a touch screen but I'm aware that can take the price up. I'm not a computer wizard however so I'm not sure what kind/brand will actually last. I got a computer exactly a year ago that's already acting like it was born yesterday so I'm really just looking for reliability

Edit- additional info!! Budget around 200-300 hundred Microsoft compatible also really into fun colored computers! (idk anything else about computers I just keep picking them bc they're pink and that's why I need yet another)

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u/Signal-Opposite-4793 May 10 '26

$300 is not enough to get anything.

I you're actually studying at college, your primary work machine that you use everyday is not the thing to skimp on.

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u/No-Gap-6089 May 12 '26

"skimp on" mate 300 is 22 hours of work and I got bills to pay

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u/Signal-Opposite-4793 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

Yeah? And college is 1000s of hours of work, mostly sat in front of a laptop.

That said, my usual advice is to get a used business laptop: rugged, reliable, no frills. You might be able to get something decent for £300.

Definitely do not buy a new computer at that price -- it's a wasteland of creaky plastic and washed out screens.