Regular or 2 in 1 Laptop for MPharm?

I don't know if I should buy a 2 in 1 touchscreen laptop or a regular one for the MPharm course. I'm going into my first year in September, could someone who's doing the course tell me if the touchscreen will be worth it. My dad's telling me to get a regular one as I could get one with better specs for the same price🤷🏻

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Original post by Rockyslom

I don't know if I should buy a 2 in 1 touchscreen laptop or a regular one for the MPharm course. I'm going into my first year in September, could someone who's doing the course tell me if the touchscreen will be worth it. My dad's telling me to get a regular one as I could get one with better specs for the same price🤷🏻

Heyy literally in the exact same situation! I feel like a 2 in 1 may be good cuz I'm just thinking if we have to do mechanisms and stuff a touchscreen might be easier but I'm scared the hinge will break 😭 if u figure it out lmk!

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Rockyslom

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Original post by jsjse

Heyy literally in the exact same situation! I feel like a 2 in 1 may be good cuz I'm just thinking if we have to do mechanisms and stuff a touchscreen might be easier but I'm scared the hinge will break 😭 if u figure it out lmk!

What's your budget? Mines around £500, cause I already have a full computer at home so this is just for school. But I feel like the 2-in1's that are all least 15" get quite expensive..

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Original post by Rockyslom

What's your budget? Mines around £500, cause I already have a full computer at home so this is just for school. But I feel like the 2-in1's that are all least 15" get quite expensive..

I'm staying in uni accoms so I'm ok with spending a bit more cuz it'll be what I use for basically all of my studies. Im thinking of getting a 14" one cuz it's lighter and easier to carry around and the one I'm looking at is £600 ish so I might go with that one ☺️

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Dunnig Kruger

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Laptop size is a personal thing. 14" sounds like the perfect size for you jsje. For Rockyslom it may or may not be, depending on whether they have a car, or are of a stronger physical build.

The big value for money in laptops is in buying used premium business laptops from ebay. Deals such as this one:
£250 HP 845 G8
There's a big difference in engineering quality between a consumer grade laptop and premium business laptop.

The issue with touchscreens is getting finger marks all over your screen.
And pen and paper are perfectly fine for handwriting and drawing on.

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Rockyslom

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Original post by jsjse

I'm staying in uni accoms so I'm ok with spending a bit more cuz it'll be what I use for basically all of my studies. Im thinking of getting a 14" one cuz it's lighter and easier to carry around and the one I'm looking at is £600 ish so I might go with that one ☺️