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My Samsung TabA is becoming glitchy and I'm considering replacing it with a 16" screen laptop for no better reason that I use the route finding resource Wikiloc a lot and the os style mapping doesn't lend itself to being read on a small tablet sized screen. I'm on a tight budget of around €550 (buying in Spain) and am thinking I'll miss a touchscreen for web browsing. Am I going ott as my use only extends to the aforementioned wikiloc, google earth, YouTube, emails and weather apps. Portability is required, are any laptops chargeable by run of the mill chargers? Possibly daft question showing my lack of knowledge, are there any large screen tablets on the market in this price range? Thanks in advance
How much portability is required? 16” is a pretty big laptop to cart around.
You can’t beat a big screen and proper keyboard for some things though. I do loads on a phone or iPad but at times things just get frustrating and sitting at a desk with a screen makes things simple.
If 14" is big enough then you'll get a nice Chromebook for £350 or so.
You could get a refurbed office laptop for within budget. I picked up a i7 16GB Lenovo Yoga (touchscreen and can flip into a tablet), for just over £350 18 months ago - it was 2-3 years old, 11th gen i7
Ive got a 14" laptop with a squarer 3:2 ratio screen rather than the typical 16:9. It's superb and I would be happy to go to a 13" even for mapping as the screen is taller and seems more usable. As a unit it's very slim and portable
Came from a 16" 16:9 laptop and was a bit nervous of changing but I wouldn't go back now.
By portable I mean battery power for several hours not mains, size isn't an issue. Refurb is tricky as I'm in spain and don't know the market very well. The one I've seen is a Lenovo Thinkpad 16 G7 with Ryzen 5 processor 16GB/512MB SSD Windows11 which available locally for €549, is this worth buying?
I have a Surface Go 4. It's the same size as a tablet might be (10 and a bit inches) but it's a proper Microsoft computer that can also be used as a tablet. Charges via USB C with suitable charger. It was bought second-hand from eBay. Came with keypad and magic pen. Very happy with it.