I wouldn’t buy one of these for myself. Screen is too small. Too plastic. Hot and power hungry Intel with shit graphics. Also don’t like touch screens. But for a kid who likes to draw, loves colourful gadgets, and needs a BYD laptop for school next year, the only question is how much?
Definitely not my taste either, but I feel like the processor is the only real issue that isn’t personal preference. With an amd refresh and depending on the price it seems like it could be quite good.
The 13" is only less than $1000 when used or when you don’t get memory, storage, expansion cards, etc. I’d assume the <$1000 price point for the 12" is including all that.
AFAIK they’re keeping the older models at a permanent discount. So you’ll be able to buy a fully built 13 with 4 USB ports and Windows installed for $900
I wouldn’t buy one of these for myself. Screen is too small. Too plastic. Hot and power hungry Intel with shit graphics. Also don’t like touch screens. But for a kid who likes to draw, loves colourful gadgets, and needs a BYD laptop for school next year, the only question is how much?
Definitely not my taste either, but I feel like the processor is the only real issue that isn’t personal preference. With an amd refresh and depending on the price it seems like it could be quite good.
Reported as less than $1000
That’s still pretty vague. The 13 starts at $750, if the 12 doesn’t cost less than that, what’s the point?
They said it was a competitor to the cheap student notebook, so the price better show that.
Prebuilt (minus OS) vs non prebuilt
Is the 12 going to be exclusively sold as I pre-built? I was thinking there would be a DIY option of the 12 as well?
I’d assume so.
The 13" is only less than $1000 when used or when you don’t get memory, storage, expansion cards, etc. I’d assume the <$1000 price point for the 12" is including all that.
AFAIK they’re keeping the older models at a permanent discount. So you’ll be able to buy a fully built 13 with 4 USB ports and Windows installed for $900
That’s a waste of $90 (for a w*nd*ws license)