2 in 1 PC system lenovo vs. asus

[cookiedough]

Mother in law age 74 wants one.  she is less tech savvy than most of us am sure, including me.. but was in IT support at her work before retiring in the 90's, but sure has changed in IT since then.

staples has lenovo flex4 14" screen with same i5 processor with 8GB RAM but only 256GB hard drive for 500

bestbuy has ASUS Q306 13.3" screen with same i5 processor with only 6GB RAM but with 1TB much larger hard drive for storage for 480.

ASUS I think though has backlit keyboard better for low light/dark reading and also fingerprint reader.

All things being somewhat equal in performance,  any good/bads of ASUS or Lenovo brand?

I have only used HP and Dell before so no experience in reliability for ASUS or Lenovo.  I told her to go to stores to try them both out before spending near 500 bucks soon since one keyboard may feel better to her over the other or how they fold up/connect, etc..  

Opinions??  thoughts?? since I told her both are fine for her needs matter of personal preference, I think anyways??

[baldo]

I'm no expert, but I was shopping for a new laptop a few months ago. We haven't pulled the trigger yet.

The guys at BB had great things to say about the Lenovo brand. My past experience with Asus has been very good, also.

The difference between the 256G and 1T HD is substantial, but how much storage do you think she needs?

I'd say the 8G RAM would be the way to go, all things being pretty much equal....

My .02

[hubcapsc]

The one with the bigger screen is an advantage, unless she
still has great vision. My wife would rather use her crappy
heavy big slow laptop than the swell x1-carbon with windows
on it that is sitting right there, just for the screen.

-Mike

[Pete]

Check this site for deals  outlet.lenovo.com.
Check over several days as deals are being updated every day.
You should find what you want at a great price, just keep looking every day.

I would want an I7 processor, with the largest screen I could get at least 15" better if 17".
Screen resolution of 1600x900 or higher like 1920x1024.
A hard drive of 500GB is more that enough for almost everyone.
Windows 10 operating system.
Minimum of 4 GB memory, 8 or 16 would be better.

You should be able to get on in the $300 to $500 range with these spec, just keep watching the site.

As you may know Lenovo is the re-constituted IBM Thinkpad.

I have been using them since 1992 and have gotten excellent service.
The one I bought in 1992 is still running as a projector driver.

[cookiedough]

the good thing is these prices are now this week not just black friday one day sale being 220 and 250 bucks off full retail.   

I think either one should be sufficient for her needs whether 6 or 8 GB or RAM, but the backlit display keyboard I think would be nice to have on the ASUS vs. the Lenovo. 

I told her to go look at both in the store and try them out since both are very similar.  Sounds like Lenovo or ASUS are both comparable in terms of reliability, one would hope??   She may end up liking the feel and keyboard better on one vs. the other which could be the deciding factor for her since very similar machines except storage capacity.  Yah,  I think 256GB of hard drive storage on Lenovo should be plenty for her vs. having 1TB on the ASUS though since no storage of videos she would be doing much at all.

I just did not know how the 2 mfgs. compared good or bad thoughts on each.

[Jess Tolbirt]

I am using a Lenovo brand lap top,, these are from the old IBM people and I havnt had a minutes issue of problems out of this one,, i recommend Lenovo..
first thing i did was make a restore thumb drive and pulled the hard drive out and install a new hard drive and partitioned it into two partitions.. one for programs and one for storage.. if anything happens to the new drive i have two backups, the thumb drive and the original hard drive..

[baldo]

I am using a Lenovo brand lap top,, these are from the old IBM people and I havnt had a minutes issue of problems out of this one,, i recommend Lenovo..
first thing i did was make a restore thumb drive and pulled the hard drive out and install a new hard drive and partitioned it into two partitions.. one for programs and one for storage.. if anything happens to the new drive i have two backups, the thumb drive and the original hard drive..

Very clever....

[John Schmidt]

Geez Jess, reading what you did makes me feel like a dumbass. I just bought my first smart phone, be delivered sometime this week. My neighbor's daughter, age 10, has offered to help me set it up and I took her up on the offer.   I told her the model and she just laughed....."oh that's a simple one." I sure hope she was talking about the phone. 

And to think.....back when laptops first came out the units my dept. used didn't have hard drives. The software used for our applications was such I could actually write programs to enhance my ability to use it on the job. Wrote a rather extensive one to complete my monthly reports which was a collection of all the daily and weekly stuff. Saved a days work for me since from my side of the desk I had to collate/collect everybody's work into one report. Seems like a looong time ago.

[hubcapsc]

I have a "business grade" Lenovo X1-Carbon... it is as good, quality
wise, as a MacBook Air (and costs as much)...

Carolyn and her mother, ever the penny pinchers, got bottom
shelf consumer grade Lenovo laptops... pure crap, loaded with ad-ware
and Carolyn's recently got fire hot and quit working.

The "good" Lenovos and the "bad" Lenovos are very different.

-Mike

[Jess Tolbirt]

Geez Jess, reading what you did makes me feel like a dumbass. I just bought my first smart phone, be delivered sometime this week. My neighbor's daughter, age 10, has offered to help me set it up and I took her up on the offer.   I told her the model and she just laughed....."oh that's a simple one." I sure hope she was talking about the phone. 

And to think.....back when laptops first came out the units my dept. used didn't have hard drives. The software used for our applications was such I could actually write programs to enhance my ability to use it on the job. Wrote a rather extensive one to complete my monthly reports which was a collection of all the daily and weekly stuff. Saved a days work for me since from my side of the desk I had to collate/collect everybody's work into one report. Seems like a looong time ago.

when you get that smart phone up and running and discover you can talk to it instead of typing in everything, you will be unstoppable,, like the gps thing,,turn on the home screen and touch the microphone and say take me home and it will bring up direstions,, you can talk the text thing,, no more typing,,, cool as hell..
 

[Wizzard]

I have had an Asus laptop for  2 years and love it. Backlight keyboard is handy.
I have had zero problems and mine is a 15" touch screen with 1TB hard drive and i7 processor.
Its fast.

[baldo]

I have had an Asus laptop for  2 years and love it. Backlight keyboard is handy.
I have had zero problems and mine is a 15" touch screen with 1TB hard drive and i7 processor.
Its fast.

Yes, the backlit keyboard is nice. I find it handy when I'm trading thoughts with my VRCC friends late at night...

[Wizzard]

I have had an Asus laptop for  2 years and love it. Backlight keyboard is handy.
I have had zero problems and mine is a 15" touch screen with 1TB hard drive and i7 processor.
Its fast.

Yes, the backlit keyboard is nice. I find it handy when I'm trading thoughts with my VRCC friends late at night...

I did not know you traded? 

[baldo]

I have had an Asus laptop for  2 years and love it. Backlight keyboard is handy.
I have had zero problems and mine is a 15" touch screen with 1TB hard drive and i7 processor.
Its fast.

Yes, the backlit keyboard is nice. I find it handy when I'm trading thoughts with my VRCC friends late at night...

I did not know you traded? 

Of course I do. There's always a reply....

[Pete]

Some Lenovo models have a light that is switch controlled on the keyboard that lights the keyboard area.

[Savago]

I used to be loyal to Thinkpads when they were still made by IBM. Had a T20, T30, T40, T50.

Then by 2007-8, had a T60 (then made by Lenovo). After 1 1/2 year, the GPU busted and trade it for a X60, which lasted about 1 year.

Tried HPs, had 2, both stopped working with no warning.

Since then, I have being using macbooks mostly (they are overpriced but pretty reliable). In 2012 bought an Asus laptop (needed a beater for heavy tasks i.e. gaming), it still doing fine 4 years later.

My brother also got an Asus about 2 years ago, no problems. Same case for my mother (1 year ago). Bought one for my daughter (10 months ago), so far, no problems.

So, yeah, I would go with Asus if you are looking for reliability. Not so sure about Lenovo though.

[cookiedough]

thanks for all the replies.  I think she is sold on the ASUS over the Lenovo, but is her call.

Good to hear comments though whether good or bad on each.

Just like anything else electronical,  some have good things to say about same thing vs. others bad things.  Everyone can get a few lemons not lasting more than 1-2 years. 

For me,  I will keep sticking with laptops since cheaper and serve my needs.   I like the idea of a 2 in 1 being more portable and the prices have come down to under 500 bucks, but a very similar in feature/performance laptop is a few hundred bucks cheaper.   

I sure hope though the 2 in 1 smaller more portable system lasts her the rest of her days since she is not one to keep buying new PCs every few years seeing as how her relic Dell laptop is like over 10 years old and super duper slow.