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I'm looking to get a new laptop. Not wanting to spend vast sums (which, I think rules out OcUK's offerings - I'm not really looking for a high spec gaming laptop), but FHD is a requirement (I need to be able to remotely access work via VNC where I have FHD monitors and thus 1920x1200 workspaces ... can do this acceptaby on 1920x1080 screen but not on 1366x768) and something compact - 13.3" ideal, 14" also ok.
Questions I'm looking for opinions on are
- One option is a laptop from a system builder which can be ordered without OS. I've got a win7 retail license that I could use for this and either stick with win7 or "upgrade" to win10 ... is win10 a worthwhile step from win7 or would sticking with win7 and ignoring the "free upgrade" be foolish? Note, I've used win7 since launch but dodged win8 (as I did with Vista!)
- Is touchscreen a real benefit for win10 or just a gimick. I've only ever used win8 occasionally but when playing with it on demo laptops in shops I've felt that it seemed to make much more sense on ones with touch ... is win10 similar or is touch an unnecessary gimmick again!
- Looking around I've seen some offers on Lenovo Yoga's (or on a similar style machine from the system builder) - again is the multimode laptop/tent/tablet/etc usage modes actually useful in reality - sort of sounds useful but then I can see it will just end up used as a laptop.
- Finally, i3-4100 vs M5Y10C ... any compelling arguments pro/con either as processor/gpu?
Questions I'm looking for opinions on are
- One option is a laptop from a system builder which can be ordered without OS. I've got a win7 retail license that I could use for this and either stick with win7 or "upgrade" to win10 ... is win10 a worthwhile step from win7 or would sticking with win7 and ignoring the "free upgrade" be foolish? Note, I've used win7 since launch but dodged win8 (as I did with Vista!)
- Is touchscreen a real benefit for win10 or just a gimick. I've only ever used win8 occasionally but when playing with it on demo laptops in shops I've felt that it seemed to make much more sense on ones with touch ... is win10 similar or is touch an unnecessary gimmick again!
- Looking around I've seen some offers on Lenovo Yoga's (or on a similar style machine from the system builder) - again is the multimode laptop/tent/tablet/etc usage modes actually useful in reality - sort of sounds useful but then I can see it will just end up used as a laptop.
- Finally, i3-4100 vs M5Y10C ... any compelling arguments pro/con either as processor/gpu?