<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">I would dig into the SSD's under the hood. Only one claims NVMe storage and this will be one of the biggest felt performance options.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">I would also err on the side of more ram than less (At least until I knew how readily you can access and upgrade ram in a device) because that is the first place you will feel it for art over time. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">As for the stylus, Samsung has been making them longer and theirs are a bit better than Acers implementations in my personal experience so far.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">For someone looking into the migration to Digital art, Apple iPad is pretty much the best tablet/stylus combination in the market so far. But the downside is it is an apple iPad which is the exact opposite of what FOSS is about.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 10:06 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">moin moin,<br>
<br>
I picked up an Acer 2 in 1 with touchpad for kid. We really needed to<br>
finally replace the laptop that had been gravity tested a few times at the<br>
beginning of the pandemic.<br>
<br>
First thing kidling wanted was to install Krita ( much disappointment that<br>
it wasn't on there by default ). Many hours have now been spent<br>
discovering how to use a stylus.<br>
<br>
My wife is an analog artist, but likes what she's been seeing, so now I<br>
need two devices that can use stylii.<br>
<br>
I had picked up the Acer from Woot and they immediately ran some Samsungs<br>
for less money. The Acer requires a little bit of a bios dance to get<br>
running with debian ( and a non-free ethernet driver ), but has otherwise<br>
been great and much better than the dell we're replacing.<br>
<br>
A similarly priced Samsung is similar for features, but I don't really<br>
compare hardware specs anymore since I don't often buy hardware.<br>
<br>
Acer:<br>
* 10th Gen Intel Core i5-1035G4<br>
* 8GB LPDDR4<br>
* 256GB NVMe<br>
<br>
Samsung:<br>
* 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8565U<br>
* 16GB<br>
* 512GB SSD<br>
<br>
There's also a Samsung for $200 less<br>
<br>
10th Generation Quad-Core i7-10510U <br>
12GB DDR4 SDRAM<br>
512GB SSD<br>
no USB C :(<br>
<br>
I like the idea of more RAM, but the family doesn't really need that. They<br>
don't run containers and databases and test deployments on laptops. Seems<br>
a waste to me :).<br>
<br>
They need pretty decent hardware ( we should have far less drop-testing as<br>
that lesson has been learned ), with a decent touchscreen that will work<br>
for a while. They do need computers they draw on rather than tablets they<br>
compute on. They will be running debian ( or derivative if we must ).<br>
<br>
Links:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://computers.woot.com/offers/acer-spin-5-convertible-laptop-3?ref=w_cnt_wp_3_6" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://computers.woot.com/offers/acer-spin-5-convertible-laptop-3?ref=w_cnt_wp_3_6</a><br>
<br>
<a href="https://computers.woot.com/offers/samsung-notebook-9-pro13-3-i7-2-in-1z?ref=w_cnt_wp_5_8" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://computers.woot.com/offers/samsung-notebook-9-pro13-3-i7-2-in-1z?ref=w_cnt_wp_5_8</a><br>
<br>
<a href="https://computers.woot.com/offers/samsung-galaxy-book-flip-fold-laptop?ref=w_cnt_wp_5_3" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://computers.woot.com/offers/samsung-galaxy-book-flip-fold-laptop?ref=w_cnt_wp_5_3</a><br>
<br>
Also, an opportunity to podcast as root:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://computers.woot.com/offers/sudotack-usb-streaming-podcast-pc-microphone-1?ref=w_cnt_wp_3_1" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://computers.woot.com/offers/sudotack-usb-streaming-podcast-pc-microphone-1?ref=w_cnt_wp_3_1</a><br>
<br>
ciao,<br>
<br>
der.hans<br>
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