When my trusty favourite i7 touch hybrid laptop started to overheat and slow down, and a new work project was about to start, I knew the time had come to retire it. Finding another laptop as flexible and dependable as my old one wasn't so easy this time. In 6 years I found that the prices have doubled, but the technology seemingly hadn't progressed in wow factor as much as in previous decades. And with software now demanding so much more of the CPU and memory, this buy felt more a like-for-like than a new toy. Another i7 touch screen laptop but at twice the price. Only it wasn't. I did my research, have worked in the tech industry for 3...view more