"​As for a new and first time owner of the SL2, and having several Dell devices for the past 15 years, I can agree. I think this is the best Windows Device for alot of folks.I too thought lack of USB-C/Thunderbolt would affect me but honestly dont remember why/when i used them on my other notebooks when docked." 

​u/TheMadMasters

"I​I too am impressed by the new Surface Laptop 2 (design + performance). Even though the design as the 1st one, it's still a clean and sleek looking laptop. Though I really wish they replace the MiniDP port to a USB-C that can do display, data and power even without TB3 support. ​"

tek_thetech_tap

"The Alcantara keyboard is one of the best things about the Surface Laptop to me. It's distinctive and feels really lovely in use. It's coated with a polymer of some kind, so it doesn't feel like felt, nor does it get dirty as you might expect. Not really expecting to change your mind, but I doubt there will be a new version any time soon.

 ​Silversee

"​Thinkpad is a safer bet durability wise" 

​dktuo1

"Hey, I have one for work. I am not happy at the moment. Overall it seems like a good machine for the money, but the fan noise is awful. It is almost always on, just opening a new website will make it spin up. Many simple tasks which on my old E560 (also with i7) caused no significant fan noise cause a full unthrottled fan on this. ​"

​jazzmoses

"​Two weeks ago I bought the E580 with i7-8550U and the RX 550 GPU, Came with 8GB DDR4-2400 RAM, Upgraded to 16GB. Out of the box the GPU was overheating on furmark and heaven benchmark, after 2 minutes of benchmarking GPU temp went up to 70 degrees and the clock was reduces from 900MHz to 200MHz, After updating windows something funny happened, When I use the GPU for anything, after 1 minute the system switches to the CPU for graphics, This reduces performance drastically and renders the GPU totally useless for gaming."

u/nickxlr

"​Eh, that's the old edition without TB3, and has the track pad that doesn't click." 

Sam_the_Engineer

"I sent a laptop into them for repairs once. They did nothing and sent it back with a note that said "Everything is working perfectly" even though my issues were still there. They made me pay for shipping too, which normally would be fine but all that meant was that the whole experience cost me like 2 weeks without a laptop and $25. ​."

jooes

"Too bad Acer has crap customer service, to the point that I'll never buy any of their products ever again."

Varkoth

"​People with problems are more likely to go online to look for solutions and write about their problem units. Without hard statistical data we cannot know whether problems like coil whine are very rare or happen a lot. My unit (9370, Ubuntu) has 0 coil whine, 0 loudspeaker problems, no wifi drops. YMMV. It often doesn't properly wake up from suspend (from what I gather Windows users also have trouble with that) - which is an annoyance. But it cold-boots in 18 seconds tgo Ubuntu login - so it's not that bad (to me)." 

Oerthling

"​I sent my XPS 9370 back. I had the coil whine and an audio crackling sound from the left Speaker all the time even when i didnt hear music or something else."

tarkinn

"​You’ll want to look for something with a non-integrated GPU if you do want to game. I have the Spectre 13 I got a few weeks ago that I’ve been using for school and I like it a lot at the moment. It’s nice it write notes on with the pen in one note. I got 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD so it’s a stronger machine for its size and it has done great" 

​​WhipYourDakOut

"​I also have the HP spectre x360 8th gen 13 inch and I can confirm this HP elite USB-C dock works with it. It charges properly (does not show the pop up that tells you to use a genuine HP charger). It works with dual monitors at 1080p for both in extended mode. The usb ports also work for data and charging."

 ​csin_8​​​​6

"​Battery life seems to be down, which is justified with the higher resolution display, but it’s still a bummer." 

Slitted

"A Macbook Air is an excellent choice. Having a lightweight machine with a battery that'll last all day (12+ hours, seriously!) will be perfect for school."

duskwuff

"I highly suggest an Air. I loved mine in college going from room to room, class to class, you really can't beat the portability of the MBA. The super long battery (on the new version) combined with the excellent performance at pretty much anything besides games you should be good to go. I have even done video editing on it, felt no major hiccups."

 ​btlyger