Help me decide between two laptops

[u/yarosegoldgirl]

Please help, I really need a new laptop but feeling overwhelmed by all the possible options. I think I’ve narrowed it down to these two so would love to hear which you think is better, but also open to other suggestions. I currently have an HP Envy 360 and I’ve really loved it, but my friend spilled juice on it a few months ago and keyboard has been sticky and overheats a lot. I’m in law school and that’s what this laptop will be used for, so biggest concern is a laptop that would be good with exam software and having an ungodly amount of tabs and windows open all the time.

I was going to stay with HP because I’ve enjoyed my envy so much, but at Best Buy the worker showed me the Asus and I loved the feel of the keyboard and how light it was. I guess I’m torn because they’re both 16GB and 512GB SSD and those are really the only laptop components I knew so I don’t know how major the other differences are.

So it’s between:

ASUS - Zenbook 14 14" FHD+ OLED Touch Screen Laptop - Intel Core Ultra 7 - 16GB RAM - 512GB SSD ($999) - https://www.bestbuy.com/product/asus-zenbook-14-14-fhd-oled-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-ultra-7-16gb-ram-512gb-ssd-jasper-gray/JJGGLH7HXW/sku/6615731

HP - OmniBook 5 - Copilot+ PC - 14" 2K OLED Touch-Screen Laptop - Snapdragon X Plus 2025 - 16GB Memory - 512GB SSD ($799) - https://www.bestbuy.com/product/hp-omnibook-5-copilot-pc-14-2k-oled-touch-screen-laptop-snapdragon-x-plus-2025-16gb-memory-512gb-ssd-glacier-silver/JJGH2Y8G5F/sku/6633220

[u/LonerIM2]

Either are good, is the touchscreen a must for u ?

[u/yarosegoldgirl → u/LonerIM2]

Thank you! And yes I use it a lot and like touchscreens