Reddit mentions of Acer Aspire R 15 Convertible Laptop, 7th Gen Intel Core i5, 15.6" Full HD Touch, 8GB DDR4, 1TB HDD, Steel Gray, R5-571T-57Z0

Quick glance. A lot these are good I would say, but I'm not a fan of all of them.

Screen issues:

• ASUS P2540UA. I still don't like this one due to its poor TN display. It's $500 not $800, but you can now easily get a decent display for this price in a laptop that's also fine for "normal" use. This Acer, this Dell, and the Thinkpad E570 (pick i3 + 1920x1080 IPS + 256GB SSD + upgrade RAM yourself) I might consider first. Most base specs are already more than enough such that you won't notice a difference for normal use, but "base" displays are often really not very good. I also think SSDs are worth it, and the Acer R 15 has an open M.2 slot, and the E570 offers one on the config page for a good price. You could choose the ASUS and get one of these to replace the poor TN panel with, but then there's still the question of SSD.
  
• Dell Latitude E7250 refurb has the poor 1366x768 TN display when you can get a newer refurb Latitude 12.5" model through the Dell Outlet for not much more, or perhaps cheaper if a coupon works. Really, you can check all the sizes of refurb Latitudes if you would like a different size.
  
• Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-57D4. Partially a screen issue partially also the GPU. The new similarly-priced A515-51G-52R1 has the doubly-fast NVIDIA MX150, in addition to its better display.
  
  I also think the Ideapad 510 @$800 is a poor deal since in most cases you can either go cheaper or get a better GPU, at the same time as keeping the decent display. Both, with the Acer A515-51G-52R1. I'd also be aware this 940MX only has DDR3 memory so it's a bit lower than the Acer with the DDR5 940MX (which I wouldn't really recommend either way due to the availability of the A515-51G-52R1), and that the "i7" 7500U can be considered a misleadingly-branded CPU since it's not appreciably faster than an "i5" 7200U despite carrying branding so often touted by Intel and computer companies as top-end, and is easily beaten by an "i5" 7300HQ. Fine for normal use, I just wouldn't choose the laptop because of it.

If you want a touch screen laptop, I would recommend this [Acer Aspire R 15] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MEFEVQM/?tag=bkadamos_alltest-20) because it comes with everything you need, 7th generation, i5 dual core CPU which is one of the best in the market and great for your usage, 8GB of ram for smooth multitasking, 1TB HDD, 15.6 inch Full HD IPS screen which is a must have for this price range, high build quality, Intel HD 620 GPU that should be able to handle games on low to medium settings with very good FPs, lightweight, all metal design, and it’s within your budget.
If you need more powerful laptop and you can be okay with no touchscreen you need to push your budget a little higher, I would recommend this [Acer Aspire E 15] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075FLBJV7/?tag=bkadamos_alltest-20) because it comes with everything you need, 8th generation, i5 quad core CPU which is one of the best in the market and great for your usage, 8GB of ram for smooth multitasking, good SSD storage of 256GB for faster boot up and loading, 15.6 inch Full HD IPS screen which is a must have for this price range, high build quality, long battery life, very good heat management, GeForce MX150 GPU that should be able to handle games on low to medium settings with very good FPs, but it’s within a little over your budget.

Based on your requirements, this is what I found:noteb search . You can change the results by clicking on the top left button "refine results". You can modify budget, battery life, weight etc.

For photo editing i would suggest a good display like LED IPS and 100% sRGB and in your budget you can find Acer Aspire 15 R5-571T. You can find it here at 550$.

But if you can add 150$ to you budget you can get the next version of this model with dedicated gpu, ssd and hdd - Acer Aspire 15 R5-571TG. You can find it here at 729$

You can compare the two models here: https://noteb.com/?model/comp.php?conf0=14433646697216999424_1&conf1=8823893504561385638_369&ex=USD

I would suggest you get i5 CPU for your usage with 8 GB of Ram for smooth work experience like in those
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Laptop Name|CPU|GPU|Ram|SSD|HDD|Screen size|Wieght|Battery life|
--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|--:|
Acer Aspire R 15 Convertible|i5 quad core |Integrated |8G|-|1TB|15.6 touch|5.29lbs|6hours|
Lenovo Yoga 720|i7 quad core|Integrated |8G|256GB|-|15.6 touch|4.41lbs|9hours|

The Acer Aspire R 15 provides everything you want. 15 inch 2 in1 with 1TB HDD storage, and medium battery life.
I believe the Lenovo Yoga 720 might be a better option it has more battery runtime, better screen, it’s lighter. And for the storage you can upgrade or use external hard drives.

Just out of curiousity, why would you choose that one over this one?

If I'm not mistaken this goes on Amazon for around $500? Not sure if this is the right model though.

Thank you very much. I was looking at this Acer that was on sale for $449.99 at BJs.