Which laptop should I buy my YouTube-friendly 14-year-old?

Paula wants a laptop for her son to make YouTube videos. Video editing tends to need expensive processing power, memory and storage

I too am looking for a laptop for my son. He turns 14 in October and will be starting his GCSE courses. He will mostly use it for school work in Microsoft Office. (He tends to use his PlayStation for games.) He'll also want to store videos - so plenty of storage is paramount - and he wants to create videos for YouTube. My budget is 300-400.

I have taken note of your recommendations in an earlier article, Which laptop should we buy for our child? Paula

Last year I noted that many schools were adopting Windows detachables or two-in-ones, and these now have a wide market. Their main advantages are that they do double duty as tablets and laptops, while being both portable and very cheap. They also tend to be reasonably robust. Teenagers tend to break laptop hinges, and that's generally less of a problem with detachables. In fact, some models have no hinges to break.