I need help finding a Laptop

[Geek]

Hi friends,

I need some help finding a good laptop for college. I don't really know a lot about laptops and what makes good specs with them, so I'm looking for some help.

- No Macbooks (I can't afford them)
- No 2-in-1s
- No touchscreens (I have an iPad for that)
- MAX BUDGET IS $750 USD
- Ideally would be used only for web browsing and writing papers, nothing intensive like gaming.
- I'd prefer new or open box, nothing used

Please leave a link below

 

[Ally]

Lenovo have a massive range of laptops that do all the things you need - seriously diverse. Probably worth having a look there. https://lenovo.com

Try something like https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-t-series/ThinkPad-T470/p/22TP2TT4700

 

[Geek]

Lenovo have a massive range of laptops that do all the things you need - seriously diverse. Probably worth having a look there. https://lenovo.com

I've been looking there, but I'm not really sure what I'm looking at hehe. Do you have any recommended laptops or specs that you think might be useful for me?

 

[Ally]

I've been looking there, but I'm not really sure what I'm looking at hehe. Do you have any recommended laptops or specs that you think might be useful for me?

Yeah, just edited my post. You're probably looking at a Pentium or maybe an i5 (i7 would be too expensive for you) and 8 gb of RAM. Integrated graphics blah blah blah.

Oh rip, the one I linked is out of stock :/
You could get the $819 one but I mean it's $70 out of your budget.

 

[Cal]

I mean I know this wasn't the goal, but a Surface Pro or iPad Pro make exceptional school laptops. I use a Surface Pro for school pretty much exclusively and it's never failed to do a task I've needed it to. The pen input is extremely useful for anything math related and also comes in handy for random editing or visualizing work.

If that's really not what your looking for a cheap ultrabook would be the way to go. But I highly recommend the Surface Pro specifically for school. If you want it to do anything besides school, a more traditional notebook laptop may be the way to go.

 

[Ally]

I mean I know this wasn't the goal, but a Surface Pro or iPad Pro make exceptional school laptops. I use a Surface Pro for school pretty much exclusively and it's never failed to do a task I've needed it to. The pen input is extremely useful for anything math related and also comes in handy for random editing or visualizing work.

If that's really not what your looking for a cheap ultrabook would be the way to go. But I highly recommend the Surface Pro specifically for school. If you want it to do anything besides school, a more traditional notebook laptop may be the way to go.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-pro-5th-gen/8NKT9WTTRBJK/000R?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

 

[Geek]

I mean I know this wasn't the goal, but a Surface Pro or iPad Pro make exceptional school laptops. I use a Surface Pro for school pretty much exclusively and it's never failed to do a task I've needed it to. The pen input is extremely useful for anything math related and also comes in handy for random editing or visualizing work.

If that's really not what your looking for a cheap ultrabook would be the way to go. But I highly recommend the Surface Pro specifically for school. If you want it to do anything besides school, a more traditional notebook laptop may be the way to go.

I'm already planning on using my iPad Pro during school. I'd prefer to have a laptop aswell, just because I know the major that I'm going into requires me to do some outside work on applications that aren't available for iPad as well as doing some gaming and work that is just easier on an actual computer.

 

[Blaze.]

Hi friends,

I need some help finding a good laptop for college. I don't really know a lot about laptops and what makes good specs with them, so I'm looking for some help.

- No Macbooks (I can't afford them)
- No 2-in-1s
- No touchscreens (I have an iPad for that)
- MAX BUDGET IS $750 USD
- Ideally would be used only for web browsing and writing papers, nothing intensive like gaming.
- I'd prefer new or open box, nothing used

Please leave a link below

#1: HP Pavilion Laptop - Great Specs, light, sleek, pretty nice, and it's under your budget by a large margin.

#2: Acer Swift - Very very cheap, okay specs for a school laptop. Will get the job done.

#3: Acer Aspire - A bit more expensive, but it's faster than the other two computers. I don't how much that matters to you.

Good luck!

 

[Daigan]

Look for a used or on sale dell XPS 13

 

[Geek]

After talking it over with some people, I decided to go with the Acer Aspire 5 Slim that Blaze. posted! Thank you so much for all your help guys!

#3: Acer Aspire - A bit more expensive, but it's faster than the other two computers. I don't how much that matters to you.