Laptop for School

[dragonmasterj]

Hey guys,

I'n looking for a laptop. I have a nice gaming rig, but when I'm at school I need something portable to carry around to write papers and do other stuff for school. I was wondering whether or not there are any cheap, budget laptops that I could buy in the near-future. I'm not really looking at anything expensive or with top-of-the-line specs or anything, since I already have a nice rig. I just need something reliable that can last me maybe a 3-4 years.

Suggestions?

 

[ArchitSahu]

Chromebook?

I use a Macbook Air for that type of stuff. It has been going strong for me for 5 years. Not too much of a drop in resistance.

 

[dragonmasterj]

Chromebook?

I use a Macbook Air for that type of stuff. It has been going strong for me for 5 years. Not too much of a drop in resistance.

I mean you can't really do anything outside of Google on a Chromebook. I think I'm going to have to cross Chromebooks off the list.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

what's your budget.

 

[dragonmasterj]

what's your budget.

$350, maybe $400. At best under $250.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

not gonna find anything good under $250 unless you explore the used market
there's a lot of choices out there but this one is pretty much all the basics in good form that most any website out there recommends
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K1IO3QW?tag=laptop-magazine-20

 

[marthamsipe]

I use my old trusty Lenovo Z585, it's totally enough for school and https://writingpeak.co.uk/essay-writing, but it's quite heavy. As MacBook is too expencive, so if you want a smaller laptop, look at Asus, their ultrabooks are great. Would never recommend Sony Vaio tho

 

[marksavio]

get something really sleek, slim. 13~15in screen. 1080p~2k reso. about 1kg. and no fan noise. solid keyboard. 3.5GHz 4 core. 2x4/8Gb RAM. only m.2 drives. im gonna update this once i found something like this. more than 12 hours battery life.

the laptop series below here have a $250 budget version and a $450 dollar depending on the specs. so just browse Amazon or whereever and sort it from lowest to highest.
ASUS Vivobook 14
DELL Inspiron 15
LENOVO Ideapad 320

i still have a DELL from back in my college days its now 7 years already since first year. and it hasnt slowed down one bit with an additional RAM stick upgrade along the way.

 

[PetarV]

https://www.amazon.com/HP-15-6-Inch-Touchscreen-Pentium-DDR3L-1600/dp/B077PQ1VNY/ref=sr_1_9?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1516373151&sr=1-9&keywords=laptop&refinements=p_36%3A2421886011
This one looks nice, it doesn't have bad specs, has a touchscreen but its only 768p and I think it should do the job. As you mentioned you already have a gaming rig and don't need something powerful.

And this one https://www.amazon.com/Ideapad-Flagship-Celeron-Dual-Core-Personal/dp/B077RGJ6S7/ref=sr_1_23?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1516373151&sr=1-23&keywords=laptop&refinements=p_36%3A2421886011 is pretty cheap and I think its nice with those specs.