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Hello. I'm looking for a laptop that is good for me (obviously.)

Preferences: 

-Thin

-Light

-$1300 and less

-Good touchpad

-Smaller is better

-Touchscreen matte 1080p+ IPS (see others)

-Ram does play a role but 8 is good

-Best Buy (reasons below.)

 

Don't matter:

-Storage space (I just built my NAS)

 

My freshman year of college, I was dragging a G75VX then I recently moved on to the G750JM (<-- horrible experience), then I got the Q502LA from Asus. It's a 2-in-1 but I just dont really like it. The touchpad is horrible even with it set on to no delay and the keyboard...lol. They keys are silver and the backlit color is white. I can't barely see my keys indoors, even with the backlit off. So the reasoning why I have to get a laptop at Best Buy is because of the in-store gift card I have from them from previous reasons. It's like $1003 and I'm willing to get something good but I just feel like the community can help me get that.

 

So far:
Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro (BB has a $150 off for this baby with a college student coupon)

Dell Inspiron 15

Acer Aspire S7 (It's $1600 but they can price match Amazon and make it go down to ~$1100)

 

Others:
I know how to replace a laptop screen, but not a touch one. Is there a way to just get a glossy touchscreen then replace with a matte screen? (No "anti-glare" screen protector crap, unless there is a really really really really really good one. I rather just buy a matte screen from laptopscreen.com if it can be replaceable with touch being allowed.)

 

Thanks :)
 

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MacBook Air is pretty nice if you can deal with the resolution. Or you can go a little over budget for a Macbook Pro retina

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For college I would always recommend a Macbook Pro or Air, and best buy always has sales on the Macbooks there.

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MacBook Air is pretty nice if you can deal with the resolution. Or you can go a little over budget for a Macbook Pro retina

For college I would always recommend a Macbook Pro or Air, and best buy always has sales on the Macbooks there.

Not touch though, right?

 

Touch does play a role for taking economic graph notes

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Not touch though, right?

 

Touch does play a role for taking economic graph notes

You could get the cheapest Macbook Air and an iPad.

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in my own opinion, laptop screens are not to be touched. if you want touch I would suggest an ipad or tablet of some sort. 

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Not touch though, right?

 

Touch does play a role for taking economic graph notes

You could get the cheapest Macbook Air and an iPad.

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New PC: i7-4790k, Corsair H100iGTX, ASrock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer, 24GB Ram, 850 EVO 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, GTX 1080 Fractal Design R4, EVGA Supernova G2 650W

 

 

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You could get the cheapest Macbook Air and an iPad.

nice double post bro

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Don't kill me for saying this but SURFACE PRO?

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Don't kill me for saying this but SURFACE PRO?

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nice double post bro

Well when I hit post the loading bar thing stalled and I guess it got confused and double posted it. Sorry.  :(

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in my own opinion, laptop screens are not to be touched. if you want touch I would suggest an ipad or tablet of some sort.

You're right, what would laptop and tablet would u recommend for a $1300 budget. I have a nexus 7 2013 but it's eh.
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Sign up for the Best Buy edu discounts. That's $100 off a Mac. Then go to the Post Office, and get a movers kit. Its an envelope full of stuff including a 10% any one item at Best Buy coupon. The two coupons will scan together in store. You can get a base 13" 8/128 rMBP for around $1100 OTD this way or the 8/256 for around $1300 OTD. 

 

The MUCH better screen, more powerful CPU, and added RAM are well worth it over the base MBA. 

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Sign up for the Best Buy edu discounts. That's $100 off a Mac. Then go to the Post Office, and get a movers kit. Its an envelope full of stuff including a 10% any one item at Best Buy coupon. The two coupons will scan together in store. You can get a base 13" 8/128 rMBP for around $1100 OTD this way or the 8/256 for around $1300 OTD.

The MUCH better screen, more powerful CPU, and added RAM are well worth it over the base MBA.

Do I go into the post office and just ask them for a movers kit?
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Do I go into the post office and just ask them for a movers kit?

 

 

They will either have them out or just ask for one. 

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They will either have them out or just ask for one.

Oh ok thanks man
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NAS - NZXT H440 | Asus H97 Plus | Intel Pentium G3258 | Stock Intel Fan | 2x 4GB G.Skill Sniper 1866mhz | MyDigitalSSD M.2 64GB | 4x 2TB WD Red

LAPTOP - Microsoft Surface Pro 3 | Intel i5 | 128GB SSD + 64GB MicroSD | 4GB Ram :)

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They will either have them out or just ask for one.

Can u stack more than one moving coupon?

EDIT: Nvm, 1 per customer :) I might just give them all my money and get a MSI GS60

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