So one of my homies needs a laptop for general college use, and as his go-to computer guy, I decided to help him out. He would like to keep it 500 USD or lower but he's fine with 20 to 30 USD more.
I5 or Ryzen 5 would be preferred
Dedicated GPU not needed
SSD must be present (maybe a hard drive as well)
8GB of RAM at least
Touchscreen and good aesthetics are nice but not "must haves"
These are the contenders so far:
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-VivoBook-F412DA-14-Laptop/dp/B07W7PWTL5/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=asus+vivobook+f412da&qid=1571786173&s=electronics&sr=1-2
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W5SKXQS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_k-4RDbC9F16TV
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RF2123Z/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_g.4RDb6ER3PQY
If any of you have other suggestions, please let me know!