School laptop suggestions

[ADedL33Sp00n]

Hey everyone! Im kinda shopping around for a laptop, but it will mostly be for writing code at school. It doesnt need to have gaming performance, i have a pretty beefy gaming computer at home. But I would like it to still feel pretty snappy, so optimal specs would be like an i5, solid state storage (nvme especially), and like 8 or 16GB of RAM (Also, I know this is the LTT forum, but it literally has to be a windows machine, so mac’s are out of the question) looking for suggestions that are semi budget, and maybe light weight as well, looking for around 1000 or so! 

Thanks everyone!

[Kdog]

This may be a good option for you: https://www.microcenter.com/product/507831/OMEN_15-dc0051nr_156_Gaming_Laptop_Computer_-_Black

[Adam132]

The dell xps 15 or 13 are all really sweet

[genexis_x]

5 hours ago, ADedL33Sp00n said:

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Location? Preferred max weight in kg/lbs? Any preference on battery life and display quality?

[markr54632]

1 hour ago, Adam132 said:

The dell xps 15 or 13 are all really sweet

Are you just spamming this around? The new xps is certainly not sweet unless you mean it is a toaster that can cook sweet things.

[ADedL33Sp00n]

On 1/14/2019 at 8:40 PM, GeneXiS_X said:

Location? Preferred max weight in kg/lbs? Any preference on battery life and display quality?

I would prefer a pretty decent battery life, thin and light is fine considering i dont want or need a dedicated gpu inside of it. a 1080p display is fine, i mostly just need it for productivity and basic coding, as long as it can handle a few ide’s and is snappy for everyday tasks i would be happy

[markr54632]

1 hour ago, ADedL33Sp00n said:

I would prefer a pretty decent battery life, thin and light is fine considering i dont want or need a dedicated gpu inside of it. a 1080p display is fine, i mostly just need it for productivity and basic coding, as long as it can handle a few ide’s and is snappy for everyday tasks i would be happy

You still haven't said what country. Since you have said it's for coding I really highly suggest going to a store and trying some machines out.

 

The most important thing in a laptop for coding is the keyboard. No one can tell you what kind of keyboard you will like. Personally I cant stand the compact layouts found in most of the sub 15" laptops and I absolutely will not touch anything without a physical numpad. Your opinion will differ.

 

As for hardware anything that runs windows and has 8gb of ram or more with a modern processor should be able to keep up in class.

[genexis_x]

9 hours ago, ADedL33Sp00n said:

pretty decent battery life, thin and light is fine

Give a range in hours and kg/lbs respectively (min battery life and max weight)

 

And where are you from?