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Laptops for students not on a budget

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I'm a former MBP owner who switched to a Surface Book 2 about a year ago and couldn't be happier, it meets all your requirements except LTE support.

There's nowhere any suggestions for laptop for students not on a budget.

Even LTT's video for the best laptops for students is kind of a budget laptop showdown.

Please help me out here.

I'm looking for a good slim and lite .

 

NOT NECESSARY BUT GOOD TO HAVE

  1. Touch Screen
  2. Stylus support
  3. Detachable screen
  4. SSD
  5. LTE support

ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED

  1. 8GB plus of RAM
  2. 512GB storage
  3. A laptop that stands up properly with no flimsy stands
  4. Minumum 8 hours of battery life
  5. USB TYPE A ports
  6. HeadphoneJack
  7. Bluetooth Headphone compatibilty

Basically a laptop for a normal college student who doesn't game or anything. Just to get assignments done and stream movies and stuff when not completing assignments and college stuff.

 

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I'm a former MBP owner who switched to a Surface Book 2 about a year ago and couldn't be happier, it meets all your requirements except LTE support.

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How good is the battery life.

What is your typical usage and how long does it last for you?

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2 hours ago, johnny5c said:

I'm a former MBP owner who switched to a Surface Book 2 about a year ago and couldn't be happier, it meets all your requirements except LTE support.

I second this. Microsoft Surface stuff is quite good.

Main PC:

CPU: Intel Core i9 13900KS SP 116 (124P-102E) (6.1Ghz P-Cores 4.8Ghz E-cores) MC SP 88

CPU Voltage: LLC8 1.525V (real voltage 1.425V + - Temps 85-90 P-Cores, 70-73 E-cores)

Cooled by: Supercool Direct Die 14th gen full nickel

Motherboard: Z790 ASUS Maximus Apex Encore

RAM: GSkill TridentZ 2x24GB DDR5 8600Mhz CL38 (OC from 8000Mhz CL40)

GPU: RTX MSI 4090 Suprim X with EKWB waterblock

Case: My own case fabricated out of aluminium and wood

Storage: 4x 2TB Sarbent Rocket Plus Gen 4.0 NVMe, 1x External 2TB Seagate Barracuda (Backup)

WiFi: BE202 WiFi 7 Tri-Band card module

PSU: Corsair AX1600i with custom black and red cables with 2x Corsair 5V+ Load Balancer

Display: Samsung Oddysey G9 240Hz Ver. 5120x1440 with G-Sync and Freesync Premium Pro 1008 Firmware Ver, and 1x Electriq USB C 1080p 15'8 inch IPS portable display for temperature and stats, MSI 23'8 144Hz G-Sync

Fan Controllers:  6x AquaComputer Octo with 5 temperature sensors

Cooling: Three Custom Loops:

1st Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for GPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, red coolant

2nd Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for CPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, purple coolant

3rd Loop: 1x 240mm PE CoolStream radiator with 1x EKWB Revo D5 pump (RAM ONLY)

Total: 5x pumps and 13x radiators 50x 3000RPM Noctua Industrial fans

Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow V3 RGB - Green switches

Sound: Logitech Z680 5.1 THX Certified 505W Speakers

Mouse: Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock

Piano: Yamaha P155

Phone: Oppo Find X5 Pro

Camera: Logitech Brio Pro 4K

VR: Oculus Rift S

External SSD: 256GB Overclocking OS

LaptopMSI Titan GT77HX V13RTX 4090 175W, i9 13980HX OC: P-Cores 5.8Ghz 3 cores and 5.2Ghz 5 cores and E-Cores 4.3Ghz, 192GB of RAM @5600Mhz @3600 (chipset limit),

12TB (3x4TB) of NVMe, 17'3 inch 4K 144Hz MiniLED screen, 4x 17'3 ASUS portable USB-C Monitors 240Hz, Creative Sound Blaster G6 Sound Card, Portable 16TB NVMe in TB4 enclosures (8x2TB), Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock gaming mouse, Keychron K3 gaming keyboard with blue switches low profile, Logitech Brio 4K Webcam.

Hand held: ROG Ally with XG Mobile RTX 3080 with Keychron K3 low profile keyboard (Blue Switches) and Razer Hyperspeed V3 mouse and 4TB NVMe upgrade (WDBlack SN850X), with 100W 20000Mah power bank and portable monitor ROG XG17AHP 17'3 inch 240Hz with built in battery, and 518Wh Power station for Camping.

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3 hours ago, Prithviksit said:

How good is the battery life.

What is your typical usage and how long does it last for you?

I can go two full work days using the iGPU for general office stuff.  

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No, I haven't.

Why do you think it's matches the requirement?

Is there anything in specific

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Check out the new Hp spectre x360 coming out on november 5th.

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