Laptop for B Day

[Boinbo]

Hey guys.

So, my dad agreed to buy me a laptop for my birthday finally! I have a budget of $800-$1200, so it's not a super cheap budget. I am going to mainly use it for school, so good battery life and keyboard are important. I have my eyes on a Microsoft Surface Laptop 3, for $899. Can anyone tell me any other good laptops in my budget range? Thanks!

[techmattr]

If you don't need a lot of storage or RAM then it's hard to beat the base model Surface Laptop 3. Especially if you care about functional aspect ratio. 16:10 and 3:2 are where its at. I have the base model ($899) 13" and I really like it. For me the Surface Laptop 3 and XPS 13 2-in-1 and the yet to be released XPS 13 9300 are the only options since they are the only laptops with a 16:10 or 3:2.

[InstaFire42]

10 minutes ago, Boinbo said:

Hey guys.

So, my dad agreed to buy me a laptop for my birthday finally! I have a budget of $800-$1200, so it's not a super cheap budget. I am going to mainly use it for school, so good battery life and keyboard are important. I have my eyes on a Microsoft Surface Laptop 3, for $899. Can anyone tell me any other good laptops in my budget range? Thanks!

Not sure how much the Dell XPS is, but if its in your price range its a good consideration

[Boinbo]

8 minutes ago, techmattr said:

If you don't need a lot of storage or RAM then it's hard to beat the base model Surface Laptop 3. Especially if you care about functional aspect ratio. 16:10 and 3:2 are where its at. I have the base model ($899) 13" and I really like it. For me the Surface Laptop 3 and XPS 13 2-in-1 and the yet to be released XPS 13 9300 are the only options since they are the only laptops with a 16:10 or 3:2.

Storage is not a problem for me, and 8gb of ram is probably good enough. I'll look into the xps pricing!

[Boinbo]

5 minutes ago, InsaneFire10YT said:

Not sure how much the Dell XPS is, but if its in your price range its a good consideration

I'll check it out.

[techmattr]

1 minute ago, Boinbo said:

Storage is not a problem for me, and 8gb of ram is probably good enough. I'll look into the xps pricing!

The XPS 13 2-in-1 is a decent value right now. Linus has a few videos on it as I think he is still using it as his daily driver. I got my girlfriend a XPS 13 2-in-1 and it's an awesome laptop. I like my Surface Laptop 3 better though because of the taller aspect ratio and it's a bit lighter. I really like the XPS 2-in-1's maglev keyboard though. The XPS has a much better touchpad but the Surface Laptop 3 has a bigger touchpad.

 

Can't really go wrong with either one but the XPS 2-in-1 isn't worth the extra $300 honestly.

[Boinbo]

21 minutes ago, techmattr said:

The XPS 13 2-in-1 is a decent value right now. Linus has a few videos on it as I think he is still using it as his daily driver. I got my girlfriend a XPS 13 2-in-1 and it's an awesome laptop. I like my Surface Laptop 3 better though because of the taller aspect ratio and it's a bit lighter. I really like the XPS 2-in-1's maglev keyboard though. The XPS has a much better touchpad but the Surface Laptop 3 has a bigger touchpad.

 

Can't really go wrong with either one but the XPS 2-in-1 isn't worth the extra $300 honestly.

Yeah I checked it out, and I think my final verdict will be the surface laptop 3. Thanks!

[techmattr]

4 minutes ago, Boinbo said:

Yeah I checked it out, and I think my final verdict will be the surface laptop 3. Thanks!

I'm sure you'll love it. I went with the old Alcantara surface instead of the new aluminum option and I'm glad I did. The Alcantara is really comfortable to use.

[Boinbo]

7 minutes ago, techmattr said:

I'm sure you'll love it. I went with the old Alcantara surface instead of the new aluminum option and I'm glad I did. The Alcantara is really comfortable to use.

Alright I'll keep that in mind!

[genexis_x]

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