Laptop for College

[DuckMan2076]

So it has finally come time for me to move on to college and with the semester coming up soon, I was looking for something lighter since I will be bring this system to and from classes. So far my only real requirements are that I am able to do regular school stuff well, browse web pages, write documents, maybe throw some video watching and a bit of drawing as well. While I think I have done my research something is still bugging me. I feel that maybe there is something better that I could of gotten for school but I am still unsure. My price range is around 600$ although it is a bit flexible I'll say maybe 700$ max if there is something that is in that range that outperforms what I have gotten in every way. I'd prefer touch screen but it is not a necessity. I'd rather have a balance of performance and battery life although when push comes to shove I'd take the bit of performance.

 

Currently this is what I have chosen:

Lenovo Flex 5 14" with the Ryzen 5 4500U, 16gb ddr4, 256gb ssd

 

Let me know what thoughts you have / if there are better options. I am totally open to opinions.

 

TLDR:

• Chosen a laptop for college but unsure if I have a good deal
• 600$ flexible (+/-100$) price range
• General Use case (word doc, video browsing, regular college stuff)
• Touchscreen preferred but not necessary
• Performance > Battery (if it comes down to it)

[marmour]

13 minutes ago, DuckMan2076 said:

Lenovo Flex 5 14" with the Ryzen 5 4500U, 16gb ddr4, 256gb ssd

This is what I would have recommended

[iBabySlapper]

I had a used Thinkpad X230 in university, it was great. Great keyboard, trauma resistant and easy to repair.

Survived me smashing it with a lamp (which broke the lamp) when I had an emotional event.

I'd try to look for a X260 or something of that age.

[DuckMan2076]

14 minutes ago, CircleTech said:

 

Two words: Used thinkpad. 

 

Get a Lenovo X1 carbon 3rd Gen:

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=lenovo+x1+carbon+3rd+gen&_sop=12&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1

 

The one with the 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD should be fine. 

 

EDIT: I know you said you wanted something light but if you are willing to step up in Weight, The Eulktronics NB50TZ is a good choice if you want to upgrade your laptop. I am typing on an N950KP6 and I can wholeheartedly reccomend Their machines. However, you will need to buy a CPU, RAM, and an SSD. 

 

https://www.eluktronics.com/NB50TZ

While I do think a used X1 could be better, I'd rather go new rather then used and personally I haven't used Eulktronics so they scare me a bit in terms of reliability as I am not the best when it comes fixing something if it breaks.