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Hey, all I'm headed off to college next year (staying in a double dorm). I am bringing my Mini-ITX PC build but need a new laptop for on the go. Any suggestions?

 

The Goal: A laptop for on the go

  • Lightweight, portable, and decent battery life
  • While $800 would still work, I would like to save money here if possible, so around $500
  • Purpose
    • General College Student
      • Note-taking
      • Browsing
      • Light programming
  • I've considered a Chromebook but neither of the Universities I'm considering use Google Education

Current Proposal: https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-V3-372T-5051-13-3-inch-Notebook/dp/B01682HZAQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493182819&sr=8-1&keywords=Acer+Aspire+V+13+V3-372T-5051+13.3-inch+Full+HD+Touch+Notebook+-+Platinum+White+(Intel+i5%2C+6GB+RAM%2C+256GB+SSD%2C+Windows+10)#Ask

 

Thoughts? Any other ideas? I'm not particularly fond of the white but can't find anything else. 

Thank you!

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I loved my XPS 13 and biased towards it if you can afford it. Super lightweight, long battery life and great screen.

Main Gaming and Streaming PC: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Vinsinity/saved/TjwVnQ

Ultrabook and College Laptop:

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XPS 13 9350:

i5-6200U

8GB RAM

Samsung PM951 250GB M.2 Solid State Drive

Workstation Laptop:

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Sager NP8672 (P670SG):

i7-4720HQ

32GB (4 x 8GB) CORSAIR Vengeance Performance

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB M.2 Solid State Drive (Boot Drive)

Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2 Solid State Drive (Video Drive)

Crucial MX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Secondary SDD Storage)

Western Digital (Blue or Black) 1TB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Storage Drive)

GeForce GTX 980M 4G

 

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13 minutes ago, VinsinityKT said:

I loved my XPS 13 and biased towards it if you can afford it. Super lightweight, long battery life and great screen.

Too expensive.

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Unless you want to game, go ThinkPad T400, with the extended battery pack it even gets up to 18 hours of web browsing battery life.

 

Plus, I love ThinkPads and hate Chromebooks.....

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