Best Laptop?

[RelaxingSole]

I was wondering what the best laptop is for schools? With light gaming capabilities stuff like minecraft or csgo I have a budget of $1200 and would prefer it to be thin and light so I could carry it easily.

[Slottr]

Light gaming capability I'd just stick with Intel's integrated. 

 

The cheaper XPS models run them and it's perfect for lighter games. 

Maybe an LG Gram?

[astranger200]

8 minutes ago, RelaxingSole said:

I was wondering what the best laptop is for schools? With light gaming capabilities stuff like minecraft or csgo I have a budget of $1200 and would prefer it to be thin and light so I could carry it easily.

blade stealth is always a good bet, otherwise an xps 13 with a dgpu

[Streetguru]

11 minutes ago, RelaxingSole said:

I was wondering what the best laptop is for schools? With light gaming capabilities stuff like minecraft or csgo I have a budget of $1200 and would prefer it to be thin and light so I could carry it easily.

Just grab a matebook D with an R5 2500U, will be plenty for light gaming.

Otherwise grab a more standard i5 8300h/9300h + 1050ti or 1650 machine, but it's not really going to be thin, those run from $600-700, and basically every laptop has some minor problem or another.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HUAWEI-MateBook-D-53010CRG-AMD-Ryzen-5-2500U-8GB-256GB-SSD-14-Touch-Win-10/173987736403?epid=4020901325&hash=item28827a2b53:g:zs8AAOSwI1lcrg84

[Super Spartan]

23 minutes ago, RelaxingSole said:

I was wondering what the best laptop is for schools? With light gaming capabilities stuff like minecraft or csgo I have a budget of $1200 and would prefer it to be thin and light so I could carry it easily.

For that budget, these are your best bets:

 

Dell XPS 15 9560-HID60 - 15.6" FHD - nVIDIA GTX 1050 - 56WHr Battery

Custom Built ASUS ROG Strix GL503GE-ES73 Hero Edition - 15.6" FHD 120Hz w/ nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050TI

 

[kelvinhall05]

Last-gen ThinkPad X1 Carbon.

[Wellingtonzed]

First of all, dont buy a razer. They have reliability problems and it will particularly hurt you when it goes dead given your a student. Give the Zephyrus G a go. But otherwise a something with a gtx1650 will do.

[panzersharkcat]

If you use Lenovo's corporate buyer site (password's TXTATWORK), you can get a ThinkPad P43s for fairly cheap. $1149 with that link for an i7-8665U, 16 GB of soldered RAM (one free slot open), a Quadro P520 GPU, a 1440p display and a 512 GB SSD.

Alternatively, you can get the $831 model if you're willing to do upgrades yourself. That one has an i7-8565U, a Quadro P520, 8 GB of soldered RAM, a 256 GB SSD, and a 1080p display. The 1080p display isn't great but it's serviceable. I believe it's the same display as the one in my E480. For upgrades, you can get a 8 GB Corsair Vengeance for $39 on Amazon and get a 1 TB Samsung 970 Evo for $170. That brings your pre-tax total to about $1040.