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Best college laptop for under $500?

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I'm looking for a good laptop for under $500. I'm gonna use it for assignments, YouTube, and some other stuff. Nothing heavy like gaming. I don't mind if it's a Chromebook or Windows laptop but I need suggestions. Thank you

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For under $500 you'll be looking at the used market I'm afraid. 

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Just now, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

For under $500 you'll be looking at the used market I'm afraid. 

I don't mind used but I don't have any clue what Laptop to get for my needs.

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I use a Samsung Chromebook I got for $300. Check out best buy for student deals and the like, they often have discounts.

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See if you can increase your budget and consider any of these.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Notebookcheck-s-Top-10-Budget-Office-Business-Notebooks.98853.0.html

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If you're looking for something great but cheap, go for one of these it's one of HP's business line laptops. It's a 4th gen i5, 8GB memory with another slot for more, and a 180GB SSD plus comes with Windows 10 pro for $200. I have one for doing onsite tech work, haven't had a single issue. Upgraded it to 16GB of memory and 480GB SSD for $80 more and it has a 90 day return period through amazon and a 1 year warranty through the refurbishing company.

https://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteBook-Professional-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B073V3SY93/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?keywords=hp+elitebook+g9400&qid=1577394026&sr=8-2-fkmr1

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7 hours ago, qwrtiy said:

I'm looking for a good laptop for under $500

Where are you from? Any preferences on weight, battery life and display size?

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Under 500$

This is kind of the best pc that fits in your budget. Has plenty of power with a 4 core 8 thread i5 8265U, 8gb of ram, 256gb ssd and a fingerprint reader if that matters. 

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-i5-8265U-Keyboard-Fingerprint-A515-54-51DJ/dp/B07RF2123Z/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=Laptop&qid=1577426406&sr=8-5

 

Under 300$

Still a decent laptop with good performance. In this system you're looking at an i3 7100U, 4gb of ram and 128gb of storage. I'd recommend adding another stick of ram in to have 8gb for a better experience but other than that is alright. 

https://www.amazon.com/HP-14-Flagship-Computer-Bluetooth/dp/B07QG5NFFQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_20?keywords=Laptop&qid=1577426615&sr=8-20

 

Around 200$

In this budget, unless you're buying used don't get a laptop with windows, basically you're stuck to chromebooks if you're buying new. Now the lenovo has a mediatek processor which is a mobile processor and I don't really have a very good idea about its performance. However its got 4gb of ram, 64gb of storage (more than most chromebooks in this price range) and a 14 inch 1080p screen (higher size and resolution than most chromebooks in this price range). 

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Chromebook-MediaTek-Processor-81JW0000US/dp/B07GLV1VC7/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?keywords=Chromebook&qid=1577427273&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExRlBGTE5XWUUwVDJBJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDU4NjU5MU1EMzNPWDRLT1dZOCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjQ0MzU0M1RSVjA1OTBEQVU1USZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX3Bob25lX3NlYXJjaF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

 

Disclaimer: I can not confirm how good the screen actually looks that is why I'd recommend looking for reviews for these devices before buying one of them and perhaps take a look at them in a store if possible. 

 

Also at last, it doesn't have to be amazon where you get your laptop from, if you find it cheaper elsewhere go for it, also if you find better devices at the same price point then go for it. 

 

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I'm also looking for a laptop in that range and for the same purposes, but I'd also like a touchscreen- any suggestions?

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27 minutes ago, JerryBond said:

I'm also looking for a laptop in that range and for the same purposes, but I'd also like a touchscreen- any suggestions?

Open a new thread.

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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15 hours ago, genexis_x said:

Where are you from? Any preferences on weight, battery life and display size?

From upstate NY, no preferences really just a laptop that's worth every penny.

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Lenovo Thinkpad A485 20MUS07F00

Lenovo ThinkPad E585 20KV000WUS

Lenovo Ideapad 730s 13 81JB0006US: high sRGB IPS, non-upgradeable RAM, no USB A port

Lenovo Ideapad S540 15 81NE003JUS

Lenovo Ideapad S540 14 (AMD) 81NH0058US

Lenovo Ideapad S340 15 81QF0005US / 81WW0005US / 81WW0004US

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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