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Hello, I am a future engineering student who is looking for a decent laptop that will make its way through all of college I have done weeks' worth of research and landed on a Lenovo Slim 7i 

specs

intel core ultra 7 155h 

32gb of lpddr5 at 7467mhz

1tb m.2 ssd

I found an open box unit on eBay for 660 dollars I feel like that is a very good price given the specs, I am curious what someone else thinks and if there is a better laptop out there for the price range of about 700 dollars I have yet to find anything better. But I would like to make sure I found the best for my budget before ordering it. 

Notes

(I am okay with eBay open box and refurbished items, but I would like them to look new)

(I know this laptop is a little overkill, but I wanted the ram to make sure that I would be able to use it for the foreseeable future and I struggled to find anything with sodium ram in it)

I want something with 

Great build quality (metal ideally) 

Ungarble parts if its only 16gb of ram

great battery life (all day)

Type c charger (no Barral plugs)

Thank you in advance for any input you are able to provide.

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Eh, I wouldn't get that. Check out BestBuy and their Open Box section. Or even their sales right now. You can get better deals. 

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