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KieranJones212
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Hi guys I'm stating college in about 2 months and I need a good laptop but It need to be nice and thin. I have been looking at macbook airs but Meh I'm a windows guy 

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Have you considered an Ultrabook yet? Those things are light, powerful, extremely thin, and of course, run Windows.

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Have you considered an Ultrabook yet? Those things are light, powerful, extremely thin, and of course, run Windows.

Got any you could recommend >?

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Got any you could recommend >?

Asus Vivobook is what I would personally get. I've seen them for as low as $400 with an i5. But that was on a big sale. 

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The Dell XPS 11 is on sale for about $699 and it has a core i5 and an ssd.

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If you could pick up a Sony VAIO Flip before they are all gone for good, they have great battery life and a nice keyboard and display. 

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Well I walked by the Microsoft store last week and they kept trying to sell me their Surface Pro 3.. They said it's decent for post-secondary so I guess that's an option. 

 

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A personal suggestion of my own is the ASUS Vivobook (what NannerBeans said) but they do go cheaper during a sale but your choice.

 

ASUS Vivobook

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My bro loves his Yoga, Personally I plan on getting a Thinkpad version  late this year, though it is pricier. The Yoga does the whole "flip into a tablet" thing if you care about that. Plus it's an ultra-book, so all the regular thin, light, battery life, ssd, blah blah blah stuff.

 

 

FYI for you and any other students in Canada, if you get one of those SPC cards (think they cost $10) you get a pretty nice discount on most Lenovo stuff, my brother saved $200 on his.

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First of all, what will you be doing with it? Just web browsing and the occasional Microsoft Office?

 

Also, budget?

 

I would recommend the MSI GS series laptops: http://www.msi.com/product/nb/GS70_STEALTH.html#hero-overview

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It's about almost 0.80" thick, but comes with a i7 and either a GTX 860m or 870m. It comes in a 15.6" screen or a 17.3". I would recommend the MSI GS60 with a GTX860m: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152567&cm_re=MSI_GS-_-34-152-567-_-Product

 

Of course it's expensive(~$1700), but for college and mobile gaming, it's great.

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