Sell or don't sell?

[theKumba]

A friend of mine want's to buy my laptop. It's one of these huge, heavy and somewhat powerful asus rog gaming notebooks. It's 3 years old and got it from Ebay for around 400€ (~500$). Also I put a Samsung 840 Evo SSD 60gb in it.

He wants to give me 500€ (~620$) for it.

At first this looks like a solid deal, but I need a laptop for school and this one seems to be pretty good for that, since I can type pretty well on it and you can do a lot on a 17.3inch screen. On the other side it is a pain  in the ass to get make it fit into my schoolbag.

 

What I wanted to ask is if I should sell it and if I do so what ultrabook to get.

 

I thought of a Surface Pro 3, but it's quite pricey. For nearly the same price I could get a Macbook Air 11inch. The Surface Pro 2 is even more expensive and the Surface 2 doesn't have Windows 8.1.

Are there any other ultrabooks that have Windows 7/8.1 and don't cost more than 600€ (~780$)?

[Zach's Tech Tips]

If I was you keep it, if your used to it helps a lot.if you want a thinner laptop with still good performance check out the Razer blade pro 17 (it is quite pricey but is extremely lite and thin)

[Jerakl]

If I was you keep it, if your used to it helps a lot.if you want a thinner laptop with still good performance check out the Razer blade pro 17 (it is quite pricey but is extremely lite and thin)

I don't think he's looking specifically for a gaming notebook, more one for school.

 

What about this?

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX54171

[MasterRaceFanBoy]

If you're not doing heavy work and you prefer playing at home. sell it. Add $150-$200 in the future and buy a slim one, just for easy work, battery life and style.

[Zach's Tech Tips]

I don't think he's looking specifically for a gaming notebook, more one for school.

Well than if you still want something thin consider a Mac book they are reasonably light and thin

[connorpiper]

First of all, any Windows 8 PC can be updated to 8.1.

Meaning, the Surface 2 has Windows 8.1.

[Jerakl]

Well than if you still want something thin consider a Mac book they are reasonably light and thin

But those are still pretty expensive, OP is looking for something under 780$ US if I understand correctly.

[Zach's Tech Tips]

But those are still pretty expensive, OP is looking for something under 780$ US if I understand correctly.

Ok thx I look for some thing else than

[connorpiper]

Ok thx I look for some thing else than

 

No. Depends an where you look. We are not talking about a $1200 flagship ultrabook here.

[Zach's Tech Tips]

How about this its thin and even touchscreen http://shopap.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/ideapad/z-series/z400-touch/

[theKumba]

First of all, any Windows 8 PC can be updated to 8.1.

Meaning, the Surface 2 has Windows 8.1.

It doesn't have W8.1, it has W8.1RT. You can't install Programms on it.

[theKumba]

Well than if you still want something thin consider a Mac book they are reasonably light and thin

How does Win8.1 perform on the ceapest macbook air? I heard you can get pretty good discounts on them as a student, so I could look into one of them.

[connorpiper]

It doesn't have W8.1, it has W8.1RT. You can't install Programms on it.

 

Because it's not a PC OS. It's a Tablet. 

You should expect that.

[UltimateDave]

A friend of mine want's to buy my laptop. It's one of these huge, heavy and somewhat powerful asus rog gaming notebooks. It's 3 years old and got it from Ebay for around 400€ (~500$). Also I put a Samsung 840 Evo SSD 60gb in it.

He wants to give me 500€ (~620$) for it.

At first this looks like a solid deal, but I need a laptop for school and this one seems to be pretty good for that, since I can type pretty well on it and you can do a lot on a 17.3inch screen. On the other side it is a pain  in the ass to get make it fit into my schoolbag.

 

What I wanted to ask is if I should sell it and if I do so what ultrabook to get.

 

I thought of a Surface Pro 3, but it's quite pricey. For nearly the same price I could get a Macbook Air 11inch. The Surface Pro 2 is even more expensive and the Surface 2 doesn't have Windows 8.1.

Are there any other ultrabooks that have Windows 7/8.1 and don't cost more than 600€ (~780$)?

I'd sell it any buy a good laptop 2nd hand.