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Help with College Laptop

DaneLewis
By DaneLewis
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One of my good friends is going off to college and needs help getting a laptop. They want to spend 400 to 600 (less is better). I really want them to have an SSD ( because they probably going to be alittle rough on it but they dont need that much drive space) and they really want Windows 7 over Windows 8. I can switch out the old hard drive myself if needed.

 

Thank guys

 

P.S. Haswell wouldn't hurt for the battery life.

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for that price point its tough to get an ssd, if your in canada and have a memory express anywhere near you they have one built by acer for a fantastic deal though http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX44926

 

otherwise something like the fallowing could be good if you change it to an ssd yourself

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX42039

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Is that in USD? Might be tough getting an SSD with that pricepoint. 

 

Thinkpad Edge is a good starting point. Quite stylish too http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/webca/LenovoPortal/en_CA/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=1DB42C976BA9D9CEB8EA3E742D211EED&action=init

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