Best Laptop for Under $1,000

[alex_vandyke]

I'm looking at getting a new laptop mostly for school. No gaming will be done on it. I would like it to be speedy for the next like 4-5 years if you could. Obviously want an SSD and at least 8GB of RAM with good battery life. Thank you for any suggestions you may have!

[hazza_ob]

people may hate me for this, but a macbook air - light weight, pretty fast, and well under $1000 for a new one and cheaper if its used.

[alex_vandyke]

Oh gosh. Thank you for the reply! Though, sadly, I forgot to say that I wanted Windows. My bad.

[Starelementpoke]

Here, good under 1k laptop that'll last a couple of years and has pretty good battery life. As an added bonus, GPU!  http://www.amazon.com/Acer-V3-572PG-7915-15-6-Inch-Touchscreen-Platinum/dp/B00R45U1EO/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1425429848&sr=1-2&keywords=laptops

[jag3498]

I'm looking at getting a new laptop mostly for school. No gaming will be done on it. I would like it to be speedy for the next like 4-5 years if you could. Obviously want an SSD and at least 8GB of RAM with good battery life. Thank you for any suggestions you may have!

 

How big of a screen and how much do you care about how portable it is? Do you plan on taking this to class with you?

[vembutech]

Hi,

 

I would suggest Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 Notebook 

[alex_vandyke]

How big of a screen and how much do you care about how portable it is? Do you plan on taking this to class with you?

I would say 13" and yes I would take it to class with me so kinda small-ish.