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I went to the best buy today ( big mistake) and bought a surface 3 ( the crappy 64gb 2gb ram, intel atom one. ) between that and the keyboard for the surface the total was $650. 
 
 
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Hey guys! I need some advice. I am in need of a laptop/tablet for school. It will be doing a LOT of typing for  notes/reports and such. My main concern is that I've never actually owned a tablet or laptop. I've always had enthusiast grade desktops and am kinda scarred/clueless on which to pick for a laptop/tablet. I'd like it to also  have a nice screen, be easy to carry around (  not 20  pounds ) type well, and most importantly I want it to be quality. Dont want some crappy thing that will lag, break, freeze, or crash any advice? I will also most likely be watching the occasional movie on it,spottily, or be doing some heroes of the storm :P Budget is to be determined so just recommend things for now. 
P.S. I use  microsoft office to do my excel/typing/powerpoints. So it must run that. 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
I'd like to add a few things though. 
 
1. This time I realize I dont want a tablet. I want a ultrabook/netbook/laptop or whatever you wanna call it. Point being it needs to have a keyboard and not have to be propped up on something to stand up
2. atleast 1920x1080
3. under $700 the cheaper the better ( obviously) 
4. Not a piece of junk. Dont want something that will break soon after getting it. I've always bought high end stuff that lasted many years, would like to keep it that way if possible
5. 13.3 inches was just to small after seeing it in the store. Atleast 15inches
6. I'd LIKE to have an i7 but a i5 will suffice.
7. battery life doesn't matter
8. Needs to have a fullish keyboard. Meaning don't want something that has very tiny buttons. I'm used to the razer deathstalker ultimate keyboard. So something that size keys would be nice.
 
 
Thanks guys :) appreciate you guys helping out as i have no idea what to look for as far as laptops sense I've always stuck with desktops. 
 
 
I was looking at maybe these? dont know how these are at all just saw them on ebay. What do you guys think of these? Any other recommendations? ( all recommendations are welcome )
 
 
 
 
P.S. from U.S.A. so anywhere online in the U.S. is fine to order from :)

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if you can stretch to it

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152877

good one with an i5 and a 950m

if you cant

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232437

i7 + 940m

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Why didn't you like, try it out at the store before purchasing lel

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between those two wouldnt i actually want the cheaper one? sense its an i7vs i5.. Its not going to be used for gaming unless its not hearthstone or something.

 

Why didn't you like, try it out at the store before purchasing lel

The conecept it awesome. They of course had the i7 model on display. The thing  runs like crap. Should have known better. :/

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Thank you for the suggestion :) But to be honest HP makes some really ugly laptops IMO >.<

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between those two wouldnt i actually want the cheaper one? sense its an i7vs i5.. Its not going to be used for gaming unless its not hearthstone or something.

 

then get the cheaper one

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The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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then get the cheaper one

Didnt realize it was the 4210H vs the 5500u my bad. You where right :P

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What type of screen do those two have? doesnt say if its tn or ips 

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