College laptop suggestions

Sicarius · September 4, 2015

Hi all. I just started back at college for another 2 years and have had enough of fighting for a laptop in the library or getting a half-charged 13 inch laptop from my college. I decided to buy a laptop to use at college, while I am away from my PC at home. I will be using it for working on MS office documents, programming (visual studio, web storm) and some VERY light Photoshop (making simple logos etc). I have roughly £650 to spend but would be willing to go to £700 if it was REALLY worth it. The keyboard is really important to me for obvious reasons, I can't stand mushy cheap keyboards. And an SSD is not too important to me as I can always swap one in from my desktop or buy one at a later date and I'd really like a 15" screen. I'd appreciate any help with this as I am not familiar with the current laptop market!

Thanks!

Lazmarr · September 4, 2015

Hi all. I just started back at college for another 2 years and have had enough of fighting for a laptop in the library or getting a half-charged 13 inch laptop from my college. I decided to buy a laptop to use at college, while I am away from my PC at home. I will be using it for working on MS office documents, programming (visual studio, web storm) and some VERY light Photoshop (making simple logos etc). I have roughly £650 to spend but would be willing to go to £700 if it was REALLY worth it. The keyboard is really important to me for obvious reasons, I can't stand mushy cheap keyboards. And an SSD is not too important to me as I can always swap one in from my desktop or buy one at a later date. I'd appreciate any help with this as I am not familiar with the current laptop market!

Thanks!

The one in my signature is a pretty decent one for word processing and light photoshop as well as being a capable gaming machine too

Or the Surface 3 / Pro is a great choice too

Sicarius · September 4, 2015

The one in my signature is a pretty decent one for word processing and light photoshop as well as being a capable gaming machine too

Or the Surface 3 / Pro is a great choice too

Thanks foe the suggestion! What's the keyboard like to type on? Is there a nice amount of key travel? Also what is the battery like?

marldorthegreat · September 4, 2015

Lazmarr · September 4, 2015

Thanks foe the suggestion! What's the keyboard like to type on? Is there a nice amount of key travel? Also what is the battery like?

They keyboards decent, not the greatest, has nice qulaity to it feels pretty solid - not steel solid - but still perfectly good for typing on; I think anyway

Lazmarr · September 4, 2015

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Personally this video was all wrong. The majority of laptops were too expensive like seriously what student has enough money to purchase a £1000 laptop? i could only just afford th eone I bought with my maintenance loan.

That and he focussed more on what has the best components, all had intel, rather than what is the best for word processing and documents etc within a price range. How it should have been was he goes into a store looks at the laptops with a mindset and the pricepoint of a student; usually around £700 MAX.

Students aren't made of money lol

The surface was the best on there out of the ones he picked but the surface 3 is just as good, if not better for students, as it saves quite a bit of money which is what we need.

Sicarius · September 5, 2015

I did check that video, but none of them are viable for the money. The only one I could even consider is the Yoga 3 but for the money you're really not getting much.

They keyboards decent, not the greatest, has nice qulaity to it feels pretty solid - not steel solid - but still perfectly good for typing on; I think anyway

I see. Thanks!

Any other suggestions?

marldorthegreat · September 5, 2015

Personally this video was all wrong. The majority of laptops were too expensive like seriously what student has enough money to purchase a £1000 laptop? i could only just afford th eone I bought with my maintenance loan.

That and he focussed more on what has the best components, all had intel, rather than what is the best for word processing and documents etc within a price range. How it should have been was he goes into a store looks at the laptops with a mindset and the pricepoint of a student; usually around £700 MAX.

Students aren't made of money lol

The surface was the best on there out of the ones he picked but the surface 3 is just as good, if not better for students, as it saves quite a bit of money which is what we need.

£700 = 1500 CAN dollars

Lazmarr · September 5, 2015

£700 = 1500 CAN dollars

But in the UK the laptops, the Asus and MSI, are both priced at £1000+

Sicarius · September 6, 2015

What about these two? Ignoring the price difference (I can get the thinkpad a little cheaper) which of these two would you guys choose? Is the keyboard the same on both laptops does anyone know? As I heard the thinkpad range has the best keybaords. Plus the thinkpad is very easily upgradeable.

http://www.ebuyer.com/700316-lenovo-thinkpad-edge-e550-laptop-20df004uuk

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-z51-15-6-laptop-black-10134863-pdt.html