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I am currently a high school student. Recently my school created Google Drive accounts for all students, finally. Welcome to the 21st century. Many of my teachers are starting to incorporate assignments through Google in the class room; many times not providing computers leaving us to use our phones or bring in other devices. Personally I don't enjoy the small environment and app based applications on a phone. I much prefer a full operation system allowing for programs and such. Something running Windows between 8 and 10inches. 

 

I have start bringing in my gaming laptop more and more which is A. big B. heavy and C. a little to expensive to carry around school. It also gets very cumbersome when having to deal with many different large text books and binders. I am looking for a good price to performance Windows Tablet to take to school and back to mostly run web based stuff and on occasion programs such as Arduino and Cura. 

 

Please leave any suggestions. They well be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

 

 

For those curious this is my current set up:

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Surface 3 is fucking fantastic.

CPU: Intel i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core   Mobo: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150   Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series(2x4GB) DDR3-1600   GPU: Asus Strix OC GTX 970   HDD: WD Black 2TB - 7200RPM   SDD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB   PSU: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze - SemiMod   Case: NZXT S340 (Black)

PCPartPicker: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/PortedOasis/saved/fhdG3C

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I would purchase a Surface but I do not have that much money for a tablet.

Its technically a laptop, but yeah I can see it being a bit pricey.

 

It'd probably help if you listed a budget.

CPU: Intel i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core   Mobo: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150   Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series(2x4GB) DDR3-1600   GPU: Asus Strix OC GTX 970   HDD: WD Black 2TB - 7200RPM   SDD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB   PSU: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze - SemiMod   Case: NZXT S340 (Black)

PCPartPicker: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/PortedOasis/saved/fhdG3C

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~$200

I am willing to look at something used or refurbished that is from a reputable source. 

Check Best Buy perhaps? I know they do quite a few refurbs.

CPU: Intel i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core   Mobo: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150   Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series(2x4GB) DDR3-1600   GPU: Asus Strix OC GTX 970   HDD: WD Black 2TB - 7200RPM   SDD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB   PSU: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze - SemiMod   Case: NZXT S340 (Black)

PCPartPicker: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/PortedOasis/saved/fhdG3C

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Surface 3 is the one you want with 128GB and 4GB RAM if all you will likely be doing is document creation, web browsing and running programs that are not too heavy :) Purchase it with the Pen, can use it to write and store all your notes and the Type cover. Although the Surface Pro 4 is coming soon but the Pen is backwards compatible as well as the type cover with the Surface Pro 3 :)

Gaming PC: Case: NZXT Phantom 820 Black | PSU: XFX 750w PRO Black Edition 80Plus Gold (Platinum) | CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K | CPU Cooler: BE QUIET! Dark Rock Pro 2 | MB: ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark S | RAM: 24GB Kingston HyperX and Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz | GPU: MSI R9 280X 3G | SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 250GB | HDD: 9TB Total | Keyboard: K70 RGB Brown | Mouse: R.A.T MMO7

Laptop: HP Envy 15-j151sa | 1920x1080 60HZ LED | APU: AMD A10-5750M 2.5GHZ - 3.5GHZ | 8GB DDR3 1600mhz | GPU: AMD  HD 8650G + 8750M Dual Graphics | 1TB SSHD

 

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