Best laptop for school under 300.

[Hulkbert]

I just need something with a decent display, great battery life(5+), and a big enough keyboard for large hands. $300 is my budget. Preferably new and light.

[Arty]

http://www.amazon.com/HP-Chromebook-14-LED-Quad-core/dp/B00VPJY7NQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1454458834&sr=8-2&keywords=chromebook+tegra

[froot]

Consider any chrombook at this price.

[Hulkbert]

Just now, froot said:

Consider any chrombook at this price.

I would consider a chromebook but I do prefer a laptop running windows due to the sheer amount of programs that are compatible with it.

[froot]

2 minutes ago, Hulkbert said:

I would consider a chromebook but I do prefer a laptop running windows due to the sheer amount of programs that are compatible with it.

i agree with you, you could check out some of these

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100006741%204018

[EunSoo]

I would go for a HP Stream, which comes with Office 360. Here are some of the models

http://goo.gl/4NhRKp

 

http://goo.gl/n1OmCj

 

Also you could go for an Asus trnasformer:

http://goo.gl/E8ywhF

[EunSoo]

Just now, SCGazelle said:

I would go for a HP Stream, which comes with Office 360. Here are some of the models

http://goo.gl/4NhRKp

 

http://goo.gl/n1OmCj

 

Also you could go for an Asus trnasformer:

http://goo.gl/E8ywhF

All of them are Windows

[Hulkbert]

1 minute ago, SCGazelle said:

All of them are Windows

Out of sheer curiosity, do you know anything under 200? 

[EunSoo]

1 minute ago, SCGazelle said:

All of them are Windows

 

1 minute ago, SCGazelle said:

I would go for a HP Stream, which comes with Office 360. Here are some of the models

http://goo.gl/4NhRKp

 

http://goo.gl/n1OmCj

 

Also you could go for an Asus trnasformer:

http://goo.gl/E8ywhF

 

there are also cheaper models you could go for. The HP Stream gets as cheap as $200

[EunSoo]

1 minute ago, Hulkbert said:

Out of sheer curiosity, do you know anything under 200? 

Here you go:

http://goo.gl/cMIrBn

 

Its a HP Stream $199

[EunSoo]

Just now, SCGazelle said:

Here you go:

http://goo.gl/cMIrBn

 

Its a HP Stream $199

It's a pretty good deal considering it comes with full Office 365 for a year. The only downside are horrendous (in my opinion) colors

[Hulkbert]

1 minute ago, SCGazelle said:

It's a pretty good deal considering it comes with full Office 365 for a year. The only downside are horrendous (in my opinion) colors

I agree. So is it even worth it do spend $150 on a laptop?

[EunSoo]

4 minutes ago, Hulkbert said:

Out of sheer curiosity, do you know anything under 200? 

Also, you could go for this Acer that has better colors and is cheaper:

http://goo.gl/n7mjHi

[EunSoo]

1 minute ago, Hulkbert said:

I agree. So is it even worth it do spend $150 on a laptop?

um... It depends. If you just need it for writing essays and such for school, I think it would work fine. You could even hook it up to a spare monitor if you wanted. But if you wanted to do some gaming or use even somewhat intensive applications, it probably won't be the best choice.

[Hulkbert]

14 minutes ago, SCGazelle said:

um... It depends. If you just need it for writing essays and such for school, I think it would work fine. You could even hook it up to a spare monitor if you wanted. But if you wanted to do some gaming or use even somewhat intensive applications, it probably won't be the best choice.

I have a desktop for my gaming needs. I just need something to get essays done, watch youtube videos, last me the whole day. That's about it.

Any suggestions? 

Edited February 3, 2016 by Hulkbert

[EunSoo]

11 minutes ago, Hulkbert said:

I have a desktop for my gaming needs. I just need something to get essays done, watch youtube videos, last me the whole day. That's about it.

yeah, I would go for the HP then. Not certain about the battery life tho. And the included Office 365 will help too. There is also an Acer one that comes with Office 365 and is a more decent color but is $~30 more expensive:

http://goo.gl/ajrlQP 

[EunSoo]

Just now, SCGazelle said:

yeah, I would go for the HP then. Not certain about the battery life tho. And the included Office 365 will help too. There is also an Acer one that comes with Office 365 and is a more decent color but is $~30 more expensive:

http://goo.gl/ajrlQP 

However, the HP Stream only has 32gb of storage and the Acer has 64gb. But they both have OneDrive, if you use it.

[Hulkbert]

1 minute ago, SCGazelle said:

However, the HP Stream only has 32gb of storage and the Acer has 64gb. But they both have OneDrive, if you use it.

which one would you buy?

[KuJoe]

I ordered an ASUS K200MA refurbished off Newegg for $210 shipped and it's amazing. I threw a 256GB SSD in there, upgraded to Windows 10 64bit, and I love it. Battery life is great, comes with an actually NIC (unlike the newer netbooks), the Celeron is pretty powerful for the price, 4GB of RAM standard is double what you'll find in most Atom based netbooks, and the touchscreen is a huge plus (I didn't expect to use it but I carry a stylus/pen around with me all the time now).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232928

EDIT: Looks like the price went up to $220 on Newegg, still worth it IMO.

[Hulkbert]

1 minute ago, KuJoe said:

I ordered an ASUS K200MA refurbished off Newegg for $210 shipped and it's amazing. Threw a 256GB SSD in there, Windows 10 64bit, and I love it. Battery life is great, comes with an actually NIC (unlike the newer netbooks), the Celeron is pretty powerful for the price, 4GB of RAM standard is double what you'll find in most Atom based netbooks, and the touchscreen is a huge plus (I didn't expect to use it but I carry a stylus/pen around with me all the time now).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232928

That doesn't look that bad.

[EunSoo]

2 minutes ago, Hulkbert said:

which one would you buy?

 

1 minute ago, KuJoe said:

I ordered an ASUS K200MA refurbished off Newegg for $210 shipped and it's amazing. I threw a 256GB SSD in there, upgraded to Windows 10 64bit, and I love it. Battery life is great, comes with an actually NIC (unlike the newer netbooks), the Celeron is pretty powerful for the price, 4GB of RAM standard is double what you'll find in most Atom based netbooks, and the touchscreen is a huge plus (I didn't expect to use it but I carry a stylus/pen around with me all the time now).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232928

This one actually looks better than both the ones I showed you. Id get the ASUS

[Hulkbert]

23 hours ago, KuJoe said:

I ordered an ASUS K200MA refurbished off Newegg for $210 shipped and it's amazing. I threw a 256GB SSD in there, upgraded to Windows 10 64bit, and I love it. Battery life is great, comes with an actually NIC (unlike the newer netbooks), the Celeron is pretty powerful for the price, 4GB of RAM standard is double what you'll find in most Atom based netbooks, and the touchscreen is a huge plus (I didn't expect to use it but I carry a stylus/pen around with me all the time now).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232928

EDIT: Looks like the price went up to $220 on Newegg, still worth it IMO.

 

It's out of stock what should I get now?

[KuJoe]

2 hours ago, Hulkbert said:

It's out of stock what should I get now?

This is basically the same thing with a slower CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232101

 

There are also some 15.6" variants available for under $300 if you want a bigger screen + keyboard and an optical drive.

[Hulkbert]

1 minute ago, KuJoe said:

This is basically the same thing with a slower CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232101

 

There are also some 15.6" variants available for under $300 if you want a bigger screen + keyboard and an optical drive.

I think that I will just wait until the back to school sales. Do you know when most manufacturers release new laptops?

[Emzijs]

9 hours ago, Hulkbert said:

I think that I will just wait until the back to school sales. Do you know when most manufacturers release new laptops?

Why don't you watch for ThinkPad X220/T420?They are pretty great laptops,even for this day.Throw in SSD,and you will be perfectly happy with it.It is still better than those Celeron/Atom notebooks.