Best uni laptops

[jc304]

What are the best laptops for university, in terms of portability, looks, power, battery life, and value

assuming price is no issue

thanks guys

[don_svetlio]

Dell XPS 13?

[don_svetlio]

An Elitebook or ThinkPad?

[VincentiusIV]

I'm using the ASUS K501L for uni, and it's pretty amazing.

 

The laptop has an Aluminum finish with very good build quality.

It's very thin, and weighs only 2kg. 

 

The keyboard is very nice, and I miss using my mechanical keyboard only a little

 

On top of that it has very good specs (pretty decent for on-the-go gaming)

 

Prices start at around 800, and go up from there.

 

After using it for a couple of months, I can suggest you this laptop very much 

[jc304]

Thanks guys, the XPS and Asus look great ahah theres alot more options out there than i thought 

[alexhelvetica]

14 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

An Elitebook or ThinkPad?

This, ^^^ Used ones are also fine. They are built like bricks.

[don_svetlio]

9 minutes ago, jc304 said:

Thanks guys, the XPS and Asus look great ahah theres alot more options out there than i thought 

 

4 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

This, ^^^ Used ones are also fine. They are built like bricks.

If you want a laptop that can survive falling off the table and someone stepping on it - ThinkPad - the most robust laptops on the market

[jc304]

yeah tbh anything is better than the toshiba my highschool forced us to rent, and then changed to thinkpads this year! lenovo do an education discount too i think

 

[alexhelvetica]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

 

If you want a laptop that can survive falling off the table and someone stepping on it - ThinkPad - the most robust laptops on the market

The HP Elitebook I was using for a month had the best keyboard I have ever used in a laptop. Okay, I am going to stop (Everything about it was great)

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, jc304 said:

yeah tbh anything is better than the toshiba my highschool forced us to rent, and then changed to thinkpads this year! lenovo do an education discount too i think

 

ThinkPads are ugly, no other way to say it. But they are tanks.

[exercutor5]

XPS 15? Surface Book?

[tomhumphrey]

I use a Surface Pro 3. Love it. Write all my lectures notes using the pen

[alexhelvetica]

5 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

ThinkPads are ugly, no other way to say it. But they are tanks.

 

 

 

[jc304]

7 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

The HP Elitebook I was using for a month had the best keyboard I have ever used in a laptop. Okay, I am going to stop (Everything about it was great)

yeah ive played around with a elitebook and loved it 

[alexhelvetica]

1 minute ago, jc304 said:

yeah ive played around with a elitebook and loved it 

And to think the one I was using hadn't been used for over a year. It had an i7 Q840 and Quadro FX 1500 and cost more than twice as much as my laptop (and is 3 times as old) but still runs like a beast.

 

It got taken off the domain at work because it was turned off so long.

[don_svetlio]

33 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

 

 

 

This is why I love ThinkPads

[alexhelvetica]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

This is why I love ThinkPads

I want a 701cs

and a W701ds

 

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I want a 701cs

 

and a W701ds

 

 

I prefer T420

[alexhelvetica]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

I prefer T420

If I only had a thinkpad.

[Dackzy]

6 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

ThinkPads are ugly, no other way to say it. But they are tanks.

They are not ugly, they are just business minded and not fashion minded.I mean it is not a really good looking laptop like a dell xps 13 it is more a stealth laptop that nobody thinks much of until they see it is a thinkpad.

 

5 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

I prefer T420

T420s much better