Laptop for college

[Rexchaos]

Hey guys and girls at LinusTechTips,

 

I am going to attend college/university soon later this year. I am looking for a laptop that would be basically for college. This laptop of mines would be strictly for productivity or light gaming. I am thinking of the Razer Stealth 2016 or the Macbook Pro 2015 or 2016 that will come out, depending on price/performance differences. However if I do get the Stealth, I would probably not buy the Razer Core, using it only as a Ultrabook. 

 

I am also open to suggestions, my budget is 1200-1300 USD and I live in the US, close access to MicroCenter, Staples, Bestbuy for examples.

The most important aspect I am considering is longevity as it would be best to last me through four years of college, I would not want a laptop that would gimp out after a year or two of usage like any generic 500-600 windows computer from X company.

 

Edit: If you folks would like to recommend me to a gaming laptop that is reliable and nice,I would thank you also, adding it to my suggestions.

 

Thank you,

Rex

[beebskadoo]

A pretty good all around laptop 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-thinkpad-yoga-2-in-1-14-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/4310900.p?id=bb4310900&skuId=4310900

won't break the bank either and it should handle light gaming just fine.

 

Also don't post the same topic multiple places please, allow a mod to move it rather than creating the same post again

[Rexchaos]

1 minute ago, beebskadoo said:

A pretty good all around laptop 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-thinkpad-yoga-2-in-1-14-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/4310900.p?id=bb4310900&skuId=4310900

won't break the bank either and it should handle light gaming just fine.

 

Also don't post the same topic multiple places please, allow a mod to move it rather than creating the same post again

I am so sorry about the confusion. I am not sure on how to delete it if it is even possible. & I see that it does not have a SSD. I would have to buy one and install it correct? But also it is 2.2 ghz compared to MBP's 2.7 and 3.1 turbo.

[beebskadoo]

1 minute ago, Rexchaos said:

I am so sorry about the confusion. I am not sure on how to delete it if it is even possible. & I see that it does not have a SSD. I would have to buy one and install it correct? But also it is 2.2 ghz compared to MBP's 2.7 and 3.1 turbo.

it's cool don't worry about it. 

which macbook is the one in question?

[Rexchaos]

18 hours ago, beebskadoo said:

it's cool don't worry about it. 

which macbook is the one in question?

I am thinking about the 13'' MBP, 128gb SSD one. As there is a $200price difference for the 256gb one, I would like to buy another SSD and just swap that out instead, a much cheaper/efficient way.