Best 1000 - 1500 dollar ultrabook for college

[ChunkeyGandalf]

Hey guys,

lim looking to buy a new ultrabook for college in a couple months. The optimal price range is about $1000 - 1500 dollars. I want to do collegey things on it like write papers, email, light gaming (league of legends) nothing a normal ultrabook in this range couldn't handle. Thanks in advance! 

[ShadowCaptain]

GS40 Phantom

13" retina Pro

Dell XPS 15

 

[Dackzy]

x260 with upgraded battery that will end up giving you 15+ hours of battery life.

T460s has it's dual core cpu raised from 15 tdp to 25 tdp so that will give about 20% more performance.

The are thinkpads so you can go to hell with it and comeback and it will still work. They both use ddr4 ram if you want to know that.

[Hodor]

I've recently bought a thinkpad and it is great. The keyboard is the best one i've ever used on a laptop. I highly recommend a laptop from this serie  

[TreesMadeOfTanks]

13- Retina Macbook Pro

Blackbook 13 Zero

Dell XPS 15- 

 

If you like Mac OS go for it

 

Blackbook has light gaming proformance

[Finders]

If you like OSX get the 12 macbook pro..

 

if you're ok with using windows get either dell xps 13 or dell xps 15... they are absolutely stunning! I suggest buying del 15 inch dell XPS. it has the size of a 13 inch laptop, and is much much better. 

 

give it a try

[Dackzy]

3 hours ago, Finders said:

If you like OSX get the 12 macbook pro..

Isn't that the macbook with a cpu in it that a iPad can beat, because it throttles down so much, if it is that laptop Linus did a video where he "water cooled" it so the cpu could run at full speed.

3 hours ago, Finders said:

I suggest buying del 15 inch dell XPS. it has the size of a 13 inch laptop, and is much much better. 

Nope it is bigger than my 14 inch thinkpad that is 5 years old so not exactly the same size as a 13 inch it's more like 14.8inch.

[Squirrel724]

44 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

Isn't that the macbook with a cpu in it that a iPad can beat, because it throttles down so much, if it is that laptop Linus did a video where he "water cooled" it so the cpu could run at full speed.

I believe he was referring to the 2012 macbook pro. You can still get them and they are cheaper than the newer retina models. 

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, Squirrel724 said:

I believe he was referring to the 2012 macbook pro. You can still get them and they are cheaper than the newer retina models. 

but dont they have all that cpu and gpu problems now and the screen is also low res if I remember correctly.

[Squirrel724]

2 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

but dont they have all that cpu and gpu problems now and the screen is also low res if I remember correctly.

It does only have a 1280x800 display. I don't know of any cpu issues with this design and you can't have gpu issues without a gpu. It is also the only upgradable macbook you can buy today.

[Hamako]

If OP is going to spend more than 1000$, a MacBook Pro Retina 2013 would probably make more sense than the old 2012 Pro.