Laptop for College

[AustinTheIntern]

Tell me what laptop you would get with these conditions/circumstances:

 

Budget: $2500

Country: US

Needs to be thin/portable

Needs to be released and available on Amazon or a major retailer.

[tycheleto]

Asus Zenbook Infinity, Acer Aspire S7-392

[Volbet]

What are doing at collage? Is there any specific software that it needs to run? 

 

I would say get either a Asus Zenbook Infinifty, Acer S7 or Apple Macbook Air 13"

[Sarcasm]

If you have a solid desktop, I'd spend like half of that, and bank the rest.

[AustinTheIntern]

What are doing at collage? Is there any specific software that it needs to run? 

 

I would say get either a Asus Zenbook Infinifty, Acer S7 or Apple Macbook Air 13"

I want to do some photoshop and video editing. Not really any specific applications atm. 

[Kirihuna]

Depends on what you're doing in college.

 

Macbook Air 13", highest CPU + 512GB SSD + 8GB RAM with education discount. It'll last for a few years, unless you want to game on it / do some heavy editing. SSD is more than plenty.

 

Or Macbook Pro with Retina. You don't need the highest CPU, but it can help. 16GB of RAM I would suggest, that way you can "future proof" at least a little bit. 256GB works, 512GB is plenty. I wish I got the 512GB at times only so I have Windows. 

[Volbet]

I want to do some photoshop and video editing. Not really any specific applications atm. 

Then my recommendations stand. The Macbook Pros is not a bad choice either, but personally I found the battery life to be a bit too short. 

 

I would check with your collage if there is any specific programs that you are going to be needing. The last thing you want is having a computer that can't run the program(s).

[tycheleto]

Get an ultrabook if you want the portability, and if you already have a desktop for proper productivity at home. Another ultrabook worth considering is the Sony Vaio Pro 13" if you really want super light.

If you need more performance, the retina MBPs are good. Run windows on it if you need windows programs.