Laptop for school

Fnoskar786 · August 17, 2016

It's my last year of high school before starting college, and I'm considering buying a laptop. But I don't really want to out my bank account in a grave for it's early death; so I'm looking for something in the $150-$200 range, used or not. I'm not going to be using it for really anything besides schoolwork, and some league of legends and minecraft. So the specs don't have to be amazing or anything. Regardless, could you guys help me find something? I've tried looking, but all I've been able to find is $80-$130 windows xp laptops.

don_svetlio · August 17, 2016

150$ does not get you anything good even used. Cheapest I'd suggest is a 2nd hand Lenovo ThinkPad T430. It's a Business-class laptop so it's likely to last a good 3-5 years.

AirlessTHEGOOSE · August 17, 2016

8 minutes ago, Fnoskar786 said:

It's my last year of high school before starting college, and I'm considering buying a laptop. But I don't really want to out my bank account in a grave for it's early death; so I'm looking for something in the $150-$200 range, used or not. I'm not going to be using it for really anything besides schoolwork, and some league of legends and minecraft. So the specs don't have to be amazing or anything. Regardless, could you guys help me find something? I've tried looking, but all I've been able to find is $80-$130 windows xp laptops.

150-200$ is the budget for an average-below average Chromebook, good luck finding anything running a Windows OS. You can roll the dice with used, or you can go for a Chromebook which isn't that bad. I'll agree with don with the Lenovo ThinkPad, it'll do what you need it to do without breaking the bank. But really, consider upping the budget to something more reasonable (like 350-500).