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hey i am looking for 2 laptops (1for me and 1 for my brother)

for my i want somthing light with a good batty and i am going to use it for university (i studie computer progming) 

my budget is 1000$ (flexible)

 

for my brother he going to use the laptops for photoshop, illustrator, and light video editing 

budget is 1200$ (flexible)

 

sorry for bad engilsh or if i break any role 

 

thx!

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For you,

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/ASUS-ZenBook-UX306UA-UB71-Signature-Edition-Laptop/productID.3443729400

Asus ZenBook UX306UA with i7-6500U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD and weighs less than 3 pounds for $1099

 

or this

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Dell-XPS-13-9350-Signature-Edition-Laptop/productID.326871500

Dell XPS13 with i5-6200U, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, has ThunderBolt 3 and weighs less than 3 pounds as well for $999

 

For your brother, he would need at least quad-core CPU and decent GPU, since the budget is $1200,

https://www.amazon.com/GL502VT-DS71-Gaming-Laptop-NVIDIA-GTX970M/dp/B01FFRD220/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1475575218&sr=1-3&keywords=GL502&th=1

Asus GL502VT-DS71 with GTX 970M

 

Or as above suggested, get XPS 15 or Dell Inspiron 15 i7559, Dell i7559 is actually cheap right now on Amazon

Daily drivers:

- HP Elite x2 1012 G2: Intel Core i7-7600U, Intel HD Graphics 620 + Aorus Gaming Box GTX 1080 eGPU, 16GB LPDDR3-1867, 256GB Toshiba NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD + 128GB Toshiba Exceria UHS-1 U3 MicroSD, 12.3" 2736x1824 + HP Pavilion 22cwa Monitor 21.5" 1080p IPS, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

- LG V20 (H990DS): Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (ARM-based), Adreno 530, 4GB LPDDR4, 64GB eMMC UFS 2.0 + 64GB SanDisk Extreme UHS-1 U3 V30 MicroSD, 5.7" IPS LCD 1440p + 2.1" 160x1040, Android 7.0 (LG UX 5.0)

 

Other devices:

- Lenovo IdeaPad Y400: Intel Core i7-3630QM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M SLI, 16GB DDR3-1600, 120GB Kingston mS200 mSATA SSD + 1TB HGST Travelstar 7K1000 7200rpm 2.5" HDD, 14" 768p, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit + Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit [retired]

- Dell Venue 11 Pro (7139): Intel Core i5-4300Y, Intel HD Graphics 4200, 8GB LPDDR3-1600, 256GB SanDisk X110 M.2 2260 SATA3 SSD, 10.8" 1080p IPS, Windows 10 Pro 64-bit + Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit [retired]

- Acer Iconia W4: Intel Atom Z3740, Intel HD Graphics, 2GB DDR3L-1033, 64GB Samsung MCG8GC eMMC, 8" IPS WXGA (1280x800), Windows 10 Home 32-bit

- Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML: Intel Atom Z3580 (x86-based), PowerVR G6430, 4GB LPDDR3, 64GB eMMC, 5.5" IPS LCD 1080p, Android 6.0.1 (Asus ZenUI)

- New Nintendo 2DS XL

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14 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

For you, Id get something like a dell e7470, e5470 or xps 13 or a thinkpad t460.

 

For him, id get a macbook air/pro or a dell 7559 with i7 and ssd. If he wants something thinner, you can get a xps15

 

10 minutes ago, ErrystioT said:

For you,

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/ASUS-ZenBook-UX306UA-UB71-Signature-Edition-Laptop/productID.3443729400

Asus ZenBook UX306UA with i7-6500U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD and weighs less than 3 pounds for $1099

 

or this

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Dell-XPS-13-9350-Signature-Edition-Laptop/productID.326871500

Dell XPS13 with i5-6200U, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, has ThunderBolt 3 and weighs less than 3 pounds as well for $999

 

For your brother, he would need at least quad-core CPU and decent GPU, since the budget is $1200,

https://www.amazon.com/GL502VT-DS71-Gaming-Laptop-NVIDIA-GTX970M/dp/B01FFRD220/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1475575218&sr=1-3&keywords=GL502&th=1

Asus GL502VT-DS71 with GTX 970M

 

Or as above suggested, get XPS 15 or Dell Inspiron 15 i7559, Dell i7559 is actually cheap right now on Amazon

Thanks you both! 

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