Student laptop recommendation ($1100 CA)

[Tornation]

If you were a student with ~$1100 Canadian to spend, what laptop would you get? 

 

A couple factors:

• SSD is preferable, but I do have a couple 850 EVO's in another system I could steal to replace a 2.5" drive.
• Portability is key, so no larger than 15.x", preferably 13 

Other than that I'm open to suggestions.

 

Thanks in advance 

[Guest]

What is the purpose of the laptop? Any gaming? Working? Video editing on the go?

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Tornation said:

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As said above. However the Lenovo gaming laptops. (Y series if they're still called Y series) are pretty good budget laptops. Not all that great at gaming, but have pretty long battery lives generally speaking. Some bloatware, and some decent battery software to keep it healthy.

[Tornation]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

What is the purpose of the laptop? Gaming? Working? Video editing on the go?

Mainly internet, and MS office applications, but I also do some programming in an IDE and light video editing. A dedicated gpu isn't required though as I won't be gaming.

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Tornation said:

Mainly internet, and MS office applications, but I also do some programming in an IDE and light video editing. A dedicated gpu isn't required though as I won't be gaming.

 

https://www.amazon.ca/5000-Touchscreen-Bluetooth-RealSense-10-MaxxAudio/dp/B01M161UFE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485747244&sr=8-1&keywords=2016+Newest+Dell+Inspiron+15+5000+15.6"+FHD+Touchscreen+Laptop%2C+Intel+Core+i5-6200U%2C+8+GB+RAM%2C+1+TB+HDD%2C+DVD%2C+Backlit+keyboard%2C+HDMI%2C+Bluetooth%2C+802.11ac%2C+RealSense+3D+Webcam%2C+Windows+10-MaxxAudio+Pro if you swich the drive it should be good 

[Tornation]

6 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

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How does this look if I wanted to go for a 13 inch? 

https://www.amazon.ca/Dell-Inspiron-Laptop-Generation-i5378-2885GRY/dp/B01L8PDMO6/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

[Freezanator]

6 minutes ago, Tornation said:

How does this look if I wanted to go for a 13 inch? 

https://www.amazon.ca/Dell-Inspiron-Laptop-Generation-i5378-2885GRY/dp/B01L8PDMO6/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Good choice.  

[Mark77]

$1100 should get you into a Business Class Dell Latitude or similar,   E7470.  From the Dell Outlet.  Make sure you get the 1080p screen.  Pick up a proprietary dock and a 2nd PSU from eBay for not much money.  Skip the consumer-level Inspirons or XPS's. 

[The Sloth]

28 minutes ago, Tornation said:

How does this look if I wanted to go for a 13 inch? 

https://www.amazon.ca/Dell-Inspiron-Laptop-Generation-i5378-2885GRY/dp/B01L8PDMO6/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

 

perfect choice, throw in 16 gb ram and a ssd.  

[NA_NotAvailable]

a used macbook pro? if you like final cut. It really sucks to be canadian right now due to how much the canadian dollar is worth compared to its neighbour.