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Laptop/Tablet for college?

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Im starting college next year and i want a new laptop. I cant stand my macbook pro retina even with windows its annoying. It has 8gb ram i5 4278u iris 5100 graphics and a 256gb ssd nothing crazy. I saw a samsung galaxy tab pro S for $650 and i thought maybe this could replace my mac for note taking and watching netflix and other web browsing just fine. I'm planning on selling the mac so i can get a new machine but im not sure if i should get the tabpro S. Any suggestions/thoughts?

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Any Chromebook does the job for school. Annoyingly, if you want games, unless you go for one of the ones with android support - ACER CHROMEBOOK R11 for example - you get just school stuff

Bow down to me humans.

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What are you using it for? What's your major? 

 

If you're going into medical or science major, I can recommend a Lenovo 2 in 1 for notes, labwork, and light gaming.

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