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Hey All,

 

Bilbo here. I'm about to be heading to college for either IT Repair and Programming or Cyber Security and I'm needing to find a Laptop that would be able to handle what I'll be doing/make my life easier. I've searched and looked at different laptops, but to be honest I'm not sure what I should be looking for. Any help would be appreciated. If you need to know anything more than I have said, just ask away.

 

Thanks again,

Bilbo

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4 minutes ago, BilboTBaggins17 said:

Hey All,

 

Bilbo here. I'm about to be heading to college for either IT Repair and Programming or Cyber Security and I'm needing to find a Laptop that would be able to handle what I'll be doing/make my life easier. I've searched and looked at different laptops, but to be honest I'm not sure what I should be looking for. Any help would be appreciated. If you need to know anything more than I have said, just ask away.

 

Thanks again,

Bilbo

What will you be doing with your laptop? Notetaking, coding, gaming, video editing????

 

What are your priorities? Battery life, thin, light, powerful????

 

And most importantly, budget.

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I'm going to be using mostly for school work, like coding and note-taking. Having it be able to game would be a huge plus, but not needed. A fast, powerful laptop would be nice to have, and I don't care about size or thin/thickness, but I'd prefer a larger laptop (15 inches or higher). I've allocated myself around $2600 to pay for it if needed.  

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On 02/08/2017 at 0:18 AM, BilboTBaggins17 said:

I'm going to be using mostly for school work, like coding and note-taking. Having it be able to game would be a huge plus, but not needed. A fast, powerful laptop would be nice to have, and I don't care about size or thin/thickness, but I'd prefer a larger laptop (15 inches or higher). I've allocated myself around $2600 to pay for it if needed.  

just go for a 7567 dell and save yourself 1000 dollars. I got a 7567 i7 1050ti 128ssd 1tb hdd ips for 750usd and 800 after taxes (dell outlet). Let me know if you want a discount code of 5%

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13 hours ago, IAnthonyFX said:

just go for a 7567 dell and save yourself 1000 dollars. I got a 7567 i7 1050ti 128ssd 1tb hdd ips for 750usd and 800 after taxes (dell outlet). Let me know if you want a discount code of 5%

Do you have a link for this laptop?

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20 hours ago, GranaderoNc said:

Do you have a link for this laptop?

all yours http://outlet.us.dell.com/ArbOnlineSales/Online/SecondaryInventorySearch.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&sign=PXhcOSHtr1T4IOw%2fPR7UddeV98%2bo2fvywCg92T7JSkdUncEmHJoIVNj%2bpbpZpw7HTYrXmZ5ag%2fHbfGfBPwYq6d6a0xiO091G1qcstLqHMxdZWWI9VlKU%2fZOzyGPdmIycTJHoT0%2bYW3FMsNV0bRGlQID2P4oKpGUqhD1cZCnsO%2b0y%2byWemKxhMsceGXYkDiPK7Lx4wyopEiw2wZ9ZCalYnQuvhC%2fmFmlCLiXaK%2bQF3NI%3d
My 5% discount code 

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