Laptop for computer science major

[datsyukalex]

I am looking for a laptop for programming on the go I am a computer science major and neednsoemthing other than my gaming desktop so I do not have to travel home to do school work. I'm looking for a laptop with atleast a 14 inch display a quad core intel processor either i5-6300hq, i7-6700hq or other fast quad core intel cpu. It needs 16gb of ram  for potential virtual machine usage and everything else I don't really care about as long as adequate storage I don't really need to game on it as I have a $4000 desktop at home so I do not care if it has a great graphics card I don't care how heavy it is or how slim either I am also hoping not to spend a whole lot over $1100 but I know that is hard to do with a quad core intel based laptop I've been looking around but haven't found really anything great at a reasonable price if anyone knows of anything good with these specs the help is greatly appreciated thank you

[genexis_x]

Lenovo Yoga 720 for budget users

[TheReal_ist]

Im currently in the same boat as you man. I have been scowering internet forums and manufacture websites for the near perfect laptop. I really wish that there were laptops that had decent performance while also lasting for most of the day. Thing is that it still is nearly impossible for any laptop to do this respectively. 

 

But i have found a few decent laptops worth checking out for yourself. 

- Dell XPS 15 9650

- Acer Aspire 5

- thinkpad p51 and p51s

 

These laptops all have decent GPU's and quad core CPU's. Even though these are the only decent laptops for performance and battery life. I still cant seem to decide on which one to get. Especially since Rhyzen was released, and eventually coffee lake in early fall. Hopefully....

 

So unless you really need a laptop right now for college, than these are your best options IMO of course. Good luck and hopefully you find the perfect laptop or close to it for you.

 

Cheers!