Budget Laptop

[DC]

I somehow got full scholarship to the college I want to go to. So I'm using the money I saved for college to buy a car since school is about 3 hours away and I want to come home every weekend. So when I buy a car, I have about 300 to 400 dollar to spend on a laptop.

Could you guys suggest me some laptops in that budget?

 

Mostly for school work but also to play cs go for playable fps..

[Ashleyyyy]

are you comfortable with used hardware?

[DC]

Just now, firelighter487 said:

are you comfortable with used hardware?

Not really, I got scammed couple times...

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, DC said:

Not really, I got scammed couple times...

Are you going to use it for just taking notes or do yo uneed it for something like AutoCAD

[Ashleyyyy]

2 minutes ago, DC said:

Not really, I got scammed couple times...

that sucks.. it's in my experience always a good idea to look locally, and pick stuff up in person rather than having people send stuff to you. once you have a car this will be pretty easy to do..

[shadowbyte]

Even though you may have had a poor experience in the past, used is the best option at this price point.

I'd suggest reddt.com/r/hardwareswap, as I've bought and sold 32 items (from 5-1200 dollars) with no issue.

 

With that said, I'd look for:

a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon

MacBook Air

XPS 13 (they occasionally can be found in your price range)

or Alienware 13

 

[DC]

3 minutes ago, Himommies said:

Are you going to use it for just taking notes or do yo uneed it for something like AutoCAD

I was told it's for notes. School has computer lab for running the programs. 

[Aleks NE]

14 minutes ago, DC said:

I somehow got full scholarship to the college I want to go to. So I'm using the money I saved for college to buy a car since school is about 3 hours away and I want to come home every weekend. So when I buy a car, I have about 300 to 400 dollar to spend on a laptop.

Could you guys suggest me some laptops in that budget?

 

Mostly for school work but also to play cs go for playable fps..

For purely note-taking and research I'd say get a chrome book or a low powered portable laptop with a decent battery.

 

I've seen the ASUS VivoBook (I3 1TB 4GB) going for like £300, and the Dell Inspiron pretty cheap too. I'd recommend it as it's a good laptop but with Black Friday and Cyber weekend, I can't find one in stock.