College Laptop for Comp Sci Student?

[TheGuyWhoCodes]

Hey I'm going to be going to school for computer science next year and I was looking for a laptop to take around to classes. 

 

I wanted a laptop that has the following:

Sub $1000

Thicc Battery

Good keyboard

Somewhat powerful, if I have to do anything remotely intensive I can RDP in to my desktop

Be able to do most things in IDEs like Eclipse and IntelliJ 

Possibly 2 in 1?

8 GB of RAM is a must

 

I was possibly looking at a used Macbook Pro or a Yoga 460

 

Thanks!

[DrMacintosh]

I'm biased to MacBooks. If you want a used one don't go below 2013. 

 

 

[owluitar]

How long do you want this laptop to last you? All of college? Do you have any system requirements like solid state, processor, or graphics card? 900 bucks can get you a banging laptop that'll last you four years, but going with a used macbook for cheap isn't a bad idea, because they have good build quality (flip side, expensive parts if you break it).

[TheGuyWhoCodes]

1 minute ago, owluitar said:

How long do you want this laptop to last you? All of college? Do you have any system requirements like solid state, processor, or graphics card? 900 bucks can get you a banging laptop that'll last you four years, but going with a used macbook for cheap isn't a bad idea, because they have good build quality (flip side, expensive parts if you break it).

 

I'm going to want to keep it for all of college, SSD and 8GB of RAM is a must. 

[Techicolors]

can't go wrong with macbook. tho you probably won't get the 2016-7 models at that price 

 

then bootcamp for windows. or a VM e.g. Parallels -> may need more RAM / space

 

Just now, TheGuyWhoCodes said:

 

I'm going to want to keep it for all of college, SSD and 8GB of RAM is a must. 

go 16GB ram

[owluitar]

Definitely should go for 16GB of RAM, and also, what size laptop would you want to go for? Alot of people don't like the thicc bois but alot of them have better battery options as well as spares.

[TheGuyWhoCodes]

Just now, owluitar said:

Definitely should go for 16GB of RAM, and also, what size laptop would you want to go for? Alot of people don't like the thicc bois but alot of them have better battery options as well as spares.

Nothing bigger than a 15 inch, but it can go to as small as my old X230. I would like it slim, but being a little bit more thicc is fine

[owluitar]

Just some options that are capped at 1000.... I would highly recommend the 7700HQ if you want both battery life and performance. Can confirm it's fantastic in between. All of the i5's from the 7th gen are good too if you need to go cheaper.

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https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Gaming-i7-7700HQ-GeForce-AN515-51-75A2/dp/B0756LWVFC/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1512357724&sr=1-4&keywords=laptop&refinements=p_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A13580790011%2Cp_n_size_browse-bin%3A2423841011%2Cp_36%3A2421890011

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https://www.amazon.com/N855HJ-1920x1080-i7-7700HQ-Bluetooth-Warranty/dp/B071HLJ495/ref=sr_1_67?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1512357882&sr=1-67&keywords=laptop&refinements=p_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A13580790011%2Cp_n_size_browse-bin%3A2423841011%2Cp_36%3A2421890011

Cheaper:

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https://www.amazon.com/HP-Quad-Core-i7-7700HQ-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B075N8K6DG/ref=sr_1_275?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1512358109&sr=1-275&keywords=laptop&refinements=p_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A13580790011%2Cp_n_size_browse-bin%3A2423841011%2Cp_36%3A2421890011

 

 

[TheGuyWhoCodes]

3 minutes ago, owluitar said:

Just some options that are capped at 1000.... I would highly recommend the 7700HQ if you want both battery life and performance. Can confirm it's fantastic in between. All of the i5's from the 7th gen are good too if you need to go cheaper.

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Cheaper:

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All of these really kinda look painful to bring to classes tho

[owluitar]

Ehh... I'm impartial to thiccbois with power and batterylife, so I offered options. A thinner laptop that would be pretty powerful in todays time would be a brand new Sager like this one (I had the last gen option of it, and it was amazing till I upgraded). You can add more RAM, drop the HDD and put an M.2 SSD in it for less than 1000.

 

http://www.sagernotebook.com/Notebook-NP5855.html

[genexis_x]

10 hours ago, TheGuyWhoCodes said:

snip

Lenovo Yoga 720 15 inch