Laptop for Uni

[1_thing]

Hello there lads,

 

soon ish I will be going to uni and of course taking my main rig with me however I think a laptop would be a good idea as carting round my rig to lectures might be a pain.

 

I will only really be using it for note taking, presentations and web browsing.

 

My budged is as cheap as it can be really however I would like it to last me the 4 years so nothing properly s*it

 

thanks in advance 

 

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[tarfeef101]

If you got a desktop, just get a chromebook.

I actually have a "good" laptop too (i5 6300hq, gtx 950m), but since i got a chromebook i don't use that anymore. there's really nothing you can't do on a chromebook i'd need in class.

Especially if you use crouton or dual boot a full linux distro on it.

(oh yeah the chromebook i have is a samsung series 3, 4GB memory, idk storage cause i got a microsd card for it anyways)

[Sauron]

Either get a chromebook as @tarfeef101 said, or get a refurbished thinkpad x220 (which is a far better computer).

[Nocte]

In University having access to MS Office is a must in my opinion, unless you want to rely on University's PC clusters for those when you need to do assignments.

I would get a refurbished ThinkPad as @Sauron said.

[General Winter]

i would honestly get a used windows laptop w/ at least 8gb of ram over any chromebook

 

even with the limited things you plan to do on your laptop, have a laptop with 8gb of ram will make multitasking easier when needed

 

i think this is pretty solid and inexpensive machine for the most minimalist person such as yourself; it should last a while but i don't have one myself

 

https://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteBook-8470P-Notebook-Professional/dp/B01GW03N6E/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1521069000&sr=1-5&keywords=8gb+laptop

[MikeSK]

A college student recommended a Surface.  He uses the camera to record the lectures and mark it up with notes at the same time, and perform all necessary classwork.