Laptop recommandation for school

[FelixINX]

Hi!

 

I am looking for a laptop for back to school. With the Prime day ongoing and others store going crazy with deals, I'm not sure if I should buy now or wait for back to school period.

Here is the requirement :

• Light, very light. I have 3 hours of transit to do each day.
• Min 8gb of RAM
• Primary disk SSD of 256gb
• Good performance so I can do Google Docs but also Photoshop (I don't need to game)
• Preferably good looking
• Windows
• With a budget of around 1000$ CANADIAN

So far, I have found a good fit, the Ideapad 530S with the cheapest model 81EV000HUS being at 910$.

 

Is this a good deal, do you have any other deals or should I wait for back to school?

 

Thanks!

[williamcll]

this is probably the best: https://www.amazon.ca/Acer-Gaming-Laptop-i5-7300HQ-Windows/dp/B071JLXGCW/

[FelixINX]

5 minutes ago, williamcll said:

this is probably the best: https://www.amazon.ca/Acer-Gaming-Laptop-i5-7300HQ-Windows/dp/B071JLXGCW/

The specs are good but it's just too heavy for my transit. But thanks anyway for the recommendation!

[Dedayog]

Lenovo's Ideapads are really nice and not too unaffordable.  Used Surface Pros are good too.

[genexis_x]

Preferred display size and battery life (how many hours)?

[ethawesomee]

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/new-xps-15/spd/xps-15-9570-laptop/dncwxb1651s?ref=p13n_system_pdp_eol&c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

 

If you add on 256gb ssd for 100 more dollars you should be fine.

[FelixINX]

17 minutes ago, jstudrawa said:

Lenovo's Ideapads are really nice and not too unaffordable.  Used Surface Pros are good too.

I'm not sure with used computers, do you have a good website where I can find some?

 

12 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Preferred display size and battery life (how many hours)?

Somewhere between 13 and 15. More than 7-8 hours of battery life.

 

9 minutes ago, ethawesomee said:

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/new-xps-15/spd/xps-15-9570-laptop/dncwxb1651s?ref=p13n_system_pdp_eol&c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

 

If you add on 256gb ssd for 100 more dollars you should be fine.

The New XPS 15 base model is 1200$ in Canada, too expensive for me if you need to add an SSD.

[ethawesomee]

oh whoops, thought you lived in US. lol.

[hohoho]

The Surface Laptop is on sale because of Amazon Prime Day right now, of that is an option.

 

The specs aren‘t the best, but it’s thin and light...

[ethawesomee]

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-i5-8250U-GeForce-E5-576G-5762/dp/B075FLJ87G?th=1

might be a little heavy but has 8th gen i5 8550U 256gb ssd and a MX150 GPU. Not for gaming, but will do just fine for internet browsing

[genexis_x]

Asus UX461UA

Asus UX430UA

Asus UX330UA (on sale)

Lenovo Ideapad 720s 14

Lenovo Ideapad 720s 13 (Intel)

Lenovo Yoga 730 13

HP Envy 13

Acer Spin 5 13

Acer Swift 3 14 (SF314-54) with entry level IPS panel

(all results from official stores, Amazon CA, Newegg CA and BestBuy CA)

 

I'll avoid 15 inch models since you need light weight