Choice between 3 laptops

[Whackapuss]

Im going off to college and I need to choose a laptop. I would like to spend $500-$600 USD. I have found 3 front runners (Lenovo 330 and 720s and Asus Vivobook) and I could use some input. I have a gaming computer at home, but I wont be bringing it with me. I have a coupon for the 2 lenovo laptops so I can get each of them for the same price of $600.

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-300-series/Ideapad-330-15-Intel/p/81FK0002US

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-700-series/Ideapad-720S-13-AMD/p/81BR003RUS

and lower price

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0762S8PYM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

thanks for taking the time

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

I have the Vivobook and so far I'm very satisfied with it... except you will really want one with a SSD. Thankfully there is a M.2 slot as well as one for 2.5" SATA. So you can have a M.2 SSD for boot and the included 1TB drive for mass storage which makes it a very usable machine on the cheap. The keyboard might take some getting used to as the travel isn't the greatest. Webcam is also trash. It looks like something that came out of a cell phone from 2005. RAM is also upgradable which is very nice for a machine this thin. 

 

 

[genexis_x]

Only these 3 options? Any other 8250U/8550U/2500U/2700U laptops within your budget?

[Spudbilly]

The ideapad 330 for sure if you can add in a ssd over that 5400rpm hdd

[Whackapuss]

6 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Only these 3 options? Any other 8250U/8550U/2500U/2700U laptops within your budget?

These were the 3 that stood out to me. I narrowed a larger list down to these.

[Whackapuss]

19 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

I have the Vivobook and so far I'm very satisfied with it... except you will really want one with a SSD. Thankfully there is a M.2 slot as well as one for 2.5" SATA. So you can have a M.2 SSD for boot and the included 1TB drive for mass storage which makes it a very usable machine on the cheap. The keyboard might take some getting used to as the travel isn't the greatest. Webcam is also trash. It looks like something that came out of a cell phone from 2005. 

 

 

thanks! I look into buying an SSD on the side

[genexis_x]

Ideapad 720s 13 is good, however the Ryzen APU is causing CPU performance and battery life issues (Ryzen mobile APU isn't suitable in 13 inch laptops with limited cooling space)