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Im heading to college for an Information Systems degree in January  and I am looking at getting a new laptop to take to classes and to the library. I want to spend about 1600 dollars (Usd) and I don't really need a gpu in it since I'm not gaming on it. I'd like to get a laptop that is no bigger than 13 inches so I can comfortably use it on those crappy "desks" in lecture halls. I was thinking between either the Razerblade Stealth (256gb) for about 1349 at the Microsoft store (price matching and education discounts ftw) or the late 2018 Macbook pro for 1600 (ish). I'm looking at these two because of the build quality, keyboards (I actually went into Bestbuy to try them out) and the display. 

I'm open to other suggestions but I don't really want a 2 in 1 or a surface pro because I prefer a laptop and a sturdy typing area

And yes I know 1600 bucks for a laptop for business school is overkill but I want this to last me for a long time

College student getting his Information Systems Degree, Furry, Gamer, Amateur Poet

 

Luna

Intel Core i9 7940x, Custom Water Loop, EVGA x299 Micro, 4x8 GB kit of Gskill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3000, Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme 1080ti, 3 Tb's of SSD storage, 5TB HDD, 850 Watt EVGA Supernova g3, all inside a black and purple r1 from Parvum Systems

 

Laptops:

Anubis: Powerspec 1510 (sager NP8157)

Lucario: Razer Blade Stealth v4 (base model) this is my daily driver

 

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1 minute ago, Shodapop98 said:

Im heading to college for an Information Systems degree in January  and I am looking at getting a new laptop to take to classes and to the library. I want to spend about 1600 dollars (Usd) and I don't really need a gpu in it since I'm not gaming on it. I'd like to get a laptop that is no bigger than 13 inches so I can comfortably use it on those crappy "desks" in lecture halls. I was thinking between either the Razerblade Stealth (256gb) for about 1349 at the Microsoft store (price matching and education discounts ftw) or the late 2018 Macbook pro for 1600 (ish). I'm looking at these two because of the build quality, keyboards (I actually went into Bestbuy to try them out) and the display. 

I'm open to other suggestions but I don't really want a 2 in 1 or a surface pro because I prefer a laptop and a sturdy typing area

And yes I know 1600 bucks for a laptop for business school is overkill but I want this to last me for a long time

I will warn you macbook keyboards are currently very vulnerable to dust and are expensive to replace.

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Just now, Wh0_Am_1 said:

I will warn you macbook keyboards are currently very vulnerable to dust and are expensive to replace.

I heard that the newer ones are less prone to that issue :/ and either way im getting the warranty from bestbuy on either one, or apple care if they cover more stuff than best buy

 

College student getting his Information Systems Degree, Furry, Gamer, Amateur Poet

 

Luna

Intel Core i9 7940x, Custom Water Loop, EVGA x299 Micro, 4x8 GB kit of Gskill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3000, Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme 1080ti, 3 Tb's of SSD storage, 5TB HDD, 850 Watt EVGA Supernova g3, all inside a black and purple r1 from Parvum Systems

 

Laptops:

Anubis: Powerspec 1510 (sager NP8157)

Lucario: Razer Blade Stealth v4 (base model) this is my daily driver

 

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3 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

How about the HP Spectre X360, or the LG gram?

I've thought about the Lg Gram (I'm actually watching a review on it right now lol), and I think I'm going to pass on the Hp Spectre. Mainly cause I've had an HP laptop before that I got 3 years ago and it might've been since I didn't spend that much on it, I think about 800-900 at most, and I didn't have the best experience with it

College student getting his Information Systems Degree, Furry, Gamer, Amateur Poet

 

Luna

Intel Core i9 7940x, Custom Water Loop, EVGA x299 Micro, 4x8 GB kit of Gskill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3000, Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme 1080ti, 3 Tb's of SSD storage, 5TB HDD, 850 Watt EVGA Supernova g3, all inside a black and purple r1 from Parvum Systems

 

Laptops:

Anubis: Powerspec 1510 (sager NP8157)

Lucario: Razer Blade Stealth v4 (base model) this is my daily driver

 

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7 minutes ago, Shodapop98 said:

I've thought about the Lg Gram (I'm actually watching a review on it right now lol), and I think I'm going to pass on the Hp Spectre. Mainly cause I've had an HP laptop before that I got 3 years ago and it might've been since I didn't spend that much on it, I think about 800-900 at most, and I didn't have the best experience with it

Whelp can't help that, but I would still recommend considering the spectre as it is fine laptop, (and it's a 2 in 1) but if you would rather not go that route the gram is also a fine laptop. 

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What are your main priorities? eg battery life, input devices, display quality etc

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12 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

What are your main priorities? eg battery life, input devices, display quality etc

Battery life and display tbh, although I dont think I'm going to have class immediately after another one so I can go to the library and charge it, and I think I might be able to get a decent battery bank to charge as well?

 

College student getting his Information Systems Degree, Furry, Gamer, Amateur Poet

 

Luna

Intel Core i9 7940x, Custom Water Loop, EVGA x299 Micro, 4x8 GB kit of Gskill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3000, Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme 1080ti, 3 Tb's of SSD storage, 5TB HDD, 850 Watt EVGA Supernova g3, all inside a black and purple r1 from Parvum Systems

 

Laptops:

Anubis: Powerspec 1510 (sager NP8157)

Lucario: Razer Blade Stealth v4 (base model) this is my daily driver

 

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9 hours ago, Shodapop98 said:

Battery life and display tbh, although I dont think I'm going to have class immediately after another one so I can go to the library and charge it, and I think I might be able to get a decent battery bank to charge as well?

So you don't mind poor battery life? Do you need good keyboard/touchpad?

Desktop specs:

Spoiler

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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3 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

So you don't mind poor battery life? Do you need good keyboard/touchpad?

I mean to me 5+ hours of actual use is more than enough for me cause I'm the worst at trying to conserve battery life. Yes I want a good keyboard, trackpad would be nice but I might be getting a mouse to use with it

College student getting his Information Systems Degree, Furry, Gamer, Amateur Poet

 

Luna

Intel Core i9 7940x, Custom Water Loop, EVGA x299 Micro, 4x8 GB kit of Gskill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3000, Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme 1080ti, 3 Tb's of SSD storage, 5TB HDD, 850 Watt EVGA Supernova g3, all inside a black and purple r1 from Parvum Systems

 

Laptops:

Anubis: Powerspec 1510 (sager NP8157)

Lucario: Razer Blade Stealth v4 (base model) this is my daily driver

 

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7 hours ago, Shodapop98 said:

I mean to me 5+ hours of actual use is more than enough for me

Yes I want a good keyboard

display

20 hours ago, Shodapop98 said:

Information Systems

classes and to the library

about 1600 dollars (Usd)

don't really need a gpu

no bigger than 13 inches
don't really want a 2 in 1 or a surface pro
last me for a long time

If you want a good keyboard, business laptop is an option:

Latitude 7390

Latitude 7390 2 in 1

Thinkpad X380/L380 Yoga

EliteBook 830 G5 with Sure View

EliteBook 735 G5 with 400 cd/m², 72% sRGB display

 

If you prefer Ultrabook, you need to try them in hand

Desktop specs:

Spoiler

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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