Question Best laptop for college

[Robert876]

Anyone can guide which laptop is best for college.
thanks in advance for suggestion.

 

[COLGeek]

Best is often based on budget. Also, what other specific needs do you have?

Please copy and paste these questions into the thread you post, and we can help you find the laptop that suits you.


1. What is your budget?

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

3. What screen resolution do you want?

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

5. How much battery life do you need?

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.

13. What country do you live in?

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

 

[ThatGuyAgainAlready]

Hello:

I was in a CompTIA A+ course last year and used part of my stipend to buy a Lenovo ThinkPad. It has 32 GB of soldered-in RAM. I switched out the NVME 1 TB drive for a 4 TB drive. I’m not a gamer, so I can’t address that user case. The laptop came with Windows 11 Pro, which I’ve had many issues with. The laptop has an AMD Ryzen 5 chip. I’ve found the laptop bogs down with several apps open. The battery life is terrible—maybe 3 ½ hours unplugged. Maybe a ThinkPad further up the price range would suit you. I paid around $900 USD for the laptop, and that’s after days of negotiations with their sales reps. I also sent the laptop back for replacement, as there were a lot of bad blocks on the 1 TB SSD, which was surprising since it was a Samsung drive.

If I had to do it all again, I might still get a Lenovo, but would probably get a model with an Intel 9 chip and an OLED screen. After years working on Apple gear with Retina screens, the Lenovo’s screen always looks pixelated to me. Also, the built-in speaker sound tinny at best.

So there’s my recommendation of what you should NOT buy.