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Hello, I really need your help choosing the best laptop for the university as an Electrical engineer - so I guess I won't need so much of a graphic power, but rather a good battery life/performance ratio.
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I truly need your help because I've never had a laptop and I don't know which is the most reliable, and has the best screen,battery life, performance, service etc.
*I've also chosen the i5 and not i3 or i7 because I thought it would be the best for a student on this budget (not too expensive, not too slow)
Thank you
 
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** Id say Asus is a trustworthy brand for build quality and such. Every company has similar ways of doing things, I just like Asus products.
** You dont need a dedicated GPU in your laptop if your going to be doing student stuff. The integrated graphics is more then enough to do whatever, and going with integrated graphics improves battery life by a short time, but it adds up.
** I would get a 15.6 screen, its a little bigger and i prefer that.
** I would go ASUS, but it actually doesn't matter at all as laptop manufacturers generally are good all around. Theres no bad manufacturer.

ForUm8

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Update : I bought the Lenovo IdeaPad G510 with Intel Core i5 4210m, and the AMD R7 m230 2GB GPU.
This is a nice laptop, however, I am not too happy with it as a student.
Next time I purchase a laptop I'll have more experience, so I'll probably know what to choose myself, and I will try to explain:

This laptop is quite heavy and thick! for a student I'd recommend a thinner and less heavy device, even if the battery life is shorter (I'm not sure the different is going to be too big, and I'm sure you can find power outlets before the battery runs out in a university)

Next time, I will surely choose a Full HD screen, I really don't like the quality of this monitor, it hurts my eyes.

I'm not sure I really need the Graphics card as a student, and besides, so far this laptop is only using the Intel HD Graphics (it is automatically switchable, and for the apps I use it just won't switch to the AMD, so render that useless)

I should've bought something perhaps more expensive, but with a Full-HD screen, less weight, and not even care if it has a graphics card or not (the intel is definitely enough for a regular student)