Help me find my laptop for school!

[detroitwillfall]

im starting net+/ server administration class this january and I would like to find a nice quad core laptop, windows 8.1 OS.
UNDER: $500

my preference:

priority
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quad core
2-4gb ram
ssd

 

[Warukyure]

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_US/home

Any Microsoft Signature laptop has no bloat.

 

[detroitwillfall]

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_US/home

Any Microsoft Signature laptop has no bloat.

on some laptops in the past i beg to differ on the bloatware.. but any ideas?