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I need a cheap small laptop for college

MiloshDr

Commendable
Jul 12, 2016
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I already have a gaming computer so I am not looking for a fancy laptop that can play games or watch videos at high quality. The only thing I will be doing is typing code, doing notes with graphs, going on the web for research. I need this computer to run Microsoft word 2016, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. This is all I can think of when it comes to the type of work I will be doing in college. Also to people who would say, why not use a notebook instead? It's because the professor doesn't give us enough time to write down all the notes, and I already talked to him.

Any suggestions?
 
so you type faster than you can write? lol. a decent laptop with a intel celeron or pentium CPU will do the trick. asus and lenovo are some good brands. HP might be cheap but they are not as reliable