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Budget recommendations for tablet/laptop for college student
Posted on 12/10/23 at 12:20 am
Posted on 12/10/23 at 12:20 am
What's a budget tablet/surface/laptop for a new college student? Looking for something very basic and will get the job done for them. No special software required, just the usual.
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Posted on 12/10/23 at 9:09 am to meeple
Best bet is to look for the college's recommendations for the major.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 1:53 pm to meeple
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Looking for something very basic and will get the job done for them.
You can almost assuredly get much more than this on FBM for $500-750. I mean like legit gaming laptops with good GPU, processor, SSD, etc.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 2:43 pm to SlowFlowPro
Avoid HP.
I'd recommend a lower end MacBook or an Asus. I got Lenovo this summer and really like it. The Thinkpad, that is.
I'd recommend a lower end MacBook or an Asus. I got Lenovo this summer and really like it. The Thinkpad, that is.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 8:04 pm to meeple
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Budget recommendations for tablet/laptop for college student
If you are a Sam's or Costco member, I recommend looking there as they usually offer less expensive MacBook Air computers than what you typically find at Best Buy or Apple, and they come with a longer warranty (or at least they used to).
I'd look at an MB Air M2, with anywhere from 8 GB to 16 GB RAM, and at least 256 HD space. If you sign up for the iCloud service, you can offload any heavy files to the cloud, but 256 HD space should be sufficient for a college student. This is a computer that will last the student for years.
Posted on 12/11/23 at 9:06 am to TigerGman
quote:I would have screwed up big time for my son had I not done this.
Best bet is to look for the college's recommendations for the major.
Posted on 12/11/23 at 8:34 pm to meeple
Posted on 12/11/23 at 9:32 pm to meeple
What do they plan on majoring in. That makes a difference
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