Good school laptop

Apple likes to be super exclusive.

Always always always go PC if you're spending you're own money. You will lose so much, you might as well hand your cash out to random people if you buy a mac.

I personally will not buy dells, but that's because all the dell hardware I've used crapped out really quick. I recommend Acer, HP, and ASUS. Those three have served me well, and definitely get a good service plan with it. Since it'll be used a lot for college, it will need servicing before too long.

I've had my Acer laptop for two years now, spent $500 total including service plan and it still runs great. The only times I've sent it in were for things someone did to my laptop.

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My daughter picked up an ASUS at Best Buy for college last year. It has an i.5 core processor and a ton of ram and memory for around $600. She loves it and has been able to do all she needs to do for school and all she wants including watching TV shows she likes without any problems. When we looked at them, it had more storage and a bigger screen then the Macs. The other thing is for the price, so what if it dies in 3 years. Vs the Mac at over $1500, she could buy 2 and a half of these for the same price. Its a no brainer if you ask me, which I think you did. Best of luck in school.

Im really stupid... I have an HP laptop not Dell lol. My brother has an HP too and loves it. I recommend HP, cant speak for dell lol. Sorry for the blond moment...

Yeah I think I'll go to best buy and see what they can help me out with.

Before you purchase... tell us the specs of the laptop. Sometimes they sell laptops with lots of RAM and lots of storage... but the processor is a piece of poop.

If it is cheap and has an Intel Core i7 Processor... you've got a great deal. Next step down is the i5 Processor. I'm not as familiar with AMD processors. I just know that the AMD Phenom II X6 had good reviews.

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Yeah, the problem with not building your own is that they try to save money by putting bare parts in there. But, with modern technology, you can get a good 4G ram, 500+G storage, and a quad core for under 500 anymore. You won't be able to play WoW or Skyrim on ULTRA settings, but for word processing and simple applications it gets the job done.

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I went through six Dells within three years... got a Macbook Pro, never looked back.

I x3 the MacBook Pro comment but given that is out of your budget you need quality components that don't crap out on you before you finish school next year. This being said I WILL NOT ever recommend an HP laptop again, I personally owned one 3-4 years ago that had something new wrong every time I turned around luckily I had a service plan. I have been working on and building my own personal pcs since I was 13 and repair them in my free time for friends family and personal contacts. Samsung, Acer, make reputable products leaning towards Samsung. But if you are willing to to go a lil over 500$ and be closer to 800$ you should be able to find an Asus with an i5 or possibly even an i7 with 4+ gigs of ram and a 500+ hd space...don't stress on hd space though you can always add more later. Look mainly at processor battery life and weight. If you are taking it to school everyday trust me the difference between a 17" and 15 or 13 weights may seem minor but when you start carrying it everyday it becomes a nuisance lol. Don't buy anything extra aside from a service plan...there are great free Antivirus out there no need to pay more for same protection. But I have had my asus 15inch for 2 years now and never a single hiccup aside from when my ex threw it and I re soldered the power jack. That's an amazing record compared to how many hps dells and etc I have seen and repaired for MULTIPLE reasons. Just do your research and ultimately pick one that you like staring at too! But if it stays at home all the time bigger screen wouldn't be terrible.