» Sat Aug 15, 2015 7:34 am I need a bit of help in trying to pick out a laptop. To make a long story short, the laptop that I need will be used for college. Now, while I do have one, it's a gaming laptop that's a bit on the "big" side for classes. I don't believe it would be appropriate to bring it to class with the 150w+ charger that it needs to use. I've signed up with BestBuy's college deal thing that gives me $150 off "select" laptops. I'm not sure if it'll help out or not in terms of what will and will not work.
Ok, to the heart of the matter:
The courses I'm currently taking will be centered around Chemistry (Gen chem II), and courses towards getting a degree in Biotechnology. Price range, I'll have around $500 to $750 to use towards the laptop since I was awarded some money through a grant. I can go over that $750 just a little bit, but I can't afford to spend $1,500 on a laptop since money is tight. The hard cap will be around $1k at most, not including taxes. I went to retrieve the email + image to go along with this, but the little bugger has gone MIA on me.
Anyways, here are two of the laptop that I've looked at so far in terms of one for college.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-2-in-1-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/3466017.p?id=1219582884796&skuId=3466017
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-flip-2-in-1-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/2995123.p?id=1219567194763&skuId=2995123
The difference between the two comes down to the first one being a Core i7 processor with the 2nd one being a Core i5 processor. I'm open to suggestions, and, if necessary, can sign up for other places as I do have the appropriate ID to prove my status as a college student.
I'm looking for a decent laptop to help out currently and down the road. The great thing about the course I'm in is the internship which will "hopefully" lead to some gainful employment I couldn't obtain on my own.
