The best laptop for students

What to look for when buying a laptop for a student? /

It would depend on a lot of the information that you are not given that it is impossible to answer (even if it is a forum for answers :-)).

Your major might have something to do with what to look for. You are a journalism major, or perhaps go for engineering? Electrical or mechanical?
Do you rely on a playground, or for most social networks and email?

As much as I despise stores big box for technical support and repairs, they make a good starting point for someone who is not too sure of what they want. Find someone out there who seems to know of what they speak and grill them as if they were a suspect of murder :-) You don't necessarily have to buy from them, but write their recommendations, and then store the ' net for the best service and prices. Google and Bing are perfect for things like that and for the comments sellers see what others think of them.

Good luck and good hunting!

SC Tom

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