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Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:00 am

What is a good laptop for uni?

I currently have an acer aspire and its like always glitching up and its become slow but it still fully functions. Once it shut down on me and almost lost all my work but other than that its ok. I've had it 2-3 years now and if I want I could use it to its fully capacity and wait another 2 years. Should I keep it? Or should I invest in a new one? what are good laptops?Macs? HP?

Asked by riatgurjot182612638

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Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:00 am

K ya no to the first poster. My brothers at Ivey and within the first week he was looking for a new laptop because his courses needed certain programs. He got a dell and likes it, but just go to a Best Buy and talk to the workers they’re so helpful (don’t go directly to Apple they’ll only tell u about macs lol)

mikayla.livingston.8492246761

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Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:00 am

I have a MacBook and it works great for me (I'm an accounting major). I've tried Acer, Toshiba, Dell, and HP. None of them lasted me more than 16 months and I hardly did anything on them. Those things came out of the box running slower than my friend's 3 year old MacBook. I don't know why someone above said you don't need a laptop. I do lots of quizzes and hand in assignments exclusively online. In addition to that I need spreadsheets for my work which is something I do on my laptop. Unless you'd like to stay in the library every night until 10pm I'd suggest purchasing a laptop. 

ana_f61621998

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Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:00 am

What program are you in/ going into?

erikalindsay121278964

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Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:00 am

My budget is $1500 I'd prefer to be under $1000 and the processor my laptop runs is intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3700 @1.60GHZ

riatgurjot182612638

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Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:00 am

Using HP Spectre x360 rn, pretty good machine.

junaid.h551754351

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Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:00 am

Which macbook and where did you get it from and how much? I don't mind getting an old MacBook like 2 years old at the max, as long as they're guaranteed to work fast and last long.Yeah I know what you mean, in my accounting class we are expected to have laptops and Im in grade 12.

riatgurjot182612638

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Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:00 am

okay, i would recommend going on this website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/education it's the microsoft education website where students get discounts on laptops, surfaces, 2in1s etc... look for a processor with at least an i3, based on your budget you could get an i5. dell and lenovo are very good brands.

erikalindsay121278964

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Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:00 am

what is your budget, and what processor (i3, i5, pentium, celeron, etc...) does your current laptop run if you know?

erikalindsay121278964

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Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:00 am

Commerce

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