Need to find a laptop for my sons graduation...

Thanks for all the great information everyone. I appreciate it, even though I don't understand most of it lol... I'm a total idiot with computers.
 
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steppinthefunk said:
Very good suggestions here.
But if you decide to go out and just buy one I suggest a Thinkpad.
I am a Thinkpad fanboy.
You can find good deals at the Lenovo OUtlet:
http://shop.lenovo.com/outlet_us/laptops/#facet-1=1,2,3,4&facet-2=1
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As a current college student, schools don't require anything except books and scantrons. I have a Lenovo yoga 2, it's cool and serves its intended purpose very well. Make sure it has Microsoft office with it or at least don't forget to get it at store. A decent laptop with a decent processor and preferably a solid state drive, you get what you pay for. I like apple products, yes they may not be able to do what windows or Linux can do but what they do, they do well. While I'm happy with my Lenovo I wish I would have waited till I could afford a MacBook. Apple makes a quality product. As an engineering student this computer works fine so far. Good luck

Also pick up webroot, antivirus is a must.
 
A couple of options, he may be able to get away with a cheap chromebook for a while, doing most things in google docs, and using lab computers if he needs more. I would avoid buying any computers for the next four months or so, since once windows 10 arrives there might be some big changes, and some of the older machines may get fire-saled. There are a heap of options, I think the best thing would be figure out a budget, and then work with him on it. right now the market is really wide starting at 200$ and running to 2000$ depending on needs. This year's picks are not stellar, so him holding to the bottom end for the year, then investing once he's gotten his major locked down would be my recommendation. But that being said, if you need the machine, you need the machine, and just getting by can cost him in time and effort.

I like my MSI, Lenovos were what I used in corporate situations and they have a lot of great advantages, including some good anti-theft options. (that being said, they did some bad things this year, and had a wimpy apology) Macs are good if thats what you need, otherwise, its a miserable mess when working with others and trying to do presentations (and most reviewers were unimpressed with this year's models)

Lastly, lots of places have student pricing on things, so you should look out for that, especially things like Office.
 
dasknife said:
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As a current college student, schools don't require anything except books and scantrons. I have a Lenovo yoga 2, it's cool and serves its intended purpose very well. Make sure it has Microsoft office with it or at least don't forget to get it at store. A decent laptop with a decent processor and preferably a solid state drive, you get what you pay for. I like apple products, yes they may not be able to do what windows or Linux can do but what they do, they do well. While I'm happy with my Lenovo I wish I would have waited till I could afford a MacBook. Apple makes a quality product. As an engineering student this computer works fine so far. Good luck

Also pick up webroot, antivirus is a must.
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gadgetgeek said:
A couple of options, he may be able to get away with a cheap chromebook for a while, doing most things in google docs, and using lab computers if he needs more. I would avoid buying any computers for the next four months or so, since once windows 10 arrives there might be some big changes, and some of the older machines may get fire-saled. There are a heap of options, I think the best thing would be figure out a budget, and then work with him on it. right now the market is really wide starting at 200$ and running to 2000$ depending on needs. This year's picks are not stellar, so him holding to the bottom end for the year, then investing once he's gotten his major locked down would be my recommendation. But that being said, if you need the machine, you need the machine, and just getting by can cost him in time and effort.

I like my MSI, Lenovos were what I used in corporate situations and they have a lot of great advantages, including some good anti-theft options. (that being said, they did some bad things this year, and had a wimpy apology) Macs are good if thats what you need, otherwise, its a miserable mess when working with others and trying to do presentations (and most reviewers were unimpressed with this year's models)

Lastly, lots of places have student pricing on things, so you should look out for that, especially things like Office.
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Thanks. Great info in both posts... I'm always up to saving a few $$$ so I will check into the student pricing discount as well.
 
Lenovo Z50
15.6-Inch
1366 x 768 pixels
A10-7300 1.9 GHz
1000GB 5400 RPM
8GB DDR3
Radeon R6 Kaveri
Windows 8
 
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