In two previous articles I wrote about finding laptops for college students who are studying creative arts and who are in the scientific fields of study – in both these cases, you have certain requirements which put some limitations on your choices (assuming you want to acquire a quality laptop. In this article, I’m going to go over what you might consider for someone in a non-scientific field or otherwise where you don’t have heavy requirements.
For the most part, your decisions here are not going to be complex. You want to ask yourself if you are the student (or ask the student), what sort of activities will you be doing with the laptop? Are you simply going to be writing papers and carrying it around with you to the library for example?
It is important to go through and look at what sort of activities you will need the laptop for. It really all comes down to the programs you need to run. If you require the frequent use of a program that is processor heavy, then check out the laptops for students in scientific fields article. If however your answer is that you are going to write paper with it, you have a whole wide world of choices.
In this case, I would recommend something small and light. My favorite (which should be no surprise) is the Apple 13” Macbook Air. If your primary activity is to write papers, then you have an opportunity to go with a system that is much lighter than otherwise – when you get a light laptop, you sacrifice either performance or quality. The Macbook Air represents the height of both, which is why it is on the higher end. If that is too expensive for you, then I recommend the Toshiba Portege Z835-P360.
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