Laptop for University Student

[Edie ray]

Hello

Can anyone help, my son needs a laptop to start uni in September, just for essays/coursework, not for gaming

I thought there was a thread about laptops last year but I couldn’t find it

Want to keep under £500

Thanks for any help

Edie

[Sitron]

I have a Lenovo Yoga with an i5 processor - good machine. An Acer or HP with the same will come in within budget. The Acer has more memory and a bigger screen - brought mine from Currys/PC World and a little over your budget but on recommendation.

And for software (if you don't have a family Office package he can tap into) shop around - I got my virus and full 12 month office suite for £50 from Argos).

[evergreen]

We just went to electrical shop and sought advise

[galaxyflorida]

A lot of unis allow you to download Office for free for the duration of their course so check that out before buying that.

Theres a million laptops out there but I'd be looking for something light, around 13 or 14 inch screen, etc..

[Edie ray]

Thank you for your replies, will look into your suggestions

[disney20042012]

Try EBuyer website we have always had good service/prices from them

[DisneyDaffodil]

My daughter had her laptop for uni delivered yesterday from Ebuyer. She wanted one that would be suitable for gaming but we gave her a £500 budget which she said would be impossible to get a gaming laptop for, so she was willing to pay extra herself.

She found a Medion gaming laptop on Ebuyer for £520 (it was £570-690 on other websites) and was delivered free the next day.

I’m not very tech-minded but it looks a really nice machine and isn’t too heavy. She’s very happy with it and it runs her games well too 😀

[400ixl]

Have a look at a Chromebook, they are used a lot in education along with Google G suite for the application side.

HP, Samsung, Asus, Acer etc all make Chrome Books.