Best Back to School Laptops of 2024!

My top picks for the best back to college laptops for 2024. There's a lot of great deals to be had on laptops from Under $500 all the way up to $1500.

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[chinafriends]

RTX 4090 and 480Hz Screen for those College lectures

[thewok]

Note for many STEM students - while you will see many MACs in your lectures, youll find so much software does not run correctly on ARM - Matlab RTL straight up gives different answers, Vivado, LTspice (just better workflow on windows), Altium, fusion360, many advanced sim software. Theres a reason many professional workplaces give windows laptops. When you graduate you can change your personal machine to mac, but know you make your life much harder without some x86 system (yes even Snapdragon with Prism has issues) when your trying to complete your degree

[truenetgmx]

so, you have so many high end laptops that you can wallpaper your house with them and you let your wife use 8 gig air? monster :D
Joke ofcourse, my main dev tool is m1 16gb air, until m4 is released - this will be time to upgrade

[reza]

Speaking from experience : do not get ipad as a laptop replacement . Ipad is an Ipad and not a laptop ! Not yet !

[RobloxianX]

I picked up a used Dell XPS 15 9510 in White with an RTX 3050 Ti, i7-11800H, OLED, 32GB of RAM and 2TB of storage all for just $1000! Checked the thermals, zero issues whatsoever. It's been running great, and i'm 100% using it for the next 4 years at minimum. I love the used market.

[omarcortes]

I bought G16's (2024 model) for my nephews and they seem to be happy with them. But yes, the one from last year is a really really good option for that price.

[SreejithKSGupta]

Why would anyone want to use a Chromebook for $500? if all you want to do is to use the browser, you can do that in a normal windows laptop.
and you will get way better laptop for that same price, with much better processor, more than the pitiful 128GB SSD. yeah, I know you don't need more storage for a chrome book, but the
price can be way lower.
e.g.:
1. yoga 7 2 in 1 with 8840HS for $499
only downside is 8GB RAM, but if you want it to browse too, this is more than enough.

2. same Lenovo Flex 5i with windows for $370.
the same laptop for 130 less with windows

3. Asus vivobook with same specs for $200
or a laptop that can still do everything the $500 one can except touch screen for less than half the price. and the build quality of flex 5i is not macbook quality either.

[morose]

Hey Matthew love from india there's one laptop on my mind

Lenovo Yoga 7i 2 in 1 (Intel core ultra) it comes around 1100-1300 usd and I think it's a good deal

[IMvictory]

I hear a lot of complaints about the Envy’s hinges….it gives me hesitation on getting one..

[jettnerona]

What would you suggest for a laptop that is going to be used for watching movies and simple task only

[jayb]

Chromebooks really are underrated if you just want something for productivity, which is all many students need.
Also, 8GB of RAM on a Mac or PC is sufficient for basic productivity as well.
Most people think they need more than they do. It really doesn't take very high specs to run a browser and office apps smoothly, so long as you're not trying to run 50+ tabs at once.

[caelmcmurdo]

I got a Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i for $1500 during the July sale and I couldn't be happier.

[mrbobgamingmemes]

In ny country if you looking for laptop under 400$ used thinkpad is the best possible deal at that price

[king_berandal_]

Can you review the Lenovo yoga pro 7 that use the new intel core ultra with rtx 4050 in it? Hope you grand my wish😊

[navyarawat]

Hey Matthew, what do you think about Ideapad slim 5 gen 9 with amd cpu 8845hs. Please make a review on it.

[nikhilkoganti]

The g14 had a bunch of sales including the 4060 variant from this year for 1099 USD. The 4070 variant G14 and and G16 2024 are also on sale in the US now

[JogBird]

it really depends what you mean by "school"

[jamesklusener]

I have an msi modern 14 with a 12th gen core i5 and it's really good for performance, screen, portable and great value for money

[dartrocks]

Stop promoting any chrome book for college they wont work with 50% of student needs

[dllecst]

Is Asus safe to buy, hear issues with RMA