High school laptop?

[Anonymous]

What would you recommend for about $400 for a laptop for a high schooler? It doesn't need to last to college, and he's not a huge gamer.

[Anonymous]

Go to staples, Office Depot, sams club and get whatever they have on clearance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to staples, Office Depot, sams club and get whatever they have on clearance.

I agree.

[Anonymous]

If the high school supports it, a Chromebook, rather than a Windows or Apple notebook. If the high school emphasizes Chromebooks, definitely use it. It lasted us through four years (we had two as one was damaged -- no big deal -- $200 on Amazon). We transitioned to Apple for college. We used the cheapest ASUS Chromebooks and they were fine.

[Anonymous]

You want a microsoft surface, lightweight, long battery life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to staples, Office Depot, sams club and get whatever they have on clearance.

You will regret this, that thing will be shoddy and fail before graduation.

[Anonymous]

Teach him good backup habits because they get trashed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to staples, Office Depot, sams club and get whatever they have on clearance.

You will regret this, that thing will be shoddy and fail before graduation.

I buy them all the time for new employees, no issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You want a microsoft surface, lightweight, long battery life.

Budget was $400.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to staples, Office Depot, sams club and get whatever they have on clearance.

You will regret this, that thing will be shoddy and fail before graduation.

I buy them all the time for new employees, no issues.

Yes a high schooler and professional will treat the laptop the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You want a microsoft surface, lightweight, long battery life.

Budget was $400.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/microsoft-surface-go-10-touch-screen-intel-pentium-gold-4gb-memory-64gb-storage-silver/6261393.p?skuId=6261393

[Anonymous]

Just be kind to your kid if the thing doesn't last. My son's definitely suffered from being carried around in a 30 lb back pack. The hinges on the screen part went. I think he did a reasonable job taking care of the laptop while commuting on a bike.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the tips. He won't commute with it, but prefers a laptop to a desktop so he can move around at home. He's a rising junior and probably will get one for college, and this one can go to a younger sibling then.

[Anonymous]

So I bought son #1 a MacBook pro in 9th grade and just had to replace it sr year of college. Son #2 has MacBook pro from 9th grade and still going strong as fresh in college. Son #3 has MacBook pro from 9th grade going into jr year high school. Maybe if you invest a little more money to get more, it lasts more? and all my boys keep a hard shell on it and all three use it primarily for school and netflix. They don't play games on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You want a microsoft surface, lightweight, long battery life.

Budget was $400.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/microsoft-surface-go-10-touch-screen-intel-pentium-gold-4gb-memory-64gb-storage-silver/6261393.p?skuId=6261393

This Surface runs Windows 10 in S mode, something to factor.