A good student laptop doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Here are some great laptop deals for students (and anyone else) from brands like HP, Dell, and Apple.
A new school year is starting and few understand better than students the importance of having a reliable work computer that’s portable and easy to carry. Thankfully, there is always a bundle of laptop deals floating around online — so many, in fact, that it can quickly become a confusing and time-consuming task to sort through them all just to find that special one that fits you perfectly. Students are also no strangers to shopping on a tight budget, and we can help. Here, we’ve got the best student laptop deals available right now from various online retailers. Our roundup features discounts on super-cheap laptops to MacBook deals and more, and although certain deals may be limited to new and current students (meaning you’ll need an.edu email address), most of these are open to anyone who’s in the market for a new laptop. On the slimmest of budgets but need a Windows laptop? Don’t worry, the Acer Aspire 5 has you covered. It offers an AMD Ryzen 3 dual-core processor along with integrated Radeon Vega graphics and 4GB RAM, so you’re good to go with writing documents or performing other basic tasks such as photo editing. A nice-sized 15-inch Full HD IPS display (that’s 1080p — no 720p corner-cutting here) means you won’t have to worry about missing any crucial details either, unlike many cheap laptops which sport smaller or lower-resolution screens. Lightweight and unassuming, it’s ideal for the average student who simply needs a work tool rather than anything more specialist. Its 128GB SSD is also good enough to store your work files for those times you’re not near Wi-Fi and can’t access your cloud storage. If you need the extra screen space of a traditional 15-inch display, the Lenovo IdeaPad 3 is an excellent choice for a budget-friendly student laptop. It has a 15.6-inch Full HD screen which gives you a little more room to work with as you study. Despite that, it still offers up to six hours of battery life which is great for when you’re in the library or classroom all day. An AMD Ryzen 5 3500U quad-core processor and full 8GB RAM provides enough power for juggling more than a few tabs and windows, while a 256GB SSD gives you plenty of high-speed storage for your documents, projects, and work programs. It’s reasonably lightweight too, weighing just under 5 pounds, and it’s fully compatible with Google Classroom as well. Clearly a little inspired by Apple laptops, the Asus VivoBook 15 laptop combines stylish looks with a no-nonsense workhorse design. It’s also practical thanks to its AMD Ryzen 5 3500U processor,8GB RAM, and a nice big 512GB solid-state drive, which combine to deliver speedy performance for the price. Software will open quickly, you’ll be able to juggle multiple tabs, and you can easily store plenty of files, apps, and even some games (thanks to the Ryzen 5’s built-in Vega graphics that allow for some light gaming).
