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Need help choosing a laptop fpr college!

by Jul 25, 2015 8:52PM PDT

I'm going to my freshman year of college on August 23rd. I need a good laptop, but have no idea which one to buy,I was looking at the Lenovo Flex 3 on the Microsoft store but the one review I could find of it on YouTube said that its battery life wasn't too good, He said he got about 3 hours, but I have class from 8 am to 12, lunch break, then 1 to 3:30 classes, so I don't have much time to recharge. Need better battery life. I'm not sure what kind of processor and ram combo I need to achieve good battery life, but I really want a 2 in 1 with a backlit keyboard, HDMI pot, portablilty, good battery life, and a good amount of speed (right now I have a Toshiba satellite C55 that has 2gb of ram, and it is SO SLOW AND LAGGY at every turn.) However, I cannot pay the price of a Macbook, I can't go over 1000 (including warranty, tax, and shipping.) I don't really want to hit that 1000 because I have to pay for half of the laptop myself, I am currently working at Rue21 (lol this means I not made of money at all folks), if anyone could help me find something that would be good, I would appreciate it! Thanks to everyone who reads! (background info: I'm going to be a Music Education major, but any music software I need I'll use in the music lab, not my laptop, and I wont be gaming that much on it because I'm asking for an Xbox One for Christmas. So I need something to handle my papers, video streaming, online games, and such, possibly very light photo editing. (not PhotoShop, I use the Art Lab for that)

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Under load, battery times do plummet.
by Forum moderator Jul 25, 2015 9:10PM PDT

But everyone in your class would suffer this fate. Try Notebookcheck's review on the specific model of the flex you had in mind. There are a dozen models so I can't do this for you.

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No Flex 3 14 review
by lilnickiwonder Jul 25, 2015 11:21PM PDT

I checked the site, but there are no reviews of the Lenovo Flex 3 14 inch. I'm not dead set on the Flex, just need something at a good price with what I need.

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I can't check for you.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 25, 2015 11:31PM PDT
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Thanks for that review!
by lilnickiwonder Jul 26, 2015 12:42AM PDT

I couldn't find it on the site with the site search, but this review clearly distinguished the batterytimes with and normal versus stressful load (the latter of which I wont reach), he talks of a little over 7 hrs of normal use. That's perfectly fine for me! Thank you very much!!

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Good to read.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 26, 2015 6:49AM PDT

I hope you understand I like to find exact models whenever possible. Glad it helped get the numbers you need to see.

CNET's reviews were kind on this model as well.

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when you enter a class
by Jul 26, 2015 12:26AM PDT

...look for a seat with a floor plug or near a plug, which you might be able to use to charge your laptop some. Some of the newer rooms may have power at the seat.

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Does any have a Flex 3 14?
by Jul 30, 2015 3:18PM PDT

Does any have a Lenovo Flex 3 14? How do you like your purchase?

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