Best Back-to-School Laptops for 2011
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s ($699)
Future captains of industry, taken note. A sporty interpretation of the classic ThinkPad, the E420s has chrome trim, edge-to-edge infinity glass, and a rubberized chassis. Its spill-resistant keyboard is among the best we’ve ever used, and we like that it has both a touchpad and a TrackPoint. Inside, a 2.3-GHz Core i5-2410M CPU, 320GB 7,200-rpm hard drive, and 4GB of RAM will provide all the power your student needs, and its 6 hours of battery life will get them through a full day of classes.
Starting at $699
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Read our Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s Review
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June 17th, 2011 at 12:25 am
Review the hp dm4x!
June 17th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Just a heads-up, but I think you’ve got the wrong image for the Acer Aspire AO722 ($379). No 11.6″ netbook is going to have a full number pad. That must be a 15.6″ or larger system pictured there.
June 29th, 2011 at 5:07 am
A pretty solid list, though I’m having a HP dv6zqe built with power-sipping AMD A6 Fusion processor
July 11th, 2011 at 11:10 am
Having been through college (or university if you want to be finnicky): get the 11-inch MacBook Air.
Lugging around textbooks is bad enough; you want something that won’t double the weight of your bag. The small storage is about the only limitation for a student. Just wait until Apple refreshes the line with Core i5/i7 models — possibly this week.
July 11th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
I think the Toshiba Portege is a better option at $799. All of these specs plus it’s only 3.2lbs.
July 11th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
I think Samsung has been releasing some nice laptops lately… they aren’t even mentioned. Sure they look and feel like macbooks but they are half the cost, and lets face it… isn’t everyone trying to look and feel like a macbook?
July 16th, 2011 at 11:51 am
I’m sorry but that whole tear-dropped shape BS apple has going on is an UGLY design. I sure hope the iphone 5 isn’t tear-dropped shape. Seriously…. I like my laptop looking like a laptop, not something that can be easily crushed. I own a REGULAR macbook pro. Forget the macbook airs…. they are most likely to have problems.
August 2nd, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Does this laptop have a dual core? Can you use Skype?
August 2nd, 2011 at 8:43 pm
that’s my laptop ! but I bought it only $300