Hi, I'm looking to purchase a laptop for school and not sure what to get as there are so many products available. My basic requirements are 8GB of ram, 256GB SSD, not heavy (less than 1.8kg), and the screen shouldn't be 15'6 but preferably less big. The laptop that I'm currently looking at is the "Acer Swift 5" from Harvey Normal and will be able to get a price beat from Officeworks for $948. If anyone has any advice or laptops that they've seen please let me know. My budget is $1000 but still wish to get something cheap as saving money never hurts.
Thank you so much for your help :)
If you want something with a bit nicer construction, you can often find good deals for Surface Laptop 2 with those specs and around the $1k mark. Not the most up to date specs but they're a nice machine.
Got a link to the Acer you're looking at?
Do you just want it for school work - eg power point, word. Would you benefit from a touch screen? Pen input?
Do you need graphics?
Do you plan to play any games on it?
Would you consider a Mac or does it have to be windows? Macbook air starts around $1k.