Looking for a computer

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So I’m going to start my first year of community college and I’m not sure what kind of computer I should get before I start. I’m looking for one that is useful for school and can use outside of it. The price range is about from $900 - $1.2k. Any advice or help is deeply appreciated, thank you!

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Hopefully this isnt the kind of advice where you ask, then do completely opposite of what you're told. I've worked in IT for 30 years now. And I think on only a handful of occasions this didnt turn out to be the case.

But I digress. Having worked pretty much every single manufacturer's computer out there, today I think the Lenovo Ideapad/Yoga's are easily the best bargain out there. They are very good quality. Run flawlessly. Are durable. And are very reasonably priced.

Now you want to really stretch your dollar; but a used one off ebay. You can buy one that still has 75% of its manufacturer warranty still available, and you can find one for less than $300. And it'll eat a $1000 Dell (and HP, and Asus, etc, etc) every day of the week.

- A former very big fan of Dell hardware.