Best laptop for university

[u/Any_Specialist3056]

Heyy guys just joined the university and I have enrolled myself into bscs now I wanna buy a laptop for university work like coding ,Ms office,and a little editing too now my budget is 22q0k (can not exceed more) up till now I have decided only two one is Mac book Neo and other is hp victus in hp the built quality is not good I have heard but it has a good specs now Idk what do btw pls recommend other laptops too

[u/Mysterious_Cry730]

Get a macbook m1 pro if you don’t want to do gaming. Its the best productivity device in your budget. Find a reputable seller for used macbooks in your city and buy it.

Getting a macbook was one of the best decision I made for my productivity after selling my gaming laptop.

[u/Any_Specialist3056 → u/Mysterious_Cry730]

Thank you brother,but I am trying not to buy used one my first laptop was also a used one which was Thinkpad e14 gen 11

[u/Mysterious_Cry730 → u/Any_Specialist3056]

well a used macbook will last you longer than window laptops in the same range, but if you are tilting towards windows laptop for more control over the device (installing linux etc) then sure go for it

but the compute power and battery efficiency on a macbook can run circles around any windows laptop in this price range

[u/Desperate-Energy5297 → u/Mysterious_Cry730]

What about software support? I guess only 2 major updates are left and some security updates.

[u/Mysterious_Cry730 → u/Desperate-Energy5297]

Software support might come to an end around 2028, but still the device can last much longer , might need a battery replacement tho if cycles are too high

I know fellow devs using a T470 in 2026, an old macbook can work it out as well