The 7 Best Laptops for College Students to Help Ace Their Exams

Key Specs

• CPU: 10th-generation Intel Core i5
• Display: 12.3-inch PixelSense touchscreen (2,736 by 1,824 pixels)
• Memory: 16GB of RAM, 256GB SSD
• Battery Life: Up to 10.5 hours

The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 is the best 2-in-1 PC for college students. It's beautifully designed and crafted, powerful, and incredibly versatile. It can instantly transform from a tablet to a laptop via a Type Cover (the accessory is bundled in this case). Of course, like all Surface products, the Pro 7 is also compatible with the Surface Pen stylus.

With a Full HD front- and rear-facing cameras, the Pro 7 is also a great tool for video conferencing. Microsoft offers the tablet in a host of hardware configurations, ensuring that buyers can find one that fits in their budget. The slate is available in platinum or matte black.

Key Specs

• CPU: 10th-generation Intel Core i7
• Display: 13.5 or 15-inch detachable touchscreen (3,000 by 2,000 pixels)
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX
• Memory: 8GB of RAM, 256GB SSD
• Battery Life: Up to 15.5 hours

No laptop comes even close to offering the same combination of craftsmanship, power, versatility, and battery life as the Microsoft Surface Book 3. Thanks to its detachable display, it can seamlessly transform from a powerful laptop to a tablet. The product is pricey, but well worth splurging on if you want the ultimate do-it-all PC.

Like the Surface Pro 7 we already mentioned, the Book 3 is also great for video calls, thanks to a duo of Full HD cameras and high-quality microphones. The product is available in a multitude of hardware configurations.

Key Specs

• CPU: 11th-generation Intel Core i3
• Display: 15.6-inch IPS display (1,920 by 1,080 pixels)
• Memory: 4 GB of RAM, 128 GB SSD
• Battery Life: Up to 8.5 hours

The Acer Aspire 5 is our favorite budget laptop for students. For less than $500 in entry-level guise, the full-sized notebook offers good design, up-to-date hardware specs, reliable performance, and the ability to make it through a full school day on one battery charge. This model comes with a mouse, and its aluminum cover and backlit keyboard give it a more upmarket look and feel, too.

Thanks to Microsoft Windows 10, the Aspire 5 offers a more feature-packed platform than a similarly priced Chromebook. The product ships with Windows 10 in S Mode, meaning you can only install apps from the Microsoft Store. However, you can upgrade to a full Windows 10 build for free.

Key Specs

• CPU: 10th-generation Intel Core i3
• Display: 13.3-inch 360-degree touchscreen (1,920 by 1,080 pixels)
• Memory: 4GB of RAM, 64GB eMMC
• Battery Life: Up to 10 hours

The Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5 is sleek, lightweight, and, thanks to a sharp touchscreen with a 360-degree hinge and support for a stylus pen, incredibly versatile. The notebook is also affordably priced, especially considering how feature-packed it is.

Google's Chrome OS platform supports Android apps, making the Flex 5 equally good for school work, as well as for staying entertained after. Lenovo's optional Active Pen stylus is just as reasonably priced and I highly recommend that you opt for it.

Key Specs

• CPU: 10th-generation Intel Core i7
• Display: 15.6-inch Full HD (1,920 by 1,080 pixels), 165 Hz refresh rate
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
• Memory: 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD

The latest 15-inch Razer Blade laptop is equally great for conquering a school project or your opponents in today’s chart-topping video games. Unlike most other gaming laptops, the 15-inch gaming rig is also great for use on the go. It’s light, thin, impossibly elegant and superbly crafted, yet as feature-packed as a laptop can be.

With a six-core Intel processor and an NVIDIA RTX 30 series graphics card, the Razer Blade 15 is also as futureproof as a PC notebook can get. You just need to be mindful that, because of its desktop-grade hardware, the notebook can last only up to 6 hours between charges. Variants of the notebook with beefier graphics, more storage, and display panels with even higher refresh rate are also available.