Best Laptop For 300-400 USD For School

jwall5352

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My girlfriend needs a laptop for pretty much just school.

So I am looking for a laptop with microsoft office (excel/word/powerpoint etc) pre-installed, if it even comes that way. I know the program itself costs about 140.

She pretty much only uses computers for saving documents, surfing the internet and using word, excel and powerpoint. She doesn't play video games, she will be watching a few videos here and there though. Don't know if that will make a difference though in laptop choice.

So I think we can get a pretty cheap laptop here. Any suggestions?

Thank you!
 

Diox55

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Firstly, I'd recommend this. While it's a tablet, it's meant to be a laptop as well. It has office pre installed, will be fantastic for surfing the web, and with the 32 gig ssd for a os drive and a 500 gig hard drive for documents, it should be good. It also has 1 USB 3 port so you could plug in a flash drive, or a usb mouse or whatever. Also has an SD card so you could also transfer files with that. This would be my first choice for your price range.
 

jwall5352

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Thank you for your input. I'm truly looking for a laptop though, not a 2 in 1 tablet/laptop.

I forgot one huge detail though. Windows 7 is highly preferred. But if windows 8 is necessary to get microsoft office preinstalled then that is fine.

Thanks!!
 

jwall5352

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I just gotta ask this possibly stupid question- pre-installed microsoft office means that the license for the product is paid for with the purchase of the computer and not just a 1 month trial?
 

Diox55

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Yes it should have it for life. Honestly, I think this would be the best choice for the money, because of the pre installed office, the ability to be a laptop and tablet, and all the other features along with it.