<p>When you’re buying a laptop for school, forget all the flashy stuff. Just look for good quality ‘business’ laptops. There’s nothing in undergraduate engineering that you do that needs a high-end model. Reliability and battery life is far more important. </p>
<p>ddahwan, did the school literally say that they “want an i7”? Or is that what your son “thinks” he should buy?</p>