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How often do you have to move it around? I have a XPS 13 and love it, but the glossy screen is annoying (minor). I feel like the high pixel density and minimal bezels more than makes up for the slightly smaller screen than a 15", and is much more portable.
Also, could you use a monitor from college, even if the desktop is garbage?
branwen-
I missed out on a locker this year so I'll have to bring it in and out each day, and I move classroom a few times a day. I don't think I'd be able to plug into the monitors. Some of them are all in ones and some aren't even widescreen! I have looked at a portable secondary screen but one thing at a time haha
I've seen some nice i7-5500U 1440p touchscreen 3rd gen x1 carbons on ebay for ~€430, but they have german keyboards, I'm considering it though. I guess I could get some small stickers done or a replacement keyboard (or maybe keycaps?) at some stage. Or the surface just went down to €650.
boredom
Should I go for a surface laptop 2, a Dell XPS 13 9343 with QHD and touchscreen, or Dell XPS 15 9550 FHD? These are all used.
display - €600
There's pros and cons to each so I'm having trouble deciding. The surface has the nice screen, good keyboard and 3:2 aspect ratio, but awful I/O and wouldn't really be repairable or be able to do a battery swap.
The xps 13 is small and portable and has a nice screen, but is a bit older than the others.
I'm a computing student so doing a fair bit of programming and college project work. I want a laptop because the desktops in class can be a bit hit or miss, logging on each class takes quite a while and just for ease of having everything in the same place.