US $1500 please help me choose a laptop for grad school/personal.
Country
United States
Budget
$1000-1500 USD
Are you open to refurbs/used options?
No
Screen size
13”+ (prefer larger)
Weight limit
Any
Purpose
Graduate school and personal/general purpose. Im working on a masters in information science
Form factor
Standard clamshell - don’t need touch/2in1/tablet/pen
Intended usage
Basic office/school things like browser with 10+ tabs, email, word/excel, pdfs, Calibre (digital library), etc.
Possibly some coding and archive work for classes
Desired battery life
Any - performance/size more important than battery life
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
Performance, Size, Battery Life, Weight
Info/Requirements
I REALLY want a MacBook Air, but thought there might be something better for the price. I prefer mac over pc but I’m open to whatever is best. I want it to last.
I have a Dell Latitude 3330 13.3 inch screen 8gb ram 256 gb ssd. I find it to be slow and clunky and the screen too small.