Last Updated on September 6, 2023 by HBW2
Purpose of buying laptop for high school student:
This is an information age. The sources of information are very much diverse. The information from any print copy is declining very fast. All the print materials like books, journals, magazines, newspaper are shifting towards electronic media. All the publishing houses are eyeing more on e-books, although they have not stopped publishing the print copy. Some individuals are creating good quality content on internet. Maximum time they are creating and uploading content for free. Good quality educational video content is uploaded by many individual content creator on many different platforms like YouTube, Facebook. Some educational institutions are serving their classes both online and offline mode. They have build their personal online platforms for delivering their classes. The prominent operators are like BYJUS, Physics Wallah, Unacademy, Vedantu etc. All the formal educational institutes are taking online classes on Google meet, Zoom beside their offline classes.
This trend education will gradually increase in future for sure. So the students who are trying to get more knowledge from all the possible sources, they must need a computer. The computer may be a desktop or laptop one. But problem with desktop computer is that it cannot be carried wherever they want.
Now a days the schools are encouraging the students to prepare their assignments for exam in computer. The typed assignments are very precise, colorful and easy to read. So this is one of the main reason to buy a laptop.
Use of computer in modern days is very common. So some high schools have included some basic programming languages like JAVA, C, C++ etc. For practicing the programming languages a laptop is very necessary.
Minimum specifications required for doing daily work:
For doing the above mentioned tasks a basic standard configuration is required. Someone may go beyond this configuration if his/her wallet permits. The basic specification is as follow
Original Windows 10 or higher version
Display size must be 14” to 15.6″, Full HD
At least 8 GB of RAM
At least 512 GB SSD hard disk
Intel Core i3 processor or higher/ Rayzen processor
HDMI / Display port connections
Touchpad
At least two free USB 2.0 (or higher, e.g. USB-C) ports
Battery that can run for at least three hours without connection to a power source
Built-in webcam and microphone
USB or Bluetooth Mouse
USB or Bluetooth Keyboard
~ Pirated operating system will create some trouble in long run. It will not support some programs and functions. Data security and personal safety will not be compromised if you have original windows. Apart from this there is no need of any anti virus software if you have original windows. Microsoft defender will take care off your windows software system.
~ Instead of hard disk drive (HDD), solid state drive (SSD) is preferable. Because the data retrieval time is much less in SSD. Therefore the speed of CPU will increase if you configure with SSD.
Some selective brands that commensurate with the above specifications:
Dell Inspiron 3520 Laptop,12th Gen Intel Core i3-1215, Windows 11 + MSO’21, McAfee 15 Months, 8GB, 512GB SSD, 15.6″ (39.62Cms) 3 Sided Narrow Border Design with 120Hz FHD Display, Black, 1.65Kgs Price- 42800
ASUS Vivobook Go 15 (2023), Intel Core i3-N305, 15.6″ (39.62 cms) FHD, Thin and Light Laptop (8GB/512GB SSD/Integrated Graphics/Windows 11/Office 2021/Backlit KB/Black/1.63 kg), E1504GA-NJ322WS Price- 38990
Lenovo V15 Laptop RYZEN 5-5500u / 8GB 3200MHz DDR4 / 512 GB SSD PCIe / 15.60 FHD TN Display/Windows 11 / Ms-Office/Silver (Grey) / 1 Year Onsite Warranty Price- 35790
HP Laptop 15s, 11th Gen Intel Core i3-1115G4, 15.6-inch (39.6 cm), FHD, 8GB DDR4, 512GB SSD, Intel UHD Graphics, Thin & Light, Dual Speakers (Win 11, MSO 2021, Silver, 1.69 kg), fq2717TU Price- 40990
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Intel Core i3 11th Gen 14″ (35.56cm) FHD Thin & Light Laptop (8GB/512GB SSD/Windows 11/Office 2021/2Yr Warranty/3months Game Pass/Arctic Grey/1.41Kg), 82H701DNIN Price- 36990
Acer Extensa 15 Intel Core i3 N305 8 core Processor (8 GB/512 GB SSD/Win11 Home/MS Office Home and Student/Intel UHD Graphics/1.7 KG/Silver) EX215-33 FHD Display Laptop Price- 33999
The brands are more or less commensurate with the required specification. Names of above items are only for ready reference. You can check all the prominent e-commerce companies like amazon, flipkart, snapdeal, ebay because the prices are not fixed. It changes with changing the e commerce platform as well as the time of the year. The prices of the models are less than rupees 40000 because it is very common that the students will not use the laptop very carefully. So comparing all the specifications and prices go for a good laptop for your high school going child. No doubt it will be your good investment