Hiya.
[LEFT]My friend is going abroad to study and will likely be away from home for[/LEFT]
[LEFT]a period of 3-5 years. During this time, my friend of course won't have a whole[/LEFT]
[LEFT]lot of cash to work with, but will attempt to also find work while abroad.I don't[/LEFT]
[LEFT]know my friends budget I'm afraid, but I'm wanting to aim for something below[/LEFT]
[LEFT]the average cost of a 13" and/or 15" Macbook Pro. I think that's like 999$. Both $[/LEFT]
[LEFT]and £ will work for suggestions.[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]My friend does a lot of the standard office kind of work: powerpoints, document-pushing[/LEFT]
[LEFT]and just maybe, the occasional spreadsheet. Other than that, my friend is a bit of a[/LEFT]
[LEFT]gamer, liking to play Free To Play games like League of Legends. However, the possibility[/LEFT]
[LEFT]exists that my friend might take up StarCraft 2 as well. On top of this, there's the usual[/LEFT]
[LEFT]browsing of video-sharing and blog-posting websites. To top it all off, my friend also engages[/LEFT]
[LEFT]and will engage more in image and video-editing.[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]Thus it has to be a laptop and it has to be a decent one which can do a bit of everything.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Since this is to attempt to beat the steep pricing of a mac, I'd like for any suggestions to stay below 999$. However if it's a very good deal, suggestions of above that are also welcome.[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]P.S. I'm just doing this to help my friend, but I'm also helping my friend with many other things related to this. . But it's a bit much, so I thought I'd perhaps be able to crowd-source some help =). My friend however hasn't requested help at all, so it's also a bit of a "surprise"[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]Thank you.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]My friend is going abroad to study and will likely be away from home for[/LEFT]
[LEFT]a period of 3-5 years. During this time, my friend of course won't have a whole[/LEFT]
[LEFT]lot of cash to work with, but will attempt to also find work while abroad.I don't[/LEFT]
[LEFT]know my friends budget I'm afraid, but I'm wanting to aim for something below[/LEFT]
[LEFT]the average cost of a 13" and/or 15" Macbook Pro. I think that's like 999$. Both $[/LEFT]
[LEFT]and £ will work for suggestions.[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]My friend does a lot of the standard office kind of work: powerpoints, document-pushing[/LEFT]
[LEFT]and just maybe, the occasional spreadsheet. Other than that, my friend is a bit of a[/LEFT]
[LEFT]gamer, liking to play Free To Play games like League of Legends. However, the possibility[/LEFT]
[LEFT]exists that my friend might take up StarCraft 2 as well. On top of this, there's the usual[/LEFT]
[LEFT]browsing of video-sharing and blog-posting websites. To top it all off, my friend also engages[/LEFT]
[LEFT]and will engage more in image and video-editing.[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]Thus it has to be a laptop and it has to be a decent one which can do a bit of everything.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Since this is to attempt to beat the steep pricing of a mac, I'd like for any suggestions to stay below 999$. However if it's a very good deal, suggestions of above that are also welcome.[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]P.S. I'm just doing this to help my friend, but I'm also helping my friend with many other things related to this. . But it's a bit much, so I thought I'd perhaps be able to crowd-source some help =). My friend however hasn't requested help at all, so it's also a bit of a "surprise"[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]Thank you.[/LEFT]