I would like to switch to something lighter but still comparably capable

i got a used thinkpad T520 three years ago or so at that 300 bucks price point and it served me well. I only got it AFTER i bought a brand spanking new HP laptop for 300 bucks that managed to completely kill itself THRICE in SIX months, so bad that the ON button just did absolutely nothing. i gave it back after the third repair, got my money back and went to buy the used thinkpad and it never had a single hitch since

also if the laptop isnt heavy enough to kill small animals by being dropped on them from hip height it's SHIT

That's one way of looking at my problem

So you have Mi Book for about NZD$1200

And Mi Gaming for about NZD$1900

Mi Gaming doesn't have soldered ram, meaning the ram upgrade would be much cheaper

and it, to be quite honest, looks pretty fucking good

minus the rgb

fucking soyboys and their rgb pandering

you can always jerry-rig rgb yourself

no

that's what your soldering iron is good for

more like I wouldn't want the rgb

but still backlit

yeah, it's just deciding which one to buy before the year is up is a tough choice

I get NZD$1000 per year of study to buy course related items

from the government

so I can probably get one and subsidise the other myself with my own cash that I don't really have

jesus

too many words?

sorry

no, that you get so much money subsidized

for any student studying

textbooks are expensive

>goes to genlib to try and find a ebook variant of the textbook for free

hell, people buy concert tickets with that money

>buying textbooks

because there are so few checks and balances

>in the era of digital

precisely

people still do

cause they take some stupid paper like history or whatnot

compsci is pretty alright though, as I've been taking it for four years, and haven't bought a single textbook for it, nothing was assigned

paper is nice, but if my subject was book heavy, I'd definitely get a kindle instead of buying physical books over and over again for hundreds of dollars

only sometimes buying a workbook made by the university which is needed, but much cheaper

I find it so hard to concentrate on ebooks though like if I have a paperback book I'll finish the book because it's easy on the eyes and I paid money for it

But if I get the ebook I'll get adhd and start using discord or facebook instead

textbooks are a fucking scam

ye same

to be honest, that is what happens @Krieger The Viking Plague Doctor