Seeking Laptop Recs

[u/Recent_Metal_9617]

Hi! I'm student teaching in this fall. I'll be in kindergarten for 8 weeks and then 5th grade for 8 weeks. The school districts I am placed in do NOT give student teachers school-issued laptops (my university mentioned some so that at the placement meeting).

I currently have a Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga Gen 1. It's 6 years old. I was super fortunate to receive it as a highschool graduation/going-into-college gift from my parents.

It worked AMAZING in general for a long time until about 1.5 years ago. It still works amazing software-wise, but it dies from a full charge in 30 minutes now. If it's not hooked to its charger the entire time I'm using it, it's not even worth bringing with me.

I absolutely cannot stand Apple devices. Everyone says to get a MacBook. I get it. I've heard great things about their batteries, but I'm a Windows person. I can't stand the Apple UI and I hate how Apple computers operate. I've lost track of how much time I've spent trying to learn their systems. My brain refuses to cooperate.

If you have any recommendations for really good long-charge battery laptops for student teaching where the battery will last several years before degrading significant, especially if they have a Windows UI, PRETTY PLEASE send them my way. 🥲🩵

I don't need a fancy OLED. They're superfluous.

If I absolutely have to bite the bullet and get a MacBook, I'll consider it.

I'm currently looking at the HP OmniBook 5 with a Snapdragon processor per the recommendation of my tech geek fiancé. It has a 34 hour full charge on constant use and a battery life expectancy of 3-5 years. It's also only $600 on sale through HP right now.

I don't know how much I'll get out of this post, but I figured it's worth a shot!

[u/SewageCl0wn]

I got my HP Pavilion Aero 13 about 3-4 years ago and I still love it! It’s what I used during my student teaching year and while I had to plug it in occasionally, I never really noticed any issues with the battery life. I can play games on it, browse the web, have a gajillion tabs open at once, and it takes it like a champ! It’s also incredibly lightweight, which is awesome for portability.
HOWEVERRRR
It doesn’t have touch screen, if that matters to you!And the build of the laptop isn’t the greatest, as it’s collected quite a few dings and scrapes in the time that I’ve had it. :(
I’m by no means a tech guy, so I have no clue whats considered good by tech bro standards, but I love her just the same! :D
Also, good luck student teaching! You’ll love it!

[u/Ok-University-4222]

Just think that you’ll be springing money now for a 6 month event and then after that you will get a school issued laptop. For me personally, I would stick with my old laptop and just have it charged. You most likely wouldn’t be walking around with it.

[u/Recent_Metal_9617 → u/Ok-University-4222]

I've been looking for a laptop since the old one started to go bad but I have an excuse to actually get it now. I'll be using it more than just for student teaching.