Daughter will be going to 7th grade this year and needs a laptop. She will be in advanced classes and I want something that will last a couple years and maybe upgrade in 9th.  Below are the specs from the school. Hope to stay around the $5-600 range.  



Although nearly all devices have a Microsoft App available, the app does not offer the full capabilities of Microsoft.  During their time at Menard, students will learn many of the uses for Microsoft office and will sometimes need the full downloaded version of the software in order to complete assignments.  This means that students will need a laptop that has the ability to have software downloaded and installed onto it; so not a tablet, not an ipad, and not a chromebook.  While these devices are good for many day to day uses, they lack the ability to have the full version of software installed on them.  This means that your student may have difficulty completing some assignments that require the use of Office or Adobe.  Laptops do not need to be expensive or fancy, but they do need to meet a few minimum requirements.  The recommended hardware to run the software is

 *    2.0 GHz or faster processor
 *   4 GB RAM for 64-bit; 2 GB RAM for 32-bit.
 *   16 GB free disk space.
 *   1280 x 768 or higher screen resolution.
 *   Windows 10

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