After all, some majors in college actually require some serious power, while others will only require access to email and Wikipedia.īefore moving further, I’d direct you to our piece on how to buy a laptop. Finding the right laptop for you isn’t always a clear decision, especially when it’s for a category as wide as “college laptops.” To put some parameters on it, however, when I think of a college laptop I’m thinking of something relatively affordable, somewhat basic, yet capable of performing a wide swath of functions.