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Quad Core i5 or low end Quad Core i7. Office 365 is a deal at $79 for 4 years and includes all the regular Office options. Normally $99 per year. He needs to have an active .edu e-mail account.
I am partial to Thinkpads these days, but then I only buy notebooks with a "TrackPoint".
I would also suggest a regular disk drive as I've seen too many SSD drive failures recently. If you get a notebook with a SSD drive, definitely keep the think backed up.
Touch screen on a notebook seem wrong to me and adds cost.
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Red-beard for President, 2020
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