You have just joined a university or college and are interested in buying a brand-new laptop in Kenya  for your classwork but you are not sure what to go for? This article provides an overview of  laptop specifications that students should look for when shopping for a personal computer. In brief, Storage, ram, battery life, processor (Cores), price (cheap) and screen size is what matters most. We have explored more below.

 Best laptop for Students in Kenya

In our modern world, having a laptop is as important as having a text book or a student ID. For a student, a laptop cannot only be used for academic purposes but also for other non-academic like watching movies, listening to music, playing games and many more. One of the most important features of a laptop for a student is that it should be able to last for long.

We have prepared a list of the best and pocket friendly (cheap) laptops for students in kenya together with their specifications but first, here are some basic things you should know in your search for the best laptop.

Laptop Size

A light laptop is advisable for a student. This will make it easy for you to carry it around in school and even create more space in your bag for other items such as books.

Laptop Storage

If you plan to store a lot of things in your laptop and install several programs, you will need more than enough space. However, if you don’t plan on installing many programs, any laptop with a storage of 256 GB will be enough. Other important features to also check out for includes the processor type ( Pentium, Celeron,Duo Core, Core 2 Duo, Corei3, Corei5, Corei7, e.t.c) and speed (GHz)

Laptop Battery life.

Always go for a laptop with a long lasting battery that will sustain all your classroom and non-classroom activities.

Laptop Warranty

Even the best and most expensive laptops do fail at times. As a student it is advisable to purchase a laptop with a warranty period.

Here are some of the best laptops for students in Kenya. These laptops are available In shops and several online stores like Jumia and Kilimall.

List of 10 best Laptops for College students

1. Acer Extensa 15 EX2519-c4u0

• Price: 29,000
• Weight: 2.4 kg
• Display: 15.6″ HD Acer Comfy View LED LCD
• RAM: 4GB
• Storage capacity: 500GB HDD
• Manufacture: Acer

2. ASUS R541s – 15.6

• Price: 26,000
• Screen Size: 15.6″
• Screen Type: HD LED
• Processor: Intel Celeron
• Storage: 500GB HDD, 2GB Memory
• Model: R541S
• Manucature: ASUS

3. Dell Inspiron 3552 -15.6

• Price: 32,000
• Processor: Intel Pentium Quad Core N3710
• RAM: 4GB DDR4
• Storage: 1TB Hard Disk
• DVD R/W

4. ILIFE Zed Air H2

• Price: 21,000
• Display Size: 14″
• Memory: 3GB RAM
• Storage: 32GB SSD + 500GB HDD
• OS: Windows 10
• CPU: Intel Celeron
• Camera: 0.3 Mega Pixel

5. Lenovo Ideapad 110-15ISK – 15.6 

• Price: 39,000
• Screen: 15.6
• Processor: Intel Core i3-6100U,
• Memory: 8GB
• Storage: 1TB Hard Drive,

6. HP 15-ay072nia

• Price: 36,999
• Processor: Intel Core i3-6006U
• Storage: 500GB HDD
• Memory: 4GB RAM

7. HP Notebook 15

• Price: 33,999
• Screen: 15.6″
• Processor: Intel Pentium
• Storage: 500GB HDD
• Memory: 4GB RAM
• Manufacture: HP

8. Lenovo Ideapad 110-151BR

• Price: 24,999
• Processor: Intel Celeron –N3060
• Storage: 500GB HDD
• Memory: 2GB RAM

   9. Lenovo Flex 4

• Price: 65, 000
• Processor: Intel Core i5-6200U
• Storage: 1TB SSD
• RAM: 8GB DDR3
• Screen: 14 inches display size
• Display: 1920 x 1080 display resolutions

10. ASUS R540S

• Price: 23,000
• Specifications.
• Intel Celeron N3060
• 500GB HDD
• 4GB RAM

Do not miss all our reviews of  the best laptops for college and university undergraduate students in Kenya