Whenever someone asks me what a good laptop for university is, I always recommend the Surface Pro or Surface Laptop. Here are a few reasons.
Pen support
The Surface Pen is unmatched in the Windows laptop space other than offerings from Wacom. The only "computer" with a better pen is Apple with the Apple Pencil.
The pen is really useful for drawing things in all my classes, from statics to differential equations.
It runs Windows
Like it or not there's a lot of software that's Windows only. Or run better on Windows.
Beautiful display
The Surface ships with one of the best displays I have ever seen on a laptop. While it may lack brightness it makes up in sharpness and colour performance.
Sidenote, I wish the Surface Studio was shipped as a monitor. Even at $1000USD it would be a steal.
That's my $0.02. The only other good alternative is a Macbook and iPad Pro combo since you can then use the iPad as a 2nd monitor(that feature is super cool and definitely something I want to see on Windows laptops.)
The Surface is the most versatile laptop for university students.
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What is the best laptop?
PCWorld calls the Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition the best overall laptop. It handles regular stuff pretty easily, the battery can go up to 23 hours if you play your cards right, and the screen's this bright 14-inch 2880x1800 OLED with HDR and a 120Hz refresh rate--it looks top-notch!