With a number of experts on this forum, I thought it would be beneficial for me to request recommendations for a suitable laptop for my oldest grandson who will be attending college soon (majoring in engineering).

He wants ME, (go figure...) to help him shop for a relatively inexpensive laptop for basic college assignments and internet use. He won't, as far as I know, be taking any classes involving extremely difficult mathematical calculations.

I'm just looking for a suggestion for a basic laptop for college homework assignments and internet. I was thinking.... 8 or 16 megs of RAM and 520 GB HD? As far as a brand: HP?, DELL?, ASUS?, ???

Any recommendations would be very much appreciated. Oh, and Windows, not Apple. What about Core i3, Core i5? Are they sufficient for basic college classes? He will be majoring in engineering.

Oh, and any suggestions on where to buy, too.