Buy a basic laptop for sixth form or invest now?

[IrishPetal]

Wondering if anyone could advise - DS will need a laptop for 6th form, and is then going to go to uni to do engineering. Not sure whether to buy a cheap one now (but none are that cheap!) and then get a better one for uni. Or just her the better one, but that might not meet requirements for engineering (assuming he sticks with that!). Thank you

What subjects is he doing for sixth form? Dd had a goodish laptop but was doing technical drawings for her DT a level so bought a gaming computer that had a better graphics card. She’s hoping to studying history at university so her normal laptop will hopefully be adequate.

I'd go cheap. Laptops go out of date so quickly and he might need something a lot better at Uni.
I'd get a cheap refurbished laptop for now, different unis might have different advice on what to get then.

Thanks - he’s doing maths, physics and music

Get a cheap one now - they do good refurbished ones on back market! We got one for DS a couple of years ago and it’s still going strong now, probably only paid about £150