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Hi git34 and welcome to my sub about acer laptops so I am going to recommend a good laptop to that is not an acer. It is the Eluktronics P650RP6 Premium VR Ready Gaming Laptop
Here are some of the pros of it you will be pleased

• Desktop-grade GTX 1060 inside a laptop. Compared to the previous generations of laptop NVIDIA GPUs, the GTX 1060 is in another class of its own. It easily handles every game I've thrown at it so far at max settings (1080p resolution) without a sweat.
  
  
• Quad-core hyperthreaded i7-6700HQ CPU. More than enough CPU horsepower for games right now, and probably for games in the next few years to come. Also great for other tasks such as video editing and college-level programming and data processing (I also use this laptop for school projects that involve processing relatively large amounts of data sets).
  
• Four to five hours battery life for non-gaming purposes. I haven't tried gaming while not plugged in to the power brick (not recommended), but for general purposes the laptop lasts decently long for a power-hungry laptop.
  
• Runs relatively cool while gaming. My previous laptop would hit 90+ Celsius on both the CPU and GPU while gaming, but the P650RP6 keeps cool and quiet while under load (fans noise are still noticeable but not bothersome), never exceeding 76 Celsius on both the CPU and GPU.
  
• RGB Keyboard. Not a big positive but pretty cool, especially since I can customize the keyboard to light up in a wide variety of patterns.
  
• VR capable. I haven't personally tested this out yet but theoretically this laptop should be able to handle VR gaming with the GTX 1060.
  
• Price-to-performance ratio. While there are better and stronger laptops out there, they are significantly more expensive, and few pack a GTX 1060 or stronger GPU for this price (I got the $1400 version with 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, and 1TB hard drive; it makes more economical sense to buy the cheapest configuration and replace/upgrade the SSD and RAM as needed).
  
• Speakers positioned near the screen facing the user. Much better design than bottom-mounted speakers, which is a pretty common laptop design.
  
• Solid build quality. The laptop feels solid and rigid while using and transporting.

I'm not too much of a fan of the ASUS UX501VW (4K model), personally. I don't like ASUS' advertising practice with its display.

The UX501VW uses the RG/BW Pentile matrix to claim 3840x2160, which a lot of people consider to be dishonest and to mean it's not truly the resolution it advertises. The actual chromatic density of the display is lower than that of a 2880x1620 display, but it still makes your GPU render in 3840x2160.

I generally recommend people who are looking at the UX501 to instead consider:

• The XPS 15 4K:
  
• https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Dell-XPS-15-9550-Signature-Edition-Laptop/productID.326871600
  
• http://www.dell.com/en-us/member/shop/productdetails/xps-15-9560-laptop?view=configurations
  
• Lower CPU/RAM/SSD per price but
  
• the i5 quad vs i7 quad shouldn't make a huge difference for most games when the 960M is the bottleneck
  
• the RAM is cheap and easy to upgrade
  
• the SSD is less cheap to upgrade but still easy
  
• the 100% honest true 4K UHD 3840x2160 86% Adobe RGB gamut display is one of the best you can get today.
  
• TB3 only 20Gbps not 40Gbps, but this may be fixed in the new model, which will have a GTX 1050.
  
• You can also get one cheaper from the Dell Outlet if you don't mind a refurb.
  
• The Lenovo Y700 4K:
  
• http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834332106
  
• http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA68654D3567
  
• http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8X552D0901
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Y700-Notebook-Computer-i7-6700HQ/dp/B01LZNFLAK/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Y700-Touch-Touchscreen-80NW002DUS/dp/B01FJFNEIA/
  
• No TB3 port but uses a 100% honest true 4K UHD 3840x2160 display. And the new Y720 will have TB3, a GTX 1060, and true 4K.
  
• The Acer V 15 Nitro 4K
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Acer-VN7-592G-788W-15-6-inch-Notebook-Windows/dp/B0161BJEDK/
  
• True 4K matte (non-touch) 86% Adobe RGB gamut display.

If you are fine with a 17 inches, this Acer Predator 17 Gaming Laptop with the wonderful gtx 1070 graphics card, would be a fantastic pick. It also has a nice quad core i7 processor, fast 256 GB SSD plus 1 TB HDD and a solid 16 GB RAM..Its build quality is very good, has great cooling and a wonderful battery life, thanks to it's 8 cell battery pack.

i think it would be best to go with a windows laptop as oppose to a chromebook. windows will definitely off a better opportunity for a good laptop within budget. check out this Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575-33BM. it comes with a 7th gen Intel Core i3-7100U Processor,15.6" Full HD Widescreen ComfyView LED-backlit Display, 4GB DDR4 Memory, 1TB 5400RPM HDD and you can replace the hdd for an ssd, 3 usb ports,nice keyboard and an amazing 12-hours Battery Life. definitely this would be an great laptop for your client.

This might do the trick.... https://www.amazon.com/Acer-E5-575G-57D4-15-6-Inches-Notebook-i5-7200U/dp/B01LD4MGY4/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1494021857&sr=1-2&keywords=Acer+Aspire+E5+940mx

This isn't the exact one I have... I have the previous year's one (which has 6th gen skylake i5 instead of a 7th gen kabylake) and it runs Overwatch on the dGPU on low setting between 50-80 FPS depending on the conditions of the game. I've also been able to run GTA V on low-ish settings. It only comes with a 256 GB HDD but you're able to open up the bottom easy-access panels to find a completely empty SATA port where you can add in an extra hard drive if you need it (but you'll need some way to secure it in place).

There may be better options in this price range though, but I've had the previous year's model of this laptop and thought it worked well. Currently typing this suggestion on it.

The laptop you want is the Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-57D4 15.6-Inches fits your budget and everything that your looking for in a laptop for school and run those games.

7th Generation Intel Core i5-7200U Processor (Up to 3.1GHz)

15.6" Full HD Widescreen Comfy View LED-backlit Display

supporting Acer Color Blast technology

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX with 2GB of GDDR5 Video Memory( For the games you want to play)

8GB DDR4 Memory,

256GB SSD
Up to 12-hours Battery Life