Q. Whats a good laptop for college?
I'm going to be doing two degrees at once. Photography and veterinarian technician. I kind of want a thin laptop because i don't want it to be bulky in my book bag. I was thinking maybe 14 or 15 inch. I own a 17 inch and i tried taking it but its just to bulky i feel like it'll get broke or something..
Any suggestions would be fine!
Thank yoou!
I'm going to be doing two degrees at once. Photography and veterinarian technician. I kind of want a thin laptop because i don't want it to be bulky in my book bag. I was thinking maybe 14 or 15 inch. I own a 17 inch and i tried taking it but its just to bulky i feel like it'll get broke or something..
Any suggestions would be fine!
Thank yoou!
Answer
ASUS laptop.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230987
Core i5 3230M(2.60GHz) 15.6" 6GB Memory DDR3 1600 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce Dedicated 2GB GT 610M 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot 5.8 lbs
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230416
Core i5 3210M(2.50GHz) 14.1" 8GB Memory 750GB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce Dedicated 1GB GT 620M
These HP can be customized to what you need, Bump the APU and ram for better performance.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C9W57AV;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000fb8mNv9y;sid=NID2W1inOb6JXwkRbh2qz4GoAJwzDmy78dUe8LW2AJwzDtPc7Kuhl6jI?HP-ENVY-15z-j000-Notebook-PC A8-5550M APU HD 8000 Series Graphics 6GB DDR3 750GB 5400 rpm HD Starting at $530
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-Pavilion/D1H55AV;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000fb8mNv9y;sid=NID2W1inOb6JXwkRbh2qz4GoAJwzDmy78dUe8LW2AJwzDtPc7Kuhl6jI?HP-Pavilion-17z-e000-Notebook-PC A4-5000 APU HD 8330G 4GB DDR3 500GB 5400 rpm HD Starting at $450 Your choice of 4 colors
These are not customizable
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C2K91UA;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000ptFcn-Ce;sid=UfkUk5vYup7bi8p-xu5OB0LXZeXRxq_ElKxaT319WyKZOCFLk0_Q5UIX?HP-ENVY-Sleekbook-6-1110us
HP SleekBook AMD Quad-Core A8-4555M APU AMD Radeon HD 7600G 4 GB DDR3 500 GB SATA (5400 rpm) $700 less then an inch thick 4.5lbs
Brand buying advise
You get what you pay for. Systems with high end parts with low prices are to be viewed with suspicion. They have to cut corners somewhere to get the price down. What cost you less today is going to cost you more tomorrow.
Apple makes a good quality laptop. The problem comes when it requires service or minor upgrades. It is near impossible to do anything with them. They even glue the battery and hard drive down so you can not change it. They solder the ram to the logic board so you can not increase it. They lock up most of the software so your stuck with what they approve.
Lenovo has serious stand behind their product problems. They bought IBM PC division and proceeded to drive the quality of the system into the ground. Their customer service is well below par. They even makes Dell customer service look good. The last and final thing to remember about them is they are a Chinese Government own company. It is up to you if you want to trust them.
Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony should be avoided because of their heavy modification of Windows and the drivers. If you remove some of the bloat they install, you can cripple the system.
Acer, Gateway, and eMachines should be avoided period. Low end system that are driving the race to the bottom.
Dell once made a good system and fell from grace. They are now struggling to regain their place in the market. Customer service is one of many problems with this company.
Alienware are glorified Dells and are more name then product. Priced extremely high for what you get. They do perform but you can get the same for less by looking around, just not packaged to be eye candy to the gamers.
Samsung has a history of using cheap parts in critical areas. Capacitors has been one area Samsung has a known history of going cheap, causing units to fail early. For that reason I would avoid them.
ASUS and HP do not modify Windows as bad as the other manufacturers. They have excellent build quality. They might add a lot of bloat but they also makes it easy to get rid of it.
Ultrabooks are the higher end of Wintel laptops but they have some of the same concerns as Apple. They make it next to impossible to change any hardware in them. Service of them will have to be done by the manufacturers. With most of them, you can not change your own battery or hard drive. They are designed to catch your eye but they are not any more special then other laptops except for the fact that they are slim or thin. Your paying for it being thin and slim. For the money your going to spend on it you can buy a much better laptop with more power.
Hybrids are the worse of the worse. The flip or detachable touch screens are just a disaster waiting to happen.
Never buy an All In One. They are far worst then laptops of any kind to service and they have a higher failure rate.
Choose wisely.
ASUS laptop.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230987
Core i5 3230M(2.60GHz) 15.6" 6GB Memory DDR3 1600 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce Dedicated 2GB GT 610M 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot 5.8 lbs
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230416
Core i5 3210M(2.50GHz) 14.1" 8GB Memory 750GB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce Dedicated 1GB GT 620M
These HP can be customized to what you need, Bump the APU and ram for better performance.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C9W57AV;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000fb8mNv9y;sid=NID2W1inOb6JXwkRbh2qz4GoAJwzDmy78dUe8LW2AJwzDtPc7Kuhl6jI?HP-ENVY-15z-j000-Notebook-PC A8-5550M APU HD 8000 Series Graphics 6GB DDR3 750GB 5400 rpm HD Starting at $530
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-Pavilion/D1H55AV;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000fb8mNv9y;sid=NID2W1inOb6JXwkRbh2qz4GoAJwzDmy78dUe8LW2AJwzDtPc7Kuhl6jI?HP-Pavilion-17z-e000-Notebook-PC A4-5000 APU HD 8330G 4GB DDR3 500GB 5400 rpm HD Starting at $450 Your choice of 4 colors
These are not customizable
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C2K91UA;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000ptFcn-Ce;sid=UfkUk5vYup7bi8p-xu5OB0LXZeXRxq_ElKxaT319WyKZOCFLk0_Q5UIX?HP-ENVY-Sleekbook-6-1110us
HP SleekBook AMD Quad-Core A8-4555M APU AMD Radeon HD 7600G 4 GB DDR3 500 GB SATA (5400 rpm) $700 less then an inch thick 4.5lbs
Brand buying advise
You get what you pay for. Systems with high end parts with low prices are to be viewed with suspicion. They have to cut corners somewhere to get the price down. What cost you less today is going to cost you more tomorrow.
Apple makes a good quality laptop. The problem comes when it requires service or minor upgrades. It is near impossible to do anything with them. They even glue the battery and hard drive down so you can not change it. They solder the ram to the logic board so you can not increase it. They lock up most of the software so your stuck with what they approve.
Lenovo has serious stand behind their product problems. They bought IBM PC division and proceeded to drive the quality of the system into the ground. Their customer service is well below par. They even makes Dell customer service look good. The last and final thing to remember about them is they are a Chinese Government own company. It is up to you if you want to trust them.
Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony should be avoided because of their heavy modification of Windows and the drivers. If you remove some of the bloat they install, you can cripple the system.
Acer, Gateway, and eMachines should be avoided period. Low end system that are driving the race to the bottom.
Dell once made a good system and fell from grace. They are now struggling to regain their place in the market. Customer service is one of many problems with this company.
Alienware are glorified Dells and are more name then product. Priced extremely high for what you get. They do perform but you can get the same for less by looking around, just not packaged to be eye candy to the gamers.
Samsung has a history of using cheap parts in critical areas. Capacitors has been one area Samsung has a known history of going cheap, causing units to fail early. For that reason I would avoid them.
ASUS and HP do not modify Windows as bad as the other manufacturers. They have excellent build quality. They might add a lot of bloat but they also makes it easy to get rid of it.
Ultrabooks are the higher end of Wintel laptops but they have some of the same concerns as Apple. They make it next to impossible to change any hardware in them. Service of them will have to be done by the manufacturers. With most of them, you can not change your own battery or hard drive. They are designed to catch your eye but they are not any more special then other laptops except for the fact that they are slim or thin. Your paying for it being thin and slim. For the money your going to spend on it you can buy a much better laptop with more power.
Hybrids are the worse of the worse. The flip or detachable touch screens are just a disaster waiting to happen.
Never buy an All In One. They are far worst then laptops of any kind to service and they have a higher failure rate.
Choose wisely.
Laptop for college??
tyler20002
Well I am going to college next year and now is the time to decide what type of laptop I should get. I want an Apple Mac for sure, but I don't know which one. Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Air, or Apple MacBook Pro. Well my questions to you is which is the best for college use? And why? Thanks!
Answer
Unless you're a graphic design or engineering major, you probably will never use the extra horsepower that the $1999+ Macbook Pro 15" models will give you.
The person that spoke about the Macbook Pro spoke mostly the truth - what he's not aware of is that last week, Apple redesigned the enitre Macbook/MBP line-up, renaming the aluminum 13" Macbook the "13" Macbook Pro". So his claims about weight and graphics horsepower aren't entirely true anymore, because of the new naming system.
I sell Macs every day at the major electronics retailer where I work, and for most college students, I recommend the $1199 Macbook Pro 13" ($1099 after student discount of $100).
With the student discount, it's only $150 more than the white polycarbonate Macbook (which is $949 with the student discount), but adds:
Faster processor (2.26 Ghz)
Faster RAM (2 GB DDR3)
All-aluminum chassis, which is more durable and environmentally friendly/recyclable
LED back-lit display, which is brighter, has a better picture, and contains no lead, mercury or arsenic in its construction (again, good for the environment)
New trackpad with multi-touch gestures and no separate button
Backlit keyboard.
That's a lot of features for $150, the most important ones being the more durable aluminum chassis and backlit keyboard, which add a lot to usability and durability.
Also, don't discount the $949 white Macbook completely - if money is tight, it's still an excellent machine, and you can spend the money you save on a good service plan from Best Buy if you have one in your area that sells Apples (their service plan is way better than Apple's AppleCare because it covers your battery being replaced once for free (worth $179+) as well as accidents).
There is also another 13" Macbook Pro model which is basically the same, but with a faster processor (2.53), double the RAM (4 GB of DDR3) and a bigger hard drive (250 GB) for $1499, $1399 with the student discount - if you have the money, go for it, every bit of that $300 is justified by the better parts inside, but that upgrade is not necessary for most people.
I am in college, and I own the "old" 15" Macbook Pro (late 2008, before the October redesign) and it retailed for $1999. I spent the extra money because I knew I wanted the dedicated graphics card for gaming. Otherwise, as a Business Management major, I could have easily gotten away with any of the Macbook models - Apple doesn't make a bad machine, and if you know you want a Mac, I know you'll be happy with whatever machine you end up with.
Best of luck!
Unless you're a graphic design or engineering major, you probably will never use the extra horsepower that the $1999+ Macbook Pro 15" models will give you.
The person that spoke about the Macbook Pro spoke mostly the truth - what he's not aware of is that last week, Apple redesigned the enitre Macbook/MBP line-up, renaming the aluminum 13" Macbook the "13" Macbook Pro". So his claims about weight and graphics horsepower aren't entirely true anymore, because of the new naming system.
I sell Macs every day at the major electronics retailer where I work, and for most college students, I recommend the $1199 Macbook Pro 13" ($1099 after student discount of $100).
With the student discount, it's only $150 more than the white polycarbonate Macbook (which is $949 with the student discount), but adds:
Faster processor (2.26 Ghz)
Faster RAM (2 GB DDR3)
All-aluminum chassis, which is more durable and environmentally friendly/recyclable
LED back-lit display, which is brighter, has a better picture, and contains no lead, mercury or arsenic in its construction (again, good for the environment)
New trackpad with multi-touch gestures and no separate button
Backlit keyboard.
That's a lot of features for $150, the most important ones being the more durable aluminum chassis and backlit keyboard, which add a lot to usability and durability.
Also, don't discount the $949 white Macbook completely - if money is tight, it's still an excellent machine, and you can spend the money you save on a good service plan from Best Buy if you have one in your area that sells Apples (their service plan is way better than Apple's AppleCare because it covers your battery being replaced once for free (worth $179+) as well as accidents).
There is also another 13" Macbook Pro model which is basically the same, but with a faster processor (2.53), double the RAM (4 GB of DDR3) and a bigger hard drive (250 GB) for $1499, $1399 with the student discount - if you have the money, go for it, every bit of that $300 is justified by the better parts inside, but that upgrade is not necessary for most people.
I am in college, and I own the "old" 15" Macbook Pro (late 2008, before the October redesign) and it retailed for $1999. I spent the extra money because I knew I wanted the dedicated graphics card for gaming. Otherwise, as a Business Management major, I could have easily gotten away with any of the Macbook models - Apple doesn't make a bad machine, and if you know you want a Mac, I know you'll be happy with whatever machine you end up with.
Best of luck!
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