ILoveCorma
I was thinking a macbook but I don't know which one
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lemme tell u from my experiences.
U dont need a high-end laptop for college.............believe me.
last year when i was buying mine for college i looked around for the one with the most cutting-edge technology . I got one......and am happy with it. But its heavier and larger than what most people use.
U need a laptop which is light enough to be carried in ur back-pack to anywhere, preferably sleek, having a long battery life and most importantly one with a larger palm-resting space. This is the most ignored feature everyone misses before buying. And afterward they keep on figuring out why their wrists are paining from last nights e-mail writing.
and whatever u buy do not go for the ultimate tiny ones. U will end having ur neck sprained using them for long hours. And dont get those netbooks too. In college u will need something more capable than a netbook. They are very feature poor.
U can buy a 13 inch Mac book pro. Its just superb !!! Provided u r ready to use an Operating system other than Microsoft Windows.............u can venture into the Mac world. Then u have the timeline laptops from Acer. Both these two laptops have excellent battery backup for long hours. But the Apple has got less ports for expansions but its just enough for college students like us. Both are sleek and light, but the Apple one is the ultimate head turner. The Acer ones have a corporate look. Mac OS with Apple's hardware & Acer's laptop with Windows 7, both will give u a bleeding fast interface within an enviable, sleek and useful design. The Acer ones are far far far far cheaper than the mac though.
U also have these Dell Studio Laptops with very beautiful designer skins for free !!! These designer laptops are powerful, portable and affordable !!
So wish u happy laptop hunting. Look for the features I have highlighted. Again they r: Light weight, sleek, portable, not too large, very long battery back-up, large palm-rest and moderate expansion slots (like USB, card-reader,microphone in jack,etc).
Also check the keyboard. Look if they dont get much affected from prolonged typing of long notes. A touchpad locking key in the Acer laptops come very handy for busy hands. Backlit keyboard (found in the mac ones) are very useful in low light conditions.
Dont get obsessed with high-end ones. And I believe its best to stick with the PCs rather than Macs because of these sometimes document interchange problems(though solvable) between your Mac and the rest world's PCs.
lemme tell u from my experiences.
U dont need a high-end laptop for college.............believe me.
last year when i was buying mine for college i looked around for the one with the most cutting-edge technology . I got one......and am happy with it. But its heavier and larger than what most people use.
U need a laptop which is light enough to be carried in ur back-pack to anywhere, preferably sleek, having a long battery life and most importantly one with a larger palm-resting space. This is the most ignored feature everyone misses before buying. And afterward they keep on figuring out why their wrists are paining from last nights e-mail writing.
and whatever u buy do not go for the ultimate tiny ones. U will end having ur neck sprained using them for long hours. And dont get those netbooks too. In college u will need something more capable than a netbook. They are very feature poor.
U can buy a 13 inch Mac book pro. Its just superb !!! Provided u r ready to use an Operating system other than Microsoft Windows.............u can venture into the Mac world. Then u have the timeline laptops from Acer. Both these two laptops have excellent battery backup for long hours. But the Apple has got less ports for expansions but its just enough for college students like us. Both are sleek and light, but the Apple one is the ultimate head turner. The Acer ones have a corporate look. Mac OS with Apple's hardware & Acer's laptop with Windows 7, both will give u a bleeding fast interface within an enviable, sleek and useful design. The Acer ones are far far far far cheaper than the mac though.
U also have these Dell Studio Laptops with very beautiful designer skins for free !!! These designer laptops are powerful, portable and affordable !!
So wish u happy laptop hunting. Look for the features I have highlighted. Again they r: Light weight, sleek, portable, not too large, very long battery back-up, large palm-rest and moderate expansion slots (like USB, card-reader,microphone in jack,etc).
Also check the keyboard. Look if they dont get much affected from prolonged typing of long notes. A touchpad locking key in the Acer laptops come very handy for busy hands. Backlit keyboard (found in the mac ones) are very useful in low light conditions.
Dont get obsessed with high-end ones. And I believe its best to stick with the PCs rather than Macs because of these sometimes document interchange problems(though solvable) between your Mac and the rest world's PCs.
what kinds of regrets do you have about the laptop you bought for college?
Tay
is it too big too small to heavy, wish it was lighter color or darker color?
what troubles have you run into/ what should i avoid, what do you like about your laptop& what kind is it?
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i bought mine for college 2 years ago. It was a Dell XPS M140 for about 1k (the cheapest xps they had). When i was shopping for notebooks i wanted something small that i could carry around but was still good. I hate Dells but they were more affordable than say a sony so i just bought it anyway. My biggest regret is not waiting a bit longer to buy because for some reason notebooks became even cheaper. I started to see notebooks with double the ram and hard drives for like $600! I was so blown. But electronics always get cheaper later. I have to buy a new notebook (thats part of my tuition at my new university) so basically the one i have now is going to go to waste. First decide what you will be using your notebook for, will you need more memory, less memory etc? do you need it lightweight for carrying around etc? and buy accordingly. you will always have regrets because something better and cheaper will always come out shortly after, thats how technology works and be prepared to face it. good luck.
i bought mine for college 2 years ago. It was a Dell XPS M140 for about 1k (the cheapest xps they had). When i was shopping for notebooks i wanted something small that i could carry around but was still good. I hate Dells but they were more affordable than say a sony so i just bought it anyway. My biggest regret is not waiting a bit longer to buy because for some reason notebooks became even cheaper. I started to see notebooks with double the ram and hard drives for like $600! I was so blown. But electronics always get cheaper later. I have to buy a new notebook (thats part of my tuition at my new university) so basically the one i have now is going to go to waste. First decide what you will be using your notebook for, will you need more memory, less memory etc? do you need it lightweight for carrying around etc? and buy accordingly. you will always have regrets because something better and cheaper will always come out shortly after, thats how technology works and be prepared to face it. good luck.
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