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Exactly what I was thinking about. Although I am not sure if it would ever come handy as I personally hadn't used discs for years now. Still I'll never know what kind of sofware they might give me at the university and MAYBE I would need it. You helped me A LOT Comic_Sans_MS. Thank you!

Would it still be possible to use ODD as an external device with USB, HDMI, etc. adapter?

Thank you! That sounds like a GREAT idea! I won't actually use CD drive at all, so it is like a waste of laptop real estate. How about connector, spacing and similar things? Won't these be extra issues?

Hi, I've been looking for a laptop for a software engineering course and I've came to conclusion that I'll buy this one - Acer Aspire E5-571G. (610 USD) However, I am willing to upgrade it to 8GB RAM and a 250GB SSD drive. My favourites so far are: DDR3 SODIMM Crucial 4GB 1600MHz CL11 1.35V (26,53 USD) and Crucial BX100 250GB SATA3 (100,63 USD) Is this RAM stick compatible? Shouldn't it be DDR3L? After these upgrades I'll have a leftower 500 GB HDD which I am going to put into a sata enclosure and use as external hdd, but there are 2 choices: cheaper USB 2.0 and more expensive USB 3.0 enclosures. Would 5400 RPM stock HDD benefit from USB 3.0 or would it simply be an overkill? The thing is I've never bought hardware on my own before so any tips and/or insights would be extremely helpful. Thanks!

~800€.

Starting in September I'll be a Software Engineering freshman so I'll need a laptop. The machine will be used to: run Visual Studio, Android studio, maybe Virtual machines and other SE applications.; browse the web and to watch a movie now and then. My major concerns are: 1. CPU. Am I OK with 2 cores 5th gen Intel i5 or should I look at 4th gen? 2. GPU. Integrated 5th gen Intel or dedicated GPU? 3. Resolution. How high should I go? More or less sure about the rest of the specs: 8 GB RAM; 512 GB 7200 RPM SSHD storage; probably 15" - 16" screen. I will spend A LOT of time in front of it.