Laptop For College! Computer Science Major!

[cooledwhip]

2 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

But why

 

3 hours ago, TLCH723 said:

Just return it. Razer is bad at QC and QA. Unless you got it dirt cheap

Would this be a better option: https://www.amazon.com/HP-Spectre-i7-8550U-3840x2160-Convertible/dp/B076QQRWZF/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1533964118&sr=1-2&keywords=hp+spectre+x360

[genexis_x]

If you need the most CPU power in thin package with good battery life, Aero 15/15X with LM

[cooledwhip]

6 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

If you need the most CPU power in thin package with good battery life, Aero 15/15X with LM

Does it have 16gb ram? DDR4? SSD? I'll look it up right now. Prob returning this shit razer.  

 

Edit: I looked up the aero 15, it's pretty sweet!

 

How would that compare to a dell XPS15 or the HP spectre x360?

[cooledwhip]

12 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

If you need the most CPU power in thin package with good battery life, Aero 15/15X with LM

Got a lenovo 730 15inch 2 in 1!

[cholly97]

So I don't know what kind of program you're in, but I'm about to be a senior CS major and I've yet to need any kind processing power for school work. Most of my homework assignments etc. are written on Atom, which requires a decent amount of ram (up to 2GB sometimes) but testing and running is all done remotely, by SSHing into the lab computers. They have Xeons and Titans and stuff so running programs locally can help you debug but it won't tell you anything performance-wise.

 

I have a 2015 macbook pro but honestly a $200 laptop would do just as fine. I know you already went ahead and bought the lenovo, but you shouldn't worry about meeting the specs for your CS program, just worry about what specs you would need for personal use.

[genexis_x]

18 hours ago, cooledwhip said:

How would that compare to a dell XPS15 or the HP spectre x360?

Completely different comparison

12 hours ago, cooledwhip said:

Got a lenovo 730 15inch 2 in 1!

It has OKish battery life, just keep in mind

[JohnnyNYC]

A bit late to this thread, but hopefully this is still helpful. Here's a list I made with imput from a few buddies I trust. https://beta.curatewith.me/list/19/its-back-to-school-2018-these-are-the-best-windows-10-laptops-for-college/

 

YMMV

 

John