Looking for New Laptop for College

[Server_42]

Hi, I am looking into get a new laptop for college and would like some recommendations and/or suggestions.

My use case:

• Productivity (mostly Microsoft Office)
• Web Browsing
• Programming
• Very light CAD work on the laptop (5 or less part assembly)
• remote access to my desktop for most of my work which includes CAD work

Features I would like to have:

• Longish battery life has I will be taking it from class to class for most of the day
• 15 in non-touch screen
• 12 GB of Memory
• 11th Gen Core i7

I am currently looking at getting the Dell Inspiron 15 5000 (11th gen i7, 12 GB Memory, 512 GB M.2 NvMe SSD). Looking forward to your suggestions and/or comments.

 

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and comments.

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14 minutes ago, Server_42 said:

Hi, I am looking into get a new laptop for college and would like some recommendations and/or suggestions.

My use case:

• Productivity (mostly Microsoft Office)
• Web Browsing
• Programming
• Very light CAD work on the laptop (5 or less part assembly)
• remote access to my desktop for most of my work which includes CAD work

Features I would like to have:

• Longish battery life has I will be taking it from class to class for most of the day
• 15 in non-touch screen
• 12 GB of Memory
• 11th Gen Core i7

I am currently looking at getting the Dell Inspiron 15 5000 (11th gen i7, 12 GB Memory, 512 GB M.2 NvMe SSD). Looking forward to your suggestions and/or comments.

 

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and comments.

Budget? Microsoft also has some decent, sleek options. How come non-touch screen? Do you want a Dedicated GPU?

[Server_42]

4 minutes ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

Budget? Microsoft also has some decent, sleek options. How come non-touch screen? Do you want a Dedicated GPU?

Budget is $1,000 or less (preferably less). The reason why I don't want a touch screen is that I am not doing anything that requires one. Unless you think it could be useful for taking notes or something. I do not need a dedicated GPU because I will be using Parsec to connect to my desktop and use it's GPU to cut down on cost and complexity of having multiple copies of a file that are different versions. Also, from what I have seen from early looks, it seems like Tiger Lake's Integrated graphics should be plenty for what I need. I also plan on using my new laptop for about 5 years.

[Entropy.]

1 minute ago, Server_42 said:

Budget is $1,000 or less (preferably less). The reason why I don't want a touch screen is that I am not doing anything that requires one. Unless you think it could be useful for taking notes or something. I do not need a dedicated GPU because I will be using Parsec to connect to my desktop and use it's GPU to cut down on cost and complexity of having multiple copies of a file that are different versions. Also, from what I have seen from early looks, it seems like Tiger Lake's Integrated graphics should be plenty for what I need. I also plan on using my new laptop for about 5 years.

The dell should be pretty well suited for your needs, then. At  $1000, a laptop with a 11th gen i7, 500gb of storage, and 10+ gb of ram isn't the easiest to find. I do reccomend looking around maybe at a local microcenter, or costco, or their online websites, as well as doing a little more research, since this area isn't my forte. 

[Server_42]

2 minutes ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

The dell should be pretty well suited for your needs, then. At  $1000, a laptop with a 11th gen i7, 500gb of storage, and 10+ gb of ram isn't the easiest to find. I do reccomend looking around maybe at a local microcenter, or costco, or their online websites, as well as doing a little more research, since this area isn't my forte. 

I will look more into it more. From what I can tell it seems pretty good for what I need and is available on dell.com. I may also be able to get a student discount for it, which will be good for my budget.