Need a laptop for university

[geobasinas]

Hello I will be attending college in about two month's time and I am searching for a decent laptop in the price range of 1000-1200 euros. 

 

I am an engineering student and I also have a decent desktop at home but I need a laptop for presentations and also for running some software like AutoCad and IDEs for my classes.

 

Keep in mind that most work will be done by the desktop so I want your help.

 

Thanks in advance.

[anirudthelinuxwIzard]

If you have a desktop what matters most is keeping it thin and light. I would look out for one of the new Lunar Lake laptops.

[Meowster]

I would look at the Asus Zenbook line. They are great computers and its been my go-to laptop brand for the past 10 years. Never had any issues with Asus laptops. A new model has just released with the latest Intel processors which would be great for what you're doing

[BiotechBen]

I'm an HP guy, never had any issues with HP compute over the 10? years I've had HP laptops (HP PRINT is evil), and something like a Pavilion Aero sounds like a good match (can always go down the product stack as well).

 

 

[geobasinas]

36 minutes ago, Meowster said:

I would look at the Asus Zenbook line. They are great computers and its been my go-to laptop brand for the past 10 years. Never had any issues with Asus laptops. A new model has just released with the latest Intel processors which would be great for what you're doing

Aside from the Asus ZenBook are there any other series that might include a simple gpu for some extra power for my budget or not?

[geobasinas]

44 minutes ago, anirudthelinuxwIzard said:

If you have a desktop what matters most is keeping it thin and light. I would look out for one of the new Lunar Lake laptops.

Do you have any laptop brand that you deem reliable and trust their products because I need to see what brands are most popular but also trustworthy?

[anirudthelinuxwIzard]

Just now, geobasinas said:

Do you have any laptop brand that you deem reliable and trust their products because I need to see what brands are most popular but also trustworthy?

Honestly all the brands seem to be horseshit these days. I have good experiences with Dell though, the XPS 13 is highly reviewed. 

[Meowster]

5 minutes ago, geobasinas said:

Aside from the Asus ZenBook are there any other series that might include a simple gpu for some extra power for my budget or not?

From Asus, you could try looking at the more home-orientated Vivobook line. My mother is very happy with her Vivobook 15. Apart from Asus, I would highly recommend avoiding HP and possibly Lenovo. As someone who's deployed hundreds of Lenovo and HP laptops I got to know them pretty well and I've noticed these two brands have the highest failure rate. 

My mother uses the Vivobook 15 with an i5-12500H processor and 16GB of RAM and she loves it. Not sure if the Intel Xe graphics will be enough for you though but configurations with dedicated GPUs exist. The display is wonderful and its OLED too.

[geobasinas]

On 9/8/2024 at 12:34 AM, BiotechBen said:

I'm an HP guy, never had any issues with HP compute over the 10? years I've had HP laptops (HP PRINT is evil), and something like a Pavilion Aero sounds like a good match (can always go down the product stack as well).

 

 

I found this deal in a tech store in my country HP Victus 16-s0009nv Laptop 16.1" Full HD IPS (Ryzen 7 7840HS/16 GB/512 GB/RTX 4070 8 GB/Windows 11 Home

 

What do you think is it good?

[BiotechBen]

2 hours ago, geobasinas said:

I found this deal in a tech store in my country HP Victus 16-s0009nv Laptop 16.1" Full HD IPS (Ryzen 7 7840HS/16 GB/512 GB/RTX 4070 8 GB/Windows 11 Home

 

What do you think is it good?

What's the price on it?

[geobasinas]

8 hours ago, BiotechBen said:

What's the price on it?

It is 1200 euros but I get 240 euros back with my purchase so in total 960 euros.

 

I think it is a good deal to snatch.

[BiotechBen]

1 hour ago, geobasinas said:

It is 1200 euros but I get 240 euros back with my purchase so in total 960 euros.

 

I think it is a good deal to snatch.

I'd agree, and at that price: you can grab a 2TB nvme as well for bulk storage (super easy to install, single sided. Upgraded mine in like 15 minutes)