Laptop for college

[the_hardware_guy]

Hey I'll be going to college next year and my parents told me to get a laptop soon so that it will be at a good sale during the holiday season. I am lookin for a light laptop that can do some real work (Comp Eng major). I also need it to be able to last through a day of classes.

 

I was thinking of the x1 carbon what are yor opinions of it and any other suggestions, my budget is around 1500.  

 

 

As a side note I want this thing to be reliable I only want to replace this one in 4 years.

[Master_Obvious]

If you're not into gaming, I would highly recommend looking at macs. For work they are brilliant and have a good battery life. Bear in mind you can always get a virtual machine or boot camp if you want to run windows. And as a student you can get a student discount.

[mcmad358]

Macbook Pro will work great if not gaming.

[the_hardware_guy]

If you're not into gaming, I would highly recommend looking at macs. For work they are brilliant and have a good battery life. Bear in mind you can always get a virtual machine or boot camp if you want to run windows. And as a student you can get a student discount.

 

If you're not into gaming, I would highly recommend looking at macs. For work they are brilliant and have a good battery life. Bear in mind you can always get a virtual machine or boot camp if you want to run windows. And as a student you can get a student discount.

Personally i'm not really into the apple environment I will have a desktop with me I just want an ultrabook for classes that can still run moderatly intensive software.

[the_hardware_guy]

Macbook Pro will work great if not gaming.

Similarly spec'd the mbp is hundreds of dollars more.

[Master_Obvious]

I do agree that macbooks are expensive. What kind of software would you run?

[Master_Obvious]

You could always look at the new HP streams. They aren't so powerful but very cheap and come with a free subscription to office 365

[the_hardware_guy]

I do agree that macbooks are expensive. What kind of software would you run?

Office and the like plus

Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection

Maplesoft Maple symbolic algebra program (64-bit)

MathWorks MATLAB (64-bit)

Siemens NX CAD package (64-bit

National Instruments LabVIEW 

with some gaming (CS:GO) and (Grid 2)

[the_hardware_guy]

You could always look at the new HP streams. They aren't so powerful but very cheap and come with a free subscription to office 365

I looked at those they don't seem powerful enough.

[Cronus97]

The y50 is a great laptop. My only gripe is battery life. But most of the time you have an outlet at your desk so it won't affect you too much

[the_hardware_guy]

The y50 is a great laptop. My only gripe is battery life. But most of the time you have an outlet at your desk so it won't affect you too much

I would hope so but the issue is that the college "requires" a minimum of 4 hours battery which gives me the feeling that they don't.

[kungpaogao]

The new Yoga 3 Pro looks pretty appealing for college usage. But, if you don't care about Mac vs. Windows, the Macbook lineup is also a great choice. Another decent option is an Asus Zenbook (notably the UX301LA, or variants of).

 

I like your initial choice of the X1 Carbon, though. You could check out some of the other Thinkpad's (sale and stuff): http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/landingpage/promotions/thinkpad/weekly-sale/ ...I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Z40 which is a pretty good budget laptop, that could also work if you want to save some money.

 

Alright, sorry this post is so disorganized, kind of spewed some stuff that I could think of into this post as I watched a video

 

ADD-ONS:

Apparently Samsung ATIV Book 9 is also a good choice? (*according to Consumer Reports)