New laptop for school

[alsimoso]

I need a new laptop for the coming tree years of school. I'm going to be studying involves some programming, computer networking, servers,... 

 

We need quite a powerful laptop for this, the school sells some laptops true their shop. The model they recomend is the HP Z-book 15 with the following specs:

Operating system: Windows® 8 Professional 64
Processor: Intel Core i7-4700 Quad Mobile
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 3,6 kg
Memory, maximum: 8 GB installed (max: 32 GB) 1600 MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Memory slots: 4 SODIMM
Storage
Internal drive: SED SATA II (7200 rpm) 
- 320 GB
- 32 GB Flash Module for superfast boot&start
Optical drive: DVD+/-RW SM

 

 

I'd like to see some alternatives before I buy this laptop.

 

 

[virusal19]

I have no idea what price point you are looking at but something from MSI would suit you since the laptops from them are very powerful.

 

Something like this - Here (These are expensive) 

[felixbearpig]

look into lenovo, they have verywell built and powerful laptops

[alsimoso]

I have no idea what price point you are looking at

 

Somewhere between 1200 and 1500 euro

[Takeo]

Since you are looking for a laptop for school, a 3,6kg machine is definitely too heavy as long as you are not the hulk himself. You may want to look into lighter laptops. There are many out there which have the same stats.