Laptop buying guide

[Baladiscovery]

Guys I am a college student and I want a good laptop as my daily driver please suggest me some good laptops please !!?

i will use the laptop to do some graphical programming and to play some games!!!! Need your help please

advance thank you 

[ELSknutson]

2 minutes ago, Baladiscovery said:

Guys I am a college student and I want a good laptop as my daily driver please suggest me some good laptops please !!?

i will use the laptop to do some graphical programming and to play some games!!!! Need your help please

advance thank you 

Budget, how much space do you have, and do you plan on carrying it to class?

[rwaalph]

Well i think were on the same boat im a college and an IT student and doing a lot of programming i did a lot of research and found the perfect bang for the buck laptop Acer e15 around 550$

Ps. Im planning to get this laptop next week

15.6"

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315302

• Intel Core i5 6200U (2.30 GHz)
• 8 GB Memory 1 TB HDD
• NVIDIA GeForce 940M
• 1920 x 1080
• Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

[The Belgian Waffle]

If you're a college student, I feel like the most important thing to consider is the battery life. My work day usually goes from 10am until 6pm, and sometimes even 8pm, so I have 8 to 10 hours to spend without a wall charger. 
Also, I thought that buying a gaming PC was a good idea. I bought a Mac for the battery life (have a "gaming laptop" home), but I don't have time to play anymore and I'm only one month in x) 

Edit : 
The most important thing I'd look after is build quality (it could fall off at any given moment),

battery life

Please get something that doesn't use its fans from the moment you booted it up, it's really annoying

Also SSD is the way to go, IMO. 

Hope this helps

[Baladiscovery]

1 hour ago, ELSknutson said:

Budget, how much space do you have, and do you plan on carrying it to class?

 

1 hour ago, ELSknutson said:

Budget, how much space do you have, and do you plan on carrying it to class?

Budget is not a problem some time I will carry it classes but not all the time it's kind of personal use !!!✌?✌?️✌?️✌?️

[Baladiscovery]

53 minutes ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

If you're a college student, I feel like the most important thing to consider is the battery life. My work day usually goes from 10am until 6pm, and sometimes even 8pm, so I have 8 to 10 hours to spend without a wall charger. 
Also, I thought that buying a gaming PC was a good idea. I bought a Mac for the battery life (have a "gaming laptop" home), but I don't have time to play anymore and I'm only one month in x) 

Edit : 
The most important thing I'd look after is build quality (it could fall off at any given moment),

battery life

Please get something that doesn't use its fans from the moment you booted it up, it's really annoying

Also SSD is the way to go, IMO. 

Hope this helps

Thank you bro !!

[Baladiscovery]

1 hour ago, rwaalph said:

Well i think were on the same boat im a college and an IT student and doing a lot of programming i did a lot of research and found the perfect bang for the buck laptop Acer e15 around 550$

Ps. Im planning to get this laptop next week

15.6"

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315302

• Intel Core i5 6200U (2.30 GHz)
• 8 GB Memory 1 TB HDD
• NVIDIA GeForce 940M
• 1920 x 1080
• Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

Thank you for your suggestion will look into it!!

[ELSknutson]

1 minute ago, Baladiscovery said:

 

Budget is not a problem some time I will carry it classes but not all the time it's kind of personal use !!!✌?✌?️✌?️✌?️

well if your going to take it to class I would recommend getting a cheap light laptop and a desk top but if you dont have the room for both you can get something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234299&cm_re=asus_gaming_laptop-_-34-234-299-_-Product

[Baladiscovery]

2 minutes ago, ELSknutson said:

well if your going to take it to class I would recommend getting a cheap light laptop and a desk top but if you dont have the room for both you can get something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234299&cm_re=asus_gaming_laptop-_-34-234-299-_-Product

But what about the battery life bro???

[ELSknutson]

2 minutes ago, Baladiscovery said:

But what about the battery life bro???

• Up to 5 hours battery life

that why I recommend something like a Surface Pro 

I had a Big laptop going to school and hated it and eventually switched to a surface pro 3 and built a custom desktop. 

[Baladiscovery]

14 minutes ago, ELSknutson said:

• Up to 5 hours battery life

that why I recommend something like a Surface Pro 

I had a Big laptop going to school and hated it and eventually switched to a surface pro 3 and built a custom desktop. 

Thank you bro 

help me in this surface pro 3 or 4 or book 

or xps from dell

[ELSknutson]

Just now, Baladiscovery said:

Thank you bro 

help me in this surface pro 3 or 4 or book 

or xps from dell

I would get the Pro 3 i5 256gb version just because it will be cheaper and the pro 4 is basically the same 

[Baladiscovery]

1 minute ago, ELSknutson said:

I would get the Pro 3 i5 256gb version just because it will be cheaper and the pro 4 is basically the same 

Thank you!!

[Dackzy]

1 hour ago, ELSknutson said:

I would get the Pro 3 i5 256gb version just because it will be cheaper and the pro 4 is basically the same 

no that is very wrong. The i5 version of the SP4 is more powerful than the i7 version of the SP3. It is not by much, but it is a tiny bit better.

[Guuhan]

If going for surface, they will have an event in 5 days. Maybe wait there and see what they have to offer. If there is a new surface coming out, just hunt for a surface 4 if it gets cheaper afterwards. or not

[Baladiscovery]

22 minutes ago, Guuhan said:

If going for surface, they will have an event in 5 days. Maybe wait there and see what they have to offer. If there is a new surface coming out, just hunt for a surface 4 if it gets cheaper afterwards. or not

✌?️✌?️Sure will wait for it

[Pendragon]

4 hours ago, ELSknutson said:

• Up to 5 hours battery life

 

It's actually around 3.5 as tested on NBC. 

 

6 hours ago, Baladiscovery said:

i will use the laptop to do some graphical programming and to play some games!!!! Need your help please

Since you have no budget grab a XPS15. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-DELL-XPS-15-9550-15-6-FHD-InfinityEdge-i7-6700HQ-16GB-512GB-SSD-GTX-960M-/301937445067?hash=item464cdfc8cb:g:FyIAAOSwuAVW1Qy2

[Baladiscovery]

Is xps 15 that good to use as daily driver !?!?

[Dackzy]

1 hour ago, Baladiscovery said:

Is xps 15 that good to use as daily driver !?!?

it is build fairly well, it is slim and sexy and dell support is great. It isn't that powerful, but plenty for light games and more normal games, if a GTX 750ti can run the game then a 960m can run the game and it is much more powerful than any Sureface Pro 4.