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17 minutes ago, TheThirstyWalrus said:

I will be off to college soon, and I can't seem to decide what would be the best for me while I am off. I am going into computer science so I would need something to handle compiling programs fairly well. Price really isn't an issue. Thanks

What are the other things that you would use this soon-to-be laptop for? Gaming? And how about other requirements you expect in your laptop, like battery life etc

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Compiling isn't a heavy workload. Any duo core could do it. 

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um that isn't really a heavy workload, a ULV (dual core) would have no problem with it.

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7 hours ago, TheThirstyWalrus said:

I will be off to college soon, and I can't seem to decide what would be the best for me while I am off. I am going into computer science so I would need something to handle compiling programs fairly well. Price really isn't an issue. Thanks

Get a Surface book. It is good for all kinds of programming, but you can also write memos with a surface pen!

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