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What Laptop Should I Buy For College?

cwalcott2
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I am going to college in September and I require a laptop for class, the course I am taking requires a laptop with:

 

- Intel I7 with a chipset that supports Intel Virtualisation Technology 

- 16 GB of Ram

- 1 TB Hard Drive

- 10/100 Auto Sensing Network Cad

- 10/100 A/G/N Standard Card

- Discrete Video Chipset 256 MB

- 2 USB 3.0 Ports

 

Those are the Minimum Requirements, I am also looking for something that is lightweight

 

Thanks 

Cameron

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ultra-books will save your a*s when you are at uni, they survive a long time!

and thats without batter-saver in windows!

with it you can expect about 2-3 days! (some ultra-books)

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Been married to my wife for 3 years now! Yay!

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I would get one of the new Dell Inspirons or Dell XPS

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My computers as of 2017/03

 

My Old PC

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Dell Vostro 260 $150 2010

CPU: i3-2120@3.3Ghz, GPU: Intel HD Graphics 2000, ATI Radeon X1300, RAM: 4GB Axevir Budget Series, SSD: 240GB Radeon R7, HDD: random 250GB and random 160 GB, CASE: Crap from Dell, OS: Windows 7 Enterprise

My Current PC

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Custom Build $1200 2016

CPU: i5-6600k@3.6Ghz, GPU: Sapphire R9 Fury, RAM: 16GB Geil EVO X, SSD: 240GB Radeon R7, HDD: Hitachi 500GB, CASE: Deepcool Kendomen, OS: Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit

Laptop

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ASUS F8S $1150 2008

CPU: Core 2 Duo T7500, GPU: ATI 2400 Mobility, RAM: 8GB Mushkins, SSHD: 1TB Seagate Hybrid Drive, OS: Windows 7 Ultimate N and Windows 10 Professional

HTPC

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MSi Cubi $200 2016

CPU: Pentium 3805u@1.9Ghz, GPU: Intel HD, RAM: 4GB Crucial DDR3L, SSD: 120GB Radeon R7

 

Other Laptop

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HP 2210b $400 2009

CPU: Core 2 Duo T8100@2.1Ghz, GPU: Intel GM965, RAM: 2GB Hynix, HDD: Hitachi 160GB, OS: Linux Mint 17.3 and Lubuntu

*All Prices in the Canadian Dollar

 

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I have been looking at the New Dell XPS's, Howerver i wasnt sure if there was anything else better

 

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7 minutes ago, samiscool51 said:

ultra-books will save your a*s when you are at uni, they survive a long time!

and thats without batter-saver in windows!

with it you can expect about 2-3 days! (some ultra-books)

lies. I need to charge every single day.

Judge a product on its own merits AND the company that made it.

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6 minutes ago, cwalcott2 said:

I have been looking at the New Dell XPS's, Howerver i wasnt sure if there was anything else better

 

Anything better is way more expensive or is just a massively not portable gaming laptop.

Judge a product on its own merits AND the company that made it.

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1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

Anything better is way more expensive or is just a massively not portable gaming laptop.

Quality wise, I am looking for something reliable, lightweight, and cheap

 

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2 minutes ago, cwalcott2 said:

Quality wise, I am looking for something reliable, lightweight, and cheap

 

Those three words don't go in the same sentence when looking for a laptop in 2017.


Most are cheap and lightweight but not reliable OR are reliable and lightweight but not cheap.

3 minutes ago, cwalcott2 said:

Quality wise, I am looking for something reliable, lightweight, and cheap

 

the XPS 15 would be nice if you can afford it.  See above ^^^^

Judge a product on its own merits AND the company that made it.

How to setup MSI Afterburner OSD | How to make your AMD Radeon GPU more efficient with Radeon Chill | (Probably) Why LMG Merch shipping to the EU is expensive

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Mid 2023 AlTech Desktop Refresh - AMD R7 5800X (Mid 2023), XFX Radeon RX 6700XT MBA (Mid 2021), MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon (Early 2018), 32GB DDR4-3200 (16GB x2) (Mid 2022

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16 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Those three words don't go in the same sentence when looking for a laptop in 2017.


Most are cheap and lightweight but not reliable OR are reliable and lightweight but not cheap.

the XPS 15 would be nice if you can afford it.  See above ^^^^

I have been looking at the XPS 15, I know that Linus likes the XPS 13, for me once I put the warranty on, I am looking at $3500

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20 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

lies. I need to charge every single day.

battery saver on?

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2 minutes ago, samiscool51 said:

battery saver on?

uhh what laptop are you talking about. How do you even get through 1 day LOL. Unless you're using it like 2-3 hours each.

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1 minute ago, Pendragon said:

uhh what laptop are you talking about. How do you even get through 1 day LOL. Unless you're using it like 2-3 hours each.

it's uni!

it's spilt up into 3 parts each 2-3 hrs long!

****SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH IT'S REALLY TERRIBLE*****

Been married to my wife for 3 years now! Yay!

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