Looking for a laptop

[Sneling]

Hello,

I've been looking for a laptop recently. I need it for work/uni (Office, Programming, light CAD work), but still need the portability.

I have a few points on which I'm unsure of what to do. First of all, I get recommended to buy a 15" model instead of 13". Should I go for a 15"?

Also, I do not really know what computers to look at. I've seen the Dell XPS (way too expensive), the HP Spectre x360 (Reviews are only 4/5), and the Asus Zenbook 501VW .

I'm also hesitating on storage. Should I go for 256GB or 512GB? I know that I will be thankful for the extra space, but at the same time I plan on having a large hard drive next to it (It would stay in my dorm all the time).

 

Anyhow, do any of you have any suggestions on what I should do?

 

Cheers,

Sneling

[Guest]

Personaly I would go for the 15" screen, because of CAD work. More details could help there.

 

Do the office/programing/CAD files take up lots of space? Get 512 gb. Are those saved files you need to carry small? 256 gb will be fine.

[SeanAngelo]

7 minutes ago, Sneling said:

Hello,

I've been looking for a laptop recently. I need it for work/uni (Office, Programming, light CAD work), but still need the portability.

I have a few points on which I'm unsure of what to do. First of all, I get recommended to buy a 15" model instead of 13". Should I go for a 15"?

Also, I do not really know what computers to look at. I've seen the Dell XPS (way too expensive), the HP Spectre x360 (Reviews are only 4/5), and the Asus Zenbook 501VW .

I'm also hesitating on storage. Should I go for 256GB or 512GB? I know that I will be thankful for the extra space, but at the same time I plan on having a large hard drive next to it (It would stay in my dorm all the time).

 

Anyhow, do any of you have any suggestions on what I should do?

 

Cheers,

Sneling

15" screen would be better so you don't have to put your face on the screen to read things.

 

as for storage, 512gb is plenty and should fit your programs and be snappy (providing it is an m.2 sata, 2.5inch or pci-e ssd)

[Sneling]

2 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

15" screen would be better so you don't have to put your face on the screen to read things.

 

as for storage, 512gb is plenty and should fit your programs and be snappy (providing it is an m.2 sata, 2.5inch or pci-e ssd)

Okay. They're all PCIE or NVME ssd. What is the difference between them?

 

11 minutes ago, Dutch-stoner said:

Personaly I would go for the 15" screen, because of CAD work. More details could help there.

 

Do the office/programing/CAD files take up lots of space? Get 512 gb. Are those saved files you need to carry small? 256 gb will be fine.

Yeah, I think it should get the 512 as I'll have a number of files with me.

 

Looking at the laptops, do you guys have any recommendations or which of the ones i recommended?

 

Thanks

[Guest]

I don't like laptops at all. Desktop life for me, so I could not recomend anything.

[Dackzy]

Uni life can be very hard on a laptop, the same with work (depending on the type of work), so I would recommend getting a business class laptop, more specific a workstation from Lenovo or Dell, so a P50 or Precision 5k/7k series. They are built worlds better than what you are looking at. 

[MichaelCERN]

If by cad work you mean undergraduate level projects in 2D or 3D Modeling with small parts and low complexity, then the DELL XPS 13 may be fine even if you don't have a dedicated GPU with it.

 

The DELL XPS 15 might be a better bet though. Definitely avoid workstations, no university student needs that and I assume your work is not CAD related otherwise they'd provide you with a powerful machine that you could never afford as a student lol.

[Sneling]

27 minutes ago, MichaelCERN said:

If by cad work you mean undergraduate level projects in 2D or 3D Modeling with small parts and low complexity, then the DELL XPS 13 may be fine even if you don't have a dedicated GPU with it.

 

The DELL XPS 15 might be a better bet though. Definitely avoid workstations, no university student needs that and I assume your work is not CAD related otherwise they'd provide you with a powerful machine that you could never afford as a student lol.

Okay. I think that the XPs is a bit too pricey for me though, looking at the things it has inside compared to price. The 15" model with ssd starts at the same price as the HP Spectre with more storage and RAM. However, I do acknowledge that it has more cores, but I am not sure if most of the programs I use will benefit from it.

 

53 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

Uni life can be very hard on a laptop, the same with work (depending on the type of work), so I would recommend getting a business class laptop, more specific a workstation from Lenovo or Dell, so a P50 or Precision 5k/7k series. They are built worlds better than what you are looking at. 

I cannot affoard a workstation, and it is way too heavy to transport a lot. As I said, I will be moving around quite a bit and don't need too much power (my CAD work is limited, and I am pretty sure we can use some special computers for heavier work if needed). Thanks though!

[Dackzy]

9 hours ago, Sneling said:

 

I cannot affoard a workstation, and it is way too heavy to transport a lot. As I said, I will be moving around quite a bit and don't need too much power (my CAD work is limited, and I am pretty sure we can use some special computers for heavier work if needed). Thanks though!

m8 they aren't heavy at all, I actually think the P50 is a bit lighter than that Asus and you should be able to get a entry level workstation with a i7 within your budget, maybe check dell and lenovo outlet. Plus people ar getting close to 8 hours og battery life with a P50.

I did not really recommend them because of CAD, I recommended them because I know shit happens on a uni and those laptops would be able to take a beating.