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So I was thinking of buying a new gaming laptop. I just started going to college so I'm gonna need a powerful laptop but should I wait for the new 8th gen laptops to come out or just buy one now? I will be majoring in computer science but I won't be needing a new device right now so... I'm a bit confused. ?

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I would say maybe. You would have missed all the Black Friday and Christmas deals at this point, but there still might be some close-out sales. It depends on the laptop and who you are buying it from. 

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I would go 8th for sure because it is almost double the performance of 7th and still maintains the same battery life

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Just now, Maximusfoximus said:

I would say maybe. You would have missed all the Black Friday and Christmas deals at this point, but there still might be some close-out sales. It depends on the laptop and who you are buying it from. 

There are also New Year's sales to look out for

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Since computer science is just a math degree all you really need is a calculator and some paper. Just wait until you really need one and see whats the best at that time. I would suggest a new laptop if you want it to last the entire degree. All it really needs to do is run vms and support Linux 

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Don't think this belongs in tech news somehow?  LOL

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Just now, paddy-stone said:

Don't think this belongs in tech news somehow?  LOL

That's exactly what I was about to write xD 

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6 hours ago, Arafat10 said:

So I was thinking of buying a new gaming laptop. I just started going to college so I'm gonna need a powerful laptop but should I wait for the new 8th gen laptops to come out or just buy one now? I will be majoring in computer science but I won't be needing a new device right now so... I'm a bit confused. ?

If you can wait, wait until 8th gen 6 core HQ chips to come out (Q1 2018). No need to wait for new GPU.

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14 hours ago, W-L said:

-Moved to General Discussion- 

Sorry about that... I didn't really know ?

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14 hours ago, Thinkfreely said:

Question, why a labtop, why not a desktop?

I'm getting both actually.

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Thanks everyone for the replies. I think I'm gonna wait before buying a new laptop. ☺️

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15 hours ago, Arafat10 said:

So I was thinking of buying a new gaming laptop. I just started going to college so I'm gonna need a powerful laptop but should I wait for the new 8th gen laptops to come out or just buy one now? I will be majoring in computer science but I won't be needing a new device right now so... I'm a bit confused. ?

There is currently no benefit from going to 8th gen, any "performance" gain you may get would not be noticeable.

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