Posted August 20, 2018 Hey! Im currently looking for a new laptop for college. My school recommend's an i7, 16GB of ram and at least a 512GB ssd. Quite a configuration but if i would buy one without these guidelines i'd probably end up with someting like that anyway. I've looked into the surface book 2 , XPS 15 9560 (because 9570 is not available yet in belgium). I really like a good design a huge battery. I'll be programming a lot so a decent keyboard is a must. budget €1500 - €2500 with some flex on the max. It will be carried around a lot. also, not a macbook and item must ship to belgium Feel free to leave a suggestion. I'd be happy to take a look at them all. Thanks! Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/962507-student-laptop/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 20, 2018 You school seems to have no idea what they're on about. What applications would you be running on it? And don't look at battery specification JUST look at real world battery life if you weren't doing that. i7 8700k 5.0GHz 4.0Ghz Cache (Stock Cooler) 2x8GB 3400mhz RAM 19-19-19-38 GTX 1060 3GB 2050Mhz Core, 9500Mhz Memory Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/962507-student-laptop/#findComment-11664084 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 20, 2018 Not really a direct answer to your question but dont even think about getting an HP. I've never seen such bad build quality. One of my hinges broke because of daily use and basically ripped out a good chunck of the top cover above it (about 2cm x 3cm so pretty significant) Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/962507-student-laptop/#findComment-11664089 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 20, 2018 does your laptop need a powerful GPU like a 1050 or higher or is an mx150 good enough? Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/962507-student-laptop/#findComment-11664092 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 20, 2018 I would recomend an Lenovo X1 Carbon, just because of the MIL Spec testing Positive Mental Additude! Just another Tired IT guy... Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/962507-student-laptop/#findComment-11664097 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 20, 2018 Author 4 minutes ago, TechMasterMind said: You school seems to have no idea what they're on about. What applications would you be running on it? And don't look at battery specification JUST look at real world battery life if you weren't doing that. Yeah I'll be running some VM's on it as well as a lot of IDE's; intelji, visual studio, android studio etc. My surface pro 4 (i5) struggles with this Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/962507-student-laptop/#findComment-11664106 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 20, 2018 Just now, GoldenLag said: does your laptop need a powerful GPU like a 1050 or higher or is an mx150 good enough? I would recommended this if going do game rendering/auto cad but for programing you probably wont need it. Just now, FastRDust said: I would recomend an Lenovo X1 Carbon, just because of the MIL Spec testing Hmm same with LG Gram I would personally get LG GRAM 15 for the weight and the battery life. Magical Pineapples
