Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College From what I'm seeing online, your best bets for a new machine with up to date specs would be either the Dell Latitude 7490 or the Lenovo ThinkPad T480S.They both have sturdy cases, good battery life, keyboards that are nice to type on, reliable WiFi, and a useful collection of ports including ethernet and at least two USB 3's.They are also both quite quiet under heavy processor loads, light enough to carry without much difficulty, and easy to upgrade and clean by your self.That said the Dell is harder/more expensive to repair in some ways, but also comes with a significantly better default warranty than the Lenovo, and the Dell may come shipped with more shitty audio drivers, but you can replace those with generics quite easily and the Dell's external speakers are actually better than the Lenovos.If your going to use IDE's that require more system performance, then I'd spring for the I7 over the I5.I'd also go with NVMe storage over SATA if your school is willing to pay for it, since it will majorly speed up startup and load times over the already fast older SSD's. but you may be limited to only unnecessarily high capacity drives that way and that will increase the price exponentially.I can't see using more than 128GB of storage for what your doing, so keep that low if possible in order to reach your price goal.No need to spring for extra RAM beyond 8GB either unless your under your price goal, in which case 16GB is all your ever going to potentially need in a laptop. You can always add more your self quite easily.And I'm not sure of your visual impairment so I won't comment on the screen resolution, but IMHO touchscreens on laptops aren't that useful.If you need to save some money than you could go for the previous generation of these laptops (T470s and 7480 respectively) without much of a difference, or get them refurbished/open box. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416032/#p416032 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College From what I'm seeing online, your best bets for a new machine with up to date specs would be either the Dell Latitude 7490 or the Lenovo ThinkPad T480S.They both have sturdy cases, good battery life, keyboards that are nice to type on, reliable WiFi, and a useful collection of ports including ethernet and at least two USB 3's.They are also both quite quiet under heavy processor loads, light enough to carry without much difficulty, and easy to upgrade and clean by your self.That said the Dell is harder/more expensive to repair in some ways, but also comes with a significantly better default warranty than the Lenovo, and the Dell may come shipped with more shitty audio drivers, but you can replace those with generics quite easily and the Dell's external speakers are actually better than the Lenovos.If your going to use IDE's that require more system performance, then I'd spring for the I7 over the I5.I'd also go with NVMe storage over SATA if your school is willing to pay for it, since it will majorly speed up startup and load times over the already fast older SSD's. but you may be limited to only unnecessarily high capacity drives that way and that will drive up the price exponentially.I can't see using more than 128GB storage for what your doing, so keep that low if possible in order to reach your price goal.No need to spring for extra RAM either unless your under your price goal, you can always add more your self quite easily.And I'm not sure of your visual impairment so I won't comment on the screen resolution, but IMHO touchscreens on laptops aren't that useful.If you need to save some money than you could go for the previous generation of these laptops (T470s and 7480 respectively) without much of a difference, or get them refurbished/open box. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416032/#p416032 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College From what I'm seeing online, your best bets for a new machine with up to date specs would be either the Dell Latitude 7490 or the Lenovo ThinkPad T480S.They both have sturdy cases, good battery life, keyboards that are nice to type on, reliable WiFi, and a useful collection of ports including ethernet and at least two USB 3's.They are also both quite quiet under heavy processor loads, light enough to carry without much difficulty, and easy to upgrade and clean by your self.That said the Dell is harder/more expensive to repair in some ways, but also comes with a significantly better default warranty than the Lenovo.If your going to use IDE's that require more system performance, then I'd spring for the I7 over the I5.I'd also go with NVMe storage over SATA if your school is willing to pay for it, since it will majorly speed up startup and load times over the already fast older SSD's. but you may be limited to only unnecessarily high capacity drives that way and that will drive up the price exponentially.I can't see using more than 128GB storage for what your doing, so keep that low if possible in order to reach your price goal.No need to spring for extra RAM either unless your under your price goal, you can always add more your self quite easily.And I'm not sure of your visual impairment so I won't comment on the screen resolution, but IMHO touchscreens on laptops aren't that useful.If you need to save some money than you could go for the previous generation of these laptops without much of a difference, or get them refurbished/open box. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416032/#p416032 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College If you're looking for high-spec machines at extremely affordable prices (less than half of the msrp and in very good condition), contact nocm at juno period com and see what he has to offer. They're all in the $200 to $400 range. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/416022/#p416022 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College @2, noted. Thanks! URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/415810/#p415810 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College Dell XPS 15 sounds amazing. There could be other options, though. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/415804/#p415804 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College
Re: Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College Hello,If I were you, I would check with your college. They should have a page listed on their website with the minimum specs for a computer. Also, the computer science program will probably have requirements above those of the college itself.Gook luck. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/415802/#p415802 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College
Seeking a Powerful Laptop for College Hello. Like the subject states, I'm looking for a semi-powerful current-generation laptop for college pursuing a computer science degree. Because I hope to get it from vocational rehabilitation, I am thinking in the $1000-$1500 range.Right now, I am looking at the XPS 13 and the 15. I know there hasn't been an update yet, and I'm not sure when Ice lake will release, but is the size worth the increase in power?If you would not recokmend either of them, what laptop would you recommend? If you can't recommend a specific laptop, what minimum specs should I look for, i.e. processor, ram, or solic state space? Danks in advance! URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/415794/#p415794 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
