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re: Laptop recommendations for college student
Posted on 12/8/24 at 10:44 am to Hopeful Doc
Posted on 12/8/24 at 10:44 am to Hopeful Doc
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Anyone have any useful tips on finding laptop “deals” other than scouring Slickdeals weekly?
Best Buy has good ones weekly
ASUS - Vivobook Pro 15 OLED Laptop - Intel Core Ultra 7 WITH 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 1TB SSD for $849.99
ASUS - Vivobook S 14 - 14" OLED Laptop - Copilot+ PC - Intel Core Ultra 5 - 16GB Memory - 512GB SSD - Neutral Black for $649.99
For 99% of laptop users, the $650 laptop will do everything they need.
The $850 one can do some solid laptop gaming, video processing, etc. with that processor and GPU. I can't imagine a random college student would need more.
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Posted on 12/8/24 at 5:34 pm to OhioTiger
I love my surface devices. For college kids, you really can't go wrong with a Galaxy tab or iPad with a keyboard and pen. Just get the Microsoft word, etc. apps on them.
If she requires specialized software programs, though, tablets may not run them--some engineering or digital arts degrees specifically. For now, that includes the new surface pro line and other ARM based devices (but ARM is getting popular, so that issue will eventually phase out).
If she requires specialized software programs, though, tablets may not run them--some engineering or digital arts degrees specifically. For now, that includes the new surface pro line and other ARM based devices (but ARM is getting popular, so that issue will eventually phase out).
This post was edited on 12/8/24 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 12/11/24 at 10:34 am to OhioTiger
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I’ve looked at the Lenovo Thinkpad. Seems like a pretty decent device. Have not looked at the Dell XPS though. Solid suggestions that I’ll look into more. Thank you sir.
I have a lot of history with Lenovo X1 laptops...and they are virtually bulletproof.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 4:06 pm to madmaxvol
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I have a lot of history with Lenovo X1 laptops...and they are virtually bulletproof.
Agreed, excellent materials and build quality. Currently using an X1 Carbon Gen 7 (2019) with a quad-core i7 chip and 16GB ram. Still runs fast (enough), cool, and quiet.
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