College

I need some help in my current PC situation. I am going to college next fall for engineering. I just got an Acer Predator 17 1060 as a gift. The laptop is fast enough for my gaming and 3D CAD but it is extremely heavy and bulky. I am currently weighing my options. I want to either get another...

I'm heading off to college next year, and I am on the search for the best laptop that is able to breeze through photo & video editing. I recently bought the Surface laptop with 8GB of Ram and an Intel Core i7, and so far really enjoy its display and multi-tasking abilities. The laptop...

Hello everyone, I want your opinion on the best gaming laptop with decent battery life. I am going to college soon and I need a a laptop. I don't want to sacrifice battery life for gaming performance. What is my best option? I do not want to have two laptops, I want one to do everything I need...

I am going into college next year and am in need of a laptop. I've been caught between these two Zenbooks for a while and would like someone's opinion on which one to get (so which one is more worthwhile). In college, I am a science major and am going to be writing fairly often. I also plan to...

Hi, I've been searching for a laptop to replace my current laptop AND desktop. I had an old desktop with a Bulldozer AMD in it but decided for college I really don't need the extra deadweight of a massive desktop. I need something to replace though both my surface pro 3 and the desktop. I used...

Help. My Asus laptop is screwing me over for assignments. I'm in college and my laptop is normally what I use for notes and assignments et cetera. At home the Wi-Fi is fine, but as soon as I get to th3 college, my Wi-Fi last for about 5 minutes and then it says "no internet access" And the...

I am headed off to college this fall, as a pre-med major... needless to say, I think I need a new laptop... the only issue? I don't know where the funds are going to come from... I need something cheap but relatively fast (for taking notes and such, can't be waiting ages for that). I would much...

Hey guys. I’m going to be moving to my first apartment later this year for college, and I could use your suggestions on some great, more affordable speaker brands to get me started on a theater setup. I’d greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

I am looking for a gaming laptop with a high refresh rate for college FOR 2k$ for competitive FPS gaming. Also suggest with its battery life for basic stuff. Thanx PS : I dont mind the weight and please dont suggest MSi. Thanx again

I am looking for a budget laptop which will be used for solidworks and maybe some gaming also... I am currently doing college while staying in the college hostel so pls.. don't suggest a powerful desktop-nimble laptop combo cause that's not gonna happen!!

Hello, I've been very hesitant in buying a laptop for college but I found myself liking the Surface Laptop. It gives me the option in choosing which type of processor I want. As I'm not sure which one is more suited for me...

I am looking to buy a laptop for college. I'm mostly running around the country doing internships and I need a portable gaming laptop to get a break sometimes when it gets kinda acidic above the shoulders a la mcconaughey . I'll be mostly using my hp spectre for presentations but in case it...

So it sounds pretty self-explanatory, LOL... But, I was curious as to what I could do to determine whether I will need a new laptop for college (this fall; fall 2018). Does anybody have any ideas? It's getting a bit slow, and it is probably four or five years old... But, I would definitely be...

In april or may of 2018 I will get a laptop as a birthday gift. Max price should be 1200-1300€ (may be slightly over). I want a laptop that does three things: Light Gaming Good Battery life Not heavy, don't need super light but I want to carry it in a backpack. (for university) Bonus: Not bad...

Bought this setup used for my house as a college student. Was told it worked great, planned on using it strictly for music. When I got it home and hooked up an antenna, there was no volume until I nearly maxed out the volume control, and even then it was very faint. Anyone have any recommendations?

1. What is your budget? $1000 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15-17", preferably. I may consider a 14 if the specs are right, but I like larger screens and keyboards. 3. What screen resolution do you want? at least 1080, but the bigger the better! 4. Do...

1. 750$ 2. Preferably above 12" 3. 1920*1080 4. Portable (not really picky on portability) 5. 5-6 hours 6. Not at all, integrated graphics is just fine 7. Some photo-editing, coding, AutoCAD and movies 8. >=512GB (hybrid would be nice, I think) 9. NA 10. 4-5 years 11. Don't really need an...

So soon im gonna be in college, and im gonna be taking Game development, in game arts, i think it will have 3d designing, rendering, and stuff, whats the best laptop for it? My dad is planning to buy lenovo legion y520 for me.

Hi, I've been looking around for a cheap laptop that I can take to school and be able to sit there all day without having it charging. I originally was looking for something around $200, maybe $300 max, but then ran into this ASUS...

I'm a single mother looking for a budget of $700 laptop or desktop to be able to play sims 4 decently in my free time and be able to attend college online with. If you can, provide links ? my current laptop meets all requirements except for CPU, was working fine till yesterday now I can no...

Hello I need a simple laptop for school usage only. I need it to run Microsoft office smooth and to download SPSS statistics software. Are these stats for a Lenovo 320 Ideapad any good? Display: 1366x 768 Processor: 3.0GHz AMD A9 dual core (A9-9420) Memory: 4GB DDR4 Storage: 1TB hard drive...

Hello, I've been looking for a laptop for college notes, programming, and light gaming (league of legends, overwatch, total war, endless legend ect.) I would like at least a decent battery life so I don't have to be plugged in while taking notes or something. I'm good with a 15" screen or bigger...

Hi, I'm getting a laptop for my 1st yr of college, I'm gonna be studying Software engineering. That's for context. So, I have a $700 budget and I came across these two HP Laptops on Amazon: This HP i5-8250U 12GB 2TB: https://goo.gl/sqBhrS And, this HP i5-8250U 8GB 1TB: https://goo.gl/CK3Ze9...

I'm going to buy a new laptop for college, and I'd like to try gaming, so it should have a dedicated gpu. I'm on a budget of 13000 EGP which is about 750 USD at the current time. 1st option: 12200 EGP DELL Inspiron 5567 - core i7 7500U - R7 m445 2nd option: 13300 EGP HP probook g4 450 - core i7...

Need help deciding between a few laptops! For background information I am going to college and would like a laptop but also something I can game on a little bit. This is the best community I could think of to help. The two choices are an HP Omen 17” with the following specs ($1,179$) I7-...

Hi my name is Jesse, I am going to buy a computer and honestly don't know enough to buy one for my needs. I will be going off to college in the next 6 months and also do small gaming like mine craft occasionally and that is about it. So I know I need something that will work well for school but...

I'M GOING TO BUY MY SON A COMPUTER FOR COLLEGE. I WAS WONDERING WHAT IS THE BETTER CHOICEhttps://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-hp-finish-in-jet-black/5868705.p?skuId=5868705. OR http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-notebook-17-ak061nr.

Hello! I am looking for a laptop with good specs for the price, so not a surface or mac, and preferably something under 4 pounds. My mom has an Asus Q325U and I was generally impressed with it. I love the size and portability of it. The only thing I'd like to add, if it's even realistic, is some...

My budget is $1500, but I am willing to spend less than $2000 if the computer is absolutely worth it Things I am looking for: -Large(ish) screen (14" or 15") -8th Gen Intel Core i7 -Good battery life (7+, over 50Wh) after heavy use and a lot of Netflix binging -Backlit keyboard -Touchscreen...

Hey guys I'm planning to buy a new laptop for college, and I need your help in finding the right one. Okay so my budget is 1000 USD max I'll prefer if I can get a good one for cheaper . 1. It should have good battery life the long the better. 2 it should have a really good display because I'll...

Hey guys, I am looking for a laptop for college/gaming My budget is 1000 USD but I can stretch it to 1100 if I get a good deal. Will be buying it online probably in black friday sale. Here's what I need in it. 1. It should be powerful enough to last at least 3 years. 2. A good display is a must...

I am in dire need of a new laptop. I need it to be good editing photos and videos, mild gaming, and coding. I have been looking at MacBook Pros and it seems like they can do what I want, but im not too sure. If I do get a Mac, I’d install windows on it for sure. Easy to transport. - around...

1. What is your budget? -$1700 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? -13" 3. What screen resolution do you want? -Preferably QHD but I can settle at FHD if the laptop is really good. 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? -Portable 5. How much...

Hello everyone.I will start a masters degree in February (mathematical engineering)and i am looking for a laptop that i can use at the university for programming,coding etc. I think at the master we will use matlab,python and c++ is it better to get mac os or windows with dual boot linux?My...

So my budget is 1000 US dollars, and I'm looking to buy a laptop that will last me at least until my internship i.e, 5 years. I can extend my budget to a maximum of 1100 USD, and the laptop must have Thunderbolt connectivity so that I can plug in an external GPU when the hardware becomes...

I am currently studying for college the topic of Smart Homes. I would like some people's opinions on this topic please.

Hi, I want to buy an ultrabook - concretely ASUS ZenBook UX330UA, and there are a i5 7200U + M.2 256GB SSD or i7 7500U + M.2 512GB SSD versions. My questions are: - considering price difference, is it worth to pay circa +180€ for i7/512GB ? - how will i7 effects battery life-time ? - is there...

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Hey, I am looking for a laptop for college use any suggestions. I'd like to have 8th gen Intel or the new AMD Ryzen mobile chips preferably have discrete graphics (low level) like the MX150 with Intel Chips. I am looking at about $1000 to $1300 Gimme suggestions and thanks! :D

Buying for students can be a challenge, and finding the perfect gift can be as stressful as a final exam at the crack of dawn! College students are a tech and gadget-heavy crowd, relying on durability and penny-pinching, as tuition and books aren't cheap these days. You can't go wrong with some...

Hello, I'm in college and what I'm looking for is the cheapest possible laptop, without it being a piece of garbage that just feels like it could break apart at any moment, and that would only be used for microsoft office and the internet; netflix, social networks... Definitely nothing crazy. I...

I am heading to college soon and I need a laptop. My requirements: Screen: Not too small. 15" maybe. Battery Life: 3-5 hours. I don't know, I won't have problems with it. RAM: 8GB. No more, no less. Storage: Maybe the casual 1 TB? I need 1 TB of Memory Capacity, don't come at me with weird...

Hello I am currently at college doing a programming course and I m looking for a laptop. 1. What is your budget? up to €1000 but would prefer something in the €500-700 range. 2. How much battery life do you need? I would like the battery to last couple of hours so I can safely use...

Need a new laptop for college under $300, I just need the overall best for the price. Not looking to game or anything like that, just for internet and Microsoft programs office/word/etc.

Im looking forward to buy a laptop as a student, im on a limited budget so please keep that in mind and building a pc is just a no-no for a college student I have several choices of laptop that i can afford, here is the list.. Feel free to suggest anything that might suite in with my budget...

16GB DDR4 ram, i7 7700hq,decent graphics card hybdrid drives or hdd display size doesn't matter and fine quality is acceptable size and weight does not matter battery life can be average durability matters, issues like coil whine,over heating problems not expected will be multi tasking, will run...

I recently bought a laptop for college, https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-E5-575G-53VG-15-6-Inch-Windows/dp/B01DT4A2R4/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1504984089&sr=8-8&keywords=acer+e15 However, I meant to buy...

So I'm looking to buy for myself a laptop for college, I do plan do play a few games on it (Civilization 5 or 6, Shogun 2, maybe even Stellaris) mostly while I travel in train from and to college and I already have a decent gaming PC so please don't tell me to save some money buy a PC instead...

Don't worry this starting paragraph has context. Anyway, before I start my first day of college I get the books I need straight from the college bookstore. The librarian informs me that my psychology book has an access code. So I infer that my 2 english books don't come with codes. The book that...

Hello I need a computer for college and I want a good one that will I have three links to computers that I think are good, please feel free to tell me there not and give your recommendations...

What hard drives are affordable and work well with a Canon Mark IV for a college student? If anyone can recommend anything for a Blackmagic Ursa mini too that would be great. Thanks!

Hello, so i need a laptop for college. USES: Will mostly do programming stuff. I multitask a lot so there's that (will a 1366 x768 screen give me less space to work with? And possibly will watch tons of YT and movies on it when im relaxing (but this is a minor factor). So i have no idea how...

My goodness, I am the furthest thing from an apple fanboy but I must admit their laptops are the only ones that don't feel like plastic pieces of crap for under a 1000 bucks.... The lenovo thinkpad t430 is pretty nice but its too bulky for taking to school everyday. I love dell business class...

I start University next week and had been eyeing on a MacBook Pro 13" 2017 version. I do not know anything about Macs so I was looking to see what is best for me. I'm not any video editing freak, but will sometimes edit some videos for my own personal interest. The base models are kind of pricey...

I'm deciding between these two, I now they're quite different but hear me out. I'm about to go into a heavy 3D modeling course in college, and was looking for a laptop with a discrete graphics card, hence why I found the Inspiron. After talking with some classmates they suggested the Lenovo for...

I will be buying a gaming laptop for my college needs below 2000 usd Should I get the MSI GE73VR 7FR https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B073R414L6/ref=psdcmw_13896615011_t2_B073V7NN14?th=1&psc=1 Or ASUS G752...

Hello all, I'm looking for a laptop for college under $500. I've been trying to find one that suits my tastes, but it has been pretty rough as the specs I want aren't available in the smaller models of laptops. If anybody could lend a hand, I would greatly appreciate it. Specs to have: - CPU...

Trying to purchase my girlfriend a laptop for her birthday as she returns to college this fall. It will really be used for typing papers and browsing the web on campus. I am just seeking a decent brand/laptop that wont crap out on her in 6 months. Heres what ive found so far and wondering if...

Hi, I am starting college very soon and would like some suggestions on Laptops that would be a great fit for me during my college courses.

I am looking to buy this laptop- https://www.flipkart.com/dell-inspiron-apu-dual-core-a9-7th-gen-6-gb-1-tb-hdd-windows-10-home-3565-laptop/p/itmeqg4xsxbv63tp I wish to use it for basic gaming and college purposes. Can anyone advise me if it will be up to the mark or not?