Hello! I am new here, and I have a question regarding the pro v. cons of a couple different laptops...
I am going back to school this Fall, and the bulk of my program will center on policy (so writing papers) and running statistical software (I think the main program my school uses is STATA). I'm also doing a certificate program on top of my masters, and those classes will be in informatics and done entirely online. I will be using my new laptop mainly for school, although I'll probably use it for some basic non-school related activities as well. I'm not a gamer... other than some occasional solitare lol... so I don't need a laptop that is a high performer in that area. I do want something that can handle lots of stats and large databases, so performance overall is important; my grad school program is only one year, so I'd like to get some use out of my laptop once I'm back in the workforce as well.
So far, I've been mainly looking at the Dell Inspiron 14r second generation and the Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E420, although I'm open to other suggestions. I've gone through online and put together customized models on both sites, and they both come out to around $1100, so price seems pretty comparable. I added upgrades (unless these things came standard) like Windows 7 Professional and the Intel i5 processor.
I'm curious if any one had any thoughts on these two options. I'd love some information that would make my choice easier, as they both seem to be about the same, at least to me, right now. Thanks!
I am going back to school this Fall, and the bulk of my program will center on policy (so writing papers) and running statistical software (I think the main program my school uses is STATA). I'm also doing a certificate program on top of my masters, and those classes will be in informatics and done entirely online. I will be using my new laptop mainly for school, although I'll probably use it for some basic non-school related activities as well. I'm not a gamer... other than some occasional solitare lol... so I don't need a laptop that is a high performer in that area. I do want something that can handle lots of stats and large databases, so performance overall is important; my grad school program is only one year, so I'd like to get some use out of my laptop once I'm back in the workforce as well.
So far, I've been mainly looking at the Dell Inspiron 14r second generation and the Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E420, although I'm open to other suggestions. I've gone through online and put together customized models on both sites, and they both come out to around $1100, so price seems pretty comparable. I added upgrades (unless these things came standard) like Windows 7 Professional and the Intel i5 processor.
I'm curious if any one had any thoughts on these two options. I'd love some information that would make my choice easier, as they both seem to be about the same, at least to me, right now. Thanks!