Laptop or PC?

[HappyHambo]

I'm planning on going to university in the next 5 years or so. I'm not sure whether or not to get a laptop, something like an Alienware 17, or a full PC. I think a laptop would be useful for taking notes at lectures but a PC would be much better price for performance. What would be ideal is to get a PC now and sell it in 5 years but I imagine that the price will degrade quite a bit in 5 years. Just wanted some opinions. Thanks

 

[natcha12]

Other option is a high end tablet/laptop, eg transformer book or surface pro, but we could help a lot more if you said what else you planned to do other than take notes in lectures

What sort of games/highest spec requirements do you need?

 

[guanyu210379]

PC has the better price/performance value by far than laptop but it is stationary.
Laptop is mobile but the price/performance value is less than PC by far.

According to my experience, during university time, you will need a laptop, which you can carry around for your work, lectures, etc. <---not avoidable
If you are willing to live with 2 systems, get a gaming PC and a cheap portable laptop. <-- this is what I had.
If you wanna to have only one system, you need a powerful gaming laptop...this could be a lot more expensive (depends on your requirements) than the one I had.

However..if you will start college/university first only after 5 years...I would get a gaming PC for now
I would not bother such laptop/PC dilemma, which will come 5 years in the future.

 

[JQB45]

Yeah its far to early to buy any PC or Laptop for College. If you buy one now you will need a new one in 3-4 years, maybe 5 if you spend big now. I'd get a desktop computer now and worry about the laptop in 4 or 5 years.

 

[HappyHambo]

PC has the better price/performance value by far than laptop but it is stationary.
Laptop is mobile but the price/performance value is less than PC by far.

According to my experience, during university time, you will need a laptop, which you can carry around for your work, lectures, etc. <---not avoidable
If you are willing to live with 2 systems, get a gaming PC and a cheap portable laptop. <-- this is what I had.
If you wanna to have only one system, you need a powerful gaming laptop...this could be a lot more expensive (depends on your requirements) than the one I had.

However..if you will start college/university first only after 5 years...I would get a gaming PC for now
I would not bother such laptop/PC dilemma, which will come 5 years in the future.

Thanks for you're detailed answer. I will probably get a good Gaming PC just now and then when it gets closer to the time get a cheapish laptop. I'm thinking about getting the cheapest 13" MacBook.

 

[guanyu210379]

Thanks for you're detailed answer. I will probably get a good Gaming PC just now and then when it gets closer to the time get a cheapish laptop. I'm thinking about getting the cheapest 13" MacBook.

MacBook 13" is not exactly cheap ^o^