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1. What is your budget?
No more than $2500, but ideally less than $2000
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
I am currently using a 15" Macbook Pro 2013 and I think it is too big for school use, so 13.5" or 14".
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Not too worried about screen resolution or aspect ratio, standard HD works and anything else is bonus.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
This laptop will be my only computer. It will be replacing my 2013 15" Macbook Pro
5. How much battery life do you need?
It should last a school day, so around 6hrs minimum
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
I probably will play games with it but the specs of the laptop do not need to reflect that. I'll make do with what I get.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
I am buying this laptop for my Computer Science Major as I am starting in the fall. It needs to be able to do programming and whatever else you do in comp sci. My program recommends a 64-bit i5 minimum with 4 cores, 16gb RAM, 256gb ssd.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
I want to have 512gb ssd
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
I would like it to at least last for my undergrad (4 years)
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
Don't think I need an optical drive
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
I just don't want a Mac because I'm already using that and I think it's going to be too much of a pain for comp sci
13. What country do you live in?
Canada
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I'm buying a laptop for uni and I'm unsure of what to get. It will be my only computer (don't have a desktop) so it needs to be able to do pretty much everything you'd normally do, as well as keep up with whatever comp sci stuff I need to do. I want it to be 2-in-1 so that I can use it for digital notes in class.
In terms of specs, I figure I should have a minimum of an i5 or it's equivalent, 16bg of ram, and 512gb storage space.
So far I have 3 laptops I'm looking at:
- Refurbished Surface Laptop Studio (i7, 16gb ram, NVIDIA RTX, 512gb ssd) $1800 CAD
- Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 (i5, 16gb ram, 512gb ssd) $1700 CAD
- Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 (Ryzen 7, 16gb ram, 512gg ssd) $1100 CAD
Which of these should I get, or is there something else that's better?
No more than $2500, but ideally less than $2000
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
I am currently using a 15" Macbook Pro 2013 and I think it is too big for school use, so 13.5" or 14".
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Not too worried about screen resolution or aspect ratio, standard HD works and anything else is bonus.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
This laptop will be my only computer. It will be replacing my 2013 15" Macbook Pro
5. How much battery life do you need?
It should last a school day, so around 6hrs minimum
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
I probably will play games with it but the specs of the laptop do not need to reflect that. I'll make do with what I get.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
I am buying this laptop for my Computer Science Major as I am starting in the fall. It needs to be able to do programming and whatever else you do in comp sci. My program recommends a 64-bit i5 minimum with 4 cores, 16gb RAM, 256gb ssd.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
I want to have 512gb ssd
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
I would like it to at least last for my undergrad (4 years)
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
Don't think I need an optical drive
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
I just don't want a Mac because I'm already using that and I think it's going to be too much of a pain for comp sci
13. What country do you live in?
Canada
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I'm buying a laptop for uni and I'm unsure of what to get. It will be my only computer (don't have a desktop) so it needs to be able to do pretty much everything you'd normally do, as well as keep up with whatever comp sci stuff I need to do. I want it to be 2-in-1 so that I can use it for digital notes in class.
In terms of specs, I figure I should have a minimum of an i5 or it's equivalent, 16bg of ram, and 512gb storage space.
So far I have 3 laptops I'm looking at:
- Refurbished Surface Laptop Studio (i7, 16gb ram, NVIDIA RTX, 512gb ssd) $1800 CAD
- Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 (i5, 16gb ram, 512gb ssd) $1700 CAD
- Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 (Ryzen 7, 16gb ram, 512gg ssd) $1100 CAD
Which of these should I get, or is there something else that's better?
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