Need advice on a laptop for school!

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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited July 2008
    madmax wrote: »
    Good info, looks like you could keep for about 5 years. At 2K that would be about 400 per year. I still wonder if I wouldn't rather have the newest update every 2 years or so. I guess the way to think about this is that last years 2K model would problably sell for maybe $500 this year. Maybe that is an option too. You could buy last years model for $500 and keep for 4 years. That would only be $125 a year. :D

    My laptop is not a $2k laptop. So it would be more like 250 per year in my case.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited July 2008
    appadv wrote: »
    My laptop is not a $2k laptop. So it would be more like 250 per year in my case.


    That would be a cheaper one than audiobliss is looking for. My dell is an inspirion 1526 which you can find open box for $500 and it is way more than I need for an electrical engineering position plus personal AV use. Admittedly I only use it for pcb layout, schematics, **** surfing and general excell type spreadsheets as well as speaker building programs and such but I have to wonder if a student will come close to using much more. Obviously I could be wrong. I guess avid gamers could want more.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited July 2008
    Dell had one that I almost couldn't keep myself from buying. It had a red case and I think it said xps or something like that on it. I forget the specifics but it spec'd out to be much faster and cooler than a lot of other ones in its price range. It was pretty lightweight too.
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    Here it is, the M1530. http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/xpsnb?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&ST=dell-xps&dgc=ST&cid=14125&lid=356309
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited July 2008
    I'm an EE major, and I don't think I will ever need a powerful laptop. The most demanding program I use is Electronics Workbench (pcb layout, schematics, etc.) and it runs fine on what I have.
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited July 2008
    Everything you've said in this thread indicates you probably be fine for the next 3-4 years with an $800 laptop. However some emotional part of you is telling to buy a $1600 for no real good reason. Doesn't seem like a tough decision to me. Anywho, consumers buy 4x the computer they need is what pays my bills so I shouldn't be trying to dissuade you. Learning to make smart financial decisions is a very important in life and usually is a lesson learned far to late in most people lives.

    Have fun with your Thinkpad :D
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited July 2008
    Damn I just noticed there are two different people looking for laptops here. I'm all confused. Your names are too similar, I have ADD I guess :p
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  • etwigs34
    etwigs34 Posts: 136
    edited July 2008
    I have a MacbookPro and love it.....but if its not for full time use go with a MacBook! YAY APPLE!
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