Best Laptop for FSU

Pasbal
Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:11:10 +0000

WiFi availability in the dorms doesn’t mean it’s reliable. When I lived in Wildwood I had near constant issues with the WiFi, and lots of others I talked to said they had problems too.

I don’t recommend the Macbook Air at all for FSU, for the sole reason that if there is an outage with the WiFi, your daughter will be out of luck for internet.

Of the Ultrabook line, most don’t have ethernet ports, which sorta clogs up looking for which ones are the best. I know that the Toshiba Ultrabook line sports ethernet (and if I recall correctly, they’re around $800 at Best Buy for the low-end model) and I believe the Samsung Ultrabook line has ethernet. Aside from that though I don’t pay much attention to the Ultrabooks, since I find them underpowered compared to my needs.

I know WiFi in the dorms is great, but there really is a reason for Housing suggesting to everyone that they have a laptop with both WiFi and ethernet capabilities. The WiFi on campus is less than ideal both in speed and reliability at times.