Business & Comp Sci Majors: Thinkpad T430S vs Macbook Pro 13"

Toshtemirov
Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:40:00 +0000

I’m not a fan of Toshiba or Dell either, but this particular product is great for a college student. You should not look at the brand of a computer, but instead look at its structure. You friends probably bought a cheaper versions of Toshiba that cost around 450$, without looking at its battery life and other specs. But, overall Toshiba is definitely better than Lenovo. In addition, the only thing that I don’t like about Macs is that they do not have a reasonable price, and I personally do not like to pay more for something that doesn’t worth it. (if you value all of the parts of the Mac, it will probably come up to 800$)

In terms of a computer speed, the most important things that influence your speed are the processor and the type of a drive you are using, HDD or SSD. Watch these videos to see the difference:

[SSD vs Hard Drive Performance (NCIX Tech Tips #62) - YouTube](SSD vs Hard Drive Performance (NCIX Tech Tips #62) - YouTube)
[Samsung SSD vs HDD - YouTube](- YouTube)

If you plan on playing games on your PC, then you should consider getting either Nvidia or AMD Radeon dedicated video cards because Intel HD are only useful for watching movies and running basic programs.