Laptop for Pre Engineering Student

Colleges & Universities University of Washington
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<p>Apple or PC? What brands and models would you recommend?</p>

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<p>What are your needs and budget?</p>

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<p>Echoing what seatac said.</p>

<p>Remember that under ‘needs’ that includes things like gaming or media editing. :)</p>

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<p>It really depends on your needs.</p>

<p>For my situation, I already have a laptop but it’s huge and is about four years old. I plan on buying a smaller laptop that I can carry around with me and use in class. Also, I do not like Apples because I believe they are overpriced and my Toshiba laptop has worked perfectly fine these past couple of years and is still going strong.</p>

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<p>Do students have time to play games :-)? Budgeting about $1000 for a laptop. Looking for a computer that can function for the homework for a BioE major hopeful. Thanks!</p>

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<p>With that price range, Apple is out. </p>

<p>Toshiba is a good way to go pc wise.</p>

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<p>I certainly wouldn’t go with Apple. I don’t know the details, but most likely the vast majority of software that you might have to use won’t have versions for Apple.</p>

<p>In terms of the brand, I would recommend you Toshiba just like two people above. It’s been proven to be quite reliable and good for its price. According to SquareTrade, a company that provides warranties, Toshiba and Asus laptops are the most reliable (<a href=“http://www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_laptop_reliability_1109.pdf[/url]”>http://www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_laptop_reliability_1109.pdf&lt;/a&gt; - the data is relatively old, but I believe that not much has changed). Reliability is very important for a student. </p>

<p>Hard to say anything in terms of a particular model because there are so many of them. Anything in the price range of $600-750 should work for you. If I were you, I would just go by reviews on websites. And don’t forget to add additional RAM to it - RAM today is very cheap, but can significantly improve performance.</p>

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