Laptops for Uni (3 Viewers)

[kaz1]

Re: Laptops for university

It was that expensive because it was the era when ultrabooks were non-existent, and my laptop became one of the thinnest/lightest in the world at the time. Also you would be hard pressed to find an optical drive in a 13inch laptop, especially one this thin.

It's stupid to buy a computer that expensive given how quickly they are improving and how quickly the price is falling. Your ultrabook would probably be like 1k after a year.

 

[pHyRe]

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I'd say buying a midrange laptop is the best. 1k-1.5k as the prices there are generally known to fall the least. High end, 2k+ fall the most. Cheap ones are alright, but they will last for less time and give a worse user experience throughout that time.

Personally I got a sick gaming laptop, i7-4700MQ (2.4ghz, turbos up to 3.4), SSD, 13" 1080p screen and GTX 765M for $1350 (although more like $1200 since i can get GST back hehe) which was an awesome deal. Most similarly specced 13"ers will cost well over 1500-1600.

The longest lasting laptop I know was also the most expensive, $2000 DELL which is still going strong today after 8 years.

 

[obliviousninja]

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It's stupid to buy a computer that expensive given how quickly they are improving and how quickly the price is falling. Your ultrabook would probably be like 1k after a year.

Actually I won it. So it was all good. It was a computer association event at darling harbour exhibition centre.

 

[brent012]

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It was that expensive because it was the era when ultrabooks were non-existent

When was that? Not including the MBA, ultrabooks were around by late 2011.

 

[Drifting95]

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I'll have a look at Asus and others..

And gg $2117 that's like 2 Mac books


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My 15 inch retina cost $2150 lol, it is light but still a bit heavy for uni.

 

[pHyRe]

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My 15 inch retina cost $2150 lol, it is light but still a bit heavy for uni.

jesus that's a rip off...

there's a reason apple records such big profits (hint, it's cause they overcharge like a mofo haha )

 

[T-Hud]

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Who knows anything about processors for laptops? Will an AMD processor be fine if I'm using the laptop for just taking notes and accessing the internet?

 

[T-Hud]

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http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/samsung/13-inch-thin-light-notebook-sku-355592/

http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/hp/15-inch-notebook-with-windows-8-sku-453113/

Thoughts please?

 

[brent012]

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Who knows anything about processors for laptops? Will an AMD processor be fine if I'm using the laptop for just taking notes and accessing the internet?

ANYTHING will be fine for that.

 

[anomalousdecay]

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It's stupid to buy a computer that expensive given how quickly they are improving and how quickly the price is falling. Your ultrabook would probably be like 1k after a year.

In about 10 years time the current computer technologies will not develop much and we will hit a threshold due to physical limits on computing power.

Just saying.

 

[obliviousninja]

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When was that? Not including the MBA, ultrabooks were around by late 2011.

I got it early 2011.

You could easily classify my laptop as an ultrabook.

 

[brent012]

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In about 10 years time the current computer technologies will not develop much and we will hit a threshold due to physical limits on computing power.

Just saying.

People have been saying that forever, but Moore's law just keeps going strong.

 

[anomalousdecay]

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People have been saying that forever, but Moore's law just keeps going strong.

hahaha.

Given current transistors are less than 100 atoms wide and the quantum effects kick in once you get to less than 10 atoms (or for insulators 5 atoms is the bare minimum), I can't really say we are far off.

The maximum would probably be before 32-bit unix restarts.

Off topic here though.

Maybe we can get a separate thread going if others are interested (though it has to be more than 5 people to make it worth the effort).

 

[ebbygoo]

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In about 10 years time the current computer technologies will not develop much and we will hit a threshold due to physical limits on computing power.

Just saying.

Until it's reinvented.

 

[ebbygoo]

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http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/samsung/13-inch-thin-light-notebook-sku-355592/

http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/hp/15-inch-notebook-with-windows-8-sku-453113/

Thoughts please?

If youre gonna be taking it around I'd go the Samsung for the better form factor.

If you gonna be playing games or similar, the HP much more powerful.

 

[pHyRe]

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http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/samsung/13-inch-thin-light-notebook-sku-355592/

http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/hp/15-inch-notebook-with-windows-8-sku-453113/

Thoughts please?

i dont think the HP even has a dedicated video card (that i can see) so it's a little hard to gauge.

its CPU is vastly superior though.

personally, i'd save myself a few hundred and grab a chromebook. either looks alright, depends on what screen size you want. also compare battery life (i didnt examine that at all)

 

[ebbygoo]

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Woops missed that. Thats strange. Well that makes them hard to compare.

 

[obliviousninja]

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Whatever you do, dont get a lenovoshit.

 

[Confound]

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I'm doing applied finance with commerce - professional accounting at MQ.

So basically I need a laptop which will enable me to view stock trading charts, financial reports, stream online videos and support heavy trading software with ease

So will I need 4g ram or 8g ram min?

 

[Confound]

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Whatever you do, dont get a lenovoshit.

I loathe Lenovo