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help me pick between all day battery and raw power for mechanical engineering lol

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Avoid the cheapest models with 8GB and an eMMC or small SSD 馃檹 They feel fine in teh store and miserable a year later with a browser full of tabs and a video call running.

  1. Rowan Larsen
    @rowan.larsen48

    im literally losing my mind here i start mechanical engineering soon and my parents gave me roughly 1200 euros for a laptop. That is all i get for the next four years, so i really cannot mess this up. Everyone online seems to recommend whatever they personally own. My priorities: all day battery, something that wont feel slow in year three, and ideally not a giant brick. What specs actually matter for my course and where can i safely save money?? thx in advance!!

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  2. Soren Okafor
    @heappusher

    Do u game at all, or is that just a nice to have? ?

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  3. Quinn C.
    @quinn_signal

    same issue here on my gaming rig... following this thread hope that helps :)

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  5. Tariq Reid
    @treid_45

    oh ive been there lol prioritise in this order: 16GB of RAM, a decent SSD (512GB at least), a screen u can look at for hours, then teh processor. RAM and storage are the parts that make a laptop feel old in year three, and on many thin lapotps they are soldered.

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  6. Nadia Nolan
    @nnolan

    oh ive been there lol check your departments software list before buying. some computer science programs need Windows only tools, some need a dedicated GPU, and some run fine in a browser. the syllabus answers this better than any forum. hope that helps :)

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  7. Otto Ferreira
    @otto_daemon

    ok so buy the laptop, then spend a bit on a sleeve, a warranty that covers accidents if you are clumsy, and a backup drive or cloud storage. losing a thesis is worse than a slow CPU. lmk how it goes

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  8. Emeka
    @subnetowl

    Battery life matters more than benchmarks for students. u will sit in lecture halls with two outlets for two hundred people. Look for reviews with real battery tests, not teh manufacturer's numbers.

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  9. Quinn C.
    @quinn_signal
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    Avoid the cheapest models with 8GB and an eMMC or small SSD 馃檹 They feel fine in teh store and miserable a year later with a browser full of tabs and a video call running.

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  10. Oskar Eriksen
    @stackrider-191

    @quinn_signal works on paper, not in real life. dumb question but how do i even check the DNS idk maybe im wrong lol

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  13. Wes Kim
    @solidsmith

    @nnolan did u ever fix it?

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