So my sister is going off the college. She is going to for Chemical Engineering. I am looking for a laptop for her, preferably 15.6" and a dual HDD bay. Powerful enough for whatever a student of that pursuit may need.
Any thoughts?
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Byte Storm wrote:So my sister is going off the college. She is going to for Chemical Engineering. I am looking for a laptop for her, preferably 15.6" and a dual HDD bay. Powerful enough for whatever a student of that pursuit may need.
Any thoughts?
sid1089 wrote:What's the budget?
For college/university students, I would recommend getting something thin, light with good battery life. I lugged around a 7 lb Dell beast of a machine for 4 years. It was a horrible experience.
Is there any particular reason why you want the dual hdd bays?
chuckula wrote:Instead of a huge notebook, I'd be looking into a decently sized notebook + a good digitizer (with a real stylus, not an iPad + fingerpainting) if she's serious about Chem-E since she could draw diagrams & complex formulas easily but still have digital copies instead of having to rely on paper.
Captain Ned wrote:chuckula wrote:Instead of a huge notebook, I'd be looking into a decently sized notebook + a good digitizer (with a real stylus, not an iPad + fingerpainting) if she's serious about Chem-E since she could draw diagrams & complex formulas easily but still have digital copies instead of having to rely on paper.
And don't forget the external HD for backup. The daughter is 15 and routinely trashes her laoptop. I can't imagine a college student being any better.
Byte Storm wrote:Yeah, I would agree on the resolution. But she doesn't want a 17", so 1920 is out, and Dell doesn't have a 1600 at a 15.6" form factor. They do have 1920 at 15.6", but from the screens I have sampled, that makes things ridiculously small. Should wouldn't like that.
Byte Storm wrote:Since this is a gift, I am not going to have her use something she doesn't like.