any good laptops? (2 Viewers)

[obliviousninja]

get this, very good laptop but i5.


ASUS T300LA-DH51T
T300LA-DH51T Overview

13.3" FHD IPS Glossy Touch

Intel® HD Graphics

Intel® i5-4200U

Up to 4GB RAM

128GB SSD

TBA Hours / 3.70 lbs

3D Score: TBA
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Starting at:$969.03

http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-t300ladh51t-touch-p-6521.html?wconfigure=yes

In built graphics though.
Mediocre ram.

 

[iJimmy]

SSD though, only one I could find less than 1K

 

[studybuddy101]

what are you guys on about, mac osx is linux based and it can run windows too. If anything apple computers are the best for programming simply because they're so diverse. Regardless, i think some unis issue out a virtual OS (linux based) if you're planning on taking comp sci units so it doesn't really matter if it's windows or mac. Software will generally come in both flavours too

 

[obliviousninja]

SSD though, only one I could find less than 1K

SSDs aren't that overly expensive nowadays compared to a couple of years ago.

 

[iJimmy]

128gb for $100

 

[obliviousninja]

128gb for $100

So taking that out, the laptop would cost 869, when at that price you can get much better laptops. ps. the cpu isn't great. 2.60ghz

 

[fatduckling]

I highly recommend this one

ASUS notebooks provides the most comfortable and responsive experiences in every application and at all times.

PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ i7-4500U Processor

RAM: 8GB DDR3

HDD: 1TB & 24GB SSD

GRAPHICS: 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

 

[anomalousdecay]

Macs traditionally had the edge for multimedia applications and while it's levelled out a bit now there are still some top notch mac exclusive software (i.e. Logic Pro).

For programming I wouldn't say OSX is necessarily a bad idea, pretty much everything on Linux is multi platform. The main thing you'd be missing on OSX is Visual Studio, but you gain the ability to use XCode and create + publish iOS apps. Can always just use bootcamp to run linux or windows anyway.

Thanks for clarifying that.
I meant multimedia in terms of the "basic functions"
I was kinda referring to the programming side but OP did not specify that use as a possibility. And I can't believe I said "ios" instead of OSX.

So taking that out, the laptop would cost 869, when at that price you can get much better laptops. ps. the cpu isn't great. 2.60ghz

If that is your comparison point then one could argue Pentium 4 HT is better, which obviously isn't. The processing speed has not increased for years now, but the components on the processor and the real logical cores has increased vastly.

 

[rumbleroar]

WAs going to suggest a macbook, but they can get pricey. If you're willing to splurge, macbook retina 15in is pretty good ;D

 

[obliviousninja]

If that is your comparison point then one could argue Pentium 4 HT is better, which obviously isn't. The processing speed has not increased for years now, but the components on the processor and the real logical cores has increased vastly.

That is obvious. What I meant was that 2.6 is mediocre to other cpu processing speeds in the new series range.

 

[iJimmy]

Are ultra books any good?

 

[SylviaB]

 

[anomalousdecay]

That is obvious. What I meant was that 2.6 is mediocre to other cpu processing speeds in the new series range.

After research it is not that great of a processor.

It only has 2 cores, which is not that great.

It can hyperthread double (so 4), which is still pretty bad (p4HT can do 2).

Its not all that powerful. Realistically, its about 2 times more powerful than a p4HT, which is not too great.

The i7-3930K is about 8 times more powerful by looking at cores, hyperthreading ability and processing frequencies.

So it depends really. You are right about it being not great in comparison to others, but by stating "2.6GHz" you can't really deduce it from that. I had to research it first before being able to say the above too.

 

[obliviousninja]

Are ultra books any good?

Good for uni. Although if you want the gaming specs on an ultrabook, it will be fairly expensive.

 

[williamdaft]

i like macbook air 13 inch.

 

[lightthefuze]

^ saah expensive, $$$$$$$, so broke right now

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[williamdaft]

^ saah expensive, $$$$$$$, so broke right now

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i know lol.. need to save moneh..

 

[lightthefuze]

i know lol.. need to save moneh..

You could get a Microsoft Surface, not too sure if that's your type. Most are on sale at the moment as there's a newer version coming out soon. You could just backup your files on SkyDrive if you wanted to. Prices are around
$500~ (probably lower)



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[williamdaft]

You could get a Microsoft Surface, not too sure if that's your type. Most are on sale at the moment as there's a newer version coming out soon. You could just backup your files on SkyDrive if you wanted to. Prices are around
$500~ (probably lower)



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I'll have a look at it

 

[aimpacc]

i just got the lenovo yoga 11s. pretty good. the 360' flip tho