Macbook Pro. It cost about $2000. Plays games. Can install windows. Intel Core 2 Duo 15-inch widescreen 2GB Memory 250GB hard drive1 NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 256MB You get 10% off if you tell them your a college student. http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?mco=MTE4NDYchansaet
I gotta hand it to you, I been hateing on macs ever since I can remember but for $2000 and you get a highend gameing laptop whats not to like. Im gunna check this out if I end up likeing it im gunna buy it but im not keeping that half ### os on it. BTW imma do some research on gameing laptops now I wan to see if there are any companies that make nice gameing laptops cheaper. PS~ they really should start makeing custom whitebox laptops that would be a new era of custom pcs.
Buying laptop for college... Want it to play games well.
Now what's wrong with this statement?
careyletendre
clearly your not in college. When your bored you got to do something. You can't go out (bars/parties) in the middle of the day. You got to do something? Why not play some games. No one studies and does homework 24/7.
This is how college is like from my personal experiance. Fun than work your ass off. Then some more fun and then work your ass off some more.
right now I'm in the work your ass off stage (dead week is next week) after that it'll be fun because finals will be over.
what kind of collage u at? for real. I didnt go to collage though I used to head down to rutgers every day to party my ### off and thats a legit collage now.
what kind of collage u at? for real. I didnt go to collage though I used to head down to rutgers every day to party my ### off and thats a legit collage now.TrooperManaic
You party your ass off after midterms, and finals. Unless your one of those frat boys who drop out after there freshmen year. Yeah freshmans thats what they do. Thats why the drop rates forfreshman'sare so high.
There is work. A lot of work. I have like 3 essays due next week. 2 10 pagers and one small essay. The standards are not the same as HS. They expect alot better quality work. Especially when you get to your upper division classes. Also its like this every semester for me. All of your papers and exams are like due the same week. Like my midterms I have like 2 in the same week and like 2 10 page essays due that same week. Thats why you work your ass off. After that then you have some fun because you have some breathing room until the next midterms and papers are due (like 2-4 weeks later)
somebody likes name brand stores :roll: Brand stores. Your telling me that if your going to spend $2000 on a laptop your not going to pick a good brand (Apple, Sony, HP etc). You'll pick like acer or dell which I hear from people (especially dell computers) that they break down. It's $2000. You want something that will last.
Why do you think companies like Ford and GM are dieing. People don't like spending tons of money on something that waste gas and breaks down in a few years. Thats why Toyota is doing so good even though its more expensive.
Buying laptop for college... Want it to play games well.
Now what's wrong with this statement?
chansaet
clearly your not in college. When your bored you got to do something. You can't go out (bars/parties) in the middle of the day. You got to do something? Why not play some games. No one studies and does homework 24/7.
This is how college is like from my personal experiance. Fun than work your ass off. Then some more fun and then work your ass off some more.
right now I'm in the work your ass off stage (dead week is next week) after that it'll be fun because finals will be over.
Yeah totally the same experience for me too. I take 30-60 min breaks when I study for 2-3 hours straight. It's getting kinda hectic now that finals are coming up but there's nothing better than playing some Fallout 3 to ease the tension!:D
Looking at newegg, This would be my suggestion if your going for a $2000 laptop: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114558 Intel Core2Duo p8400 (2.4 gHz) 17" wide Screen 4 GB Memory (DDR3 1066) 320 GB Hard Drive Dual GeForce 9800m GTS (2 x 512 GB Ram) I'd suspect it's the kind of machine you'd want to keep near a power outlet. Running a a laptop in SLi can't allow for much battery life. Also it's likely to be fairly heavy for a laptop. But as a gaming machine I think that's about as much as you could reasonably hope for from a laptop. Good cpu, lot of memory, Dual mid to high end vid card with dedicated 512 gb. Also with a high end laptop, consider investing a little in extra cooling stand. If your not familiar with them, they are simply stands you place the laptop on top of and they'll help drain off heat from the bottom of the machine. (Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834998378)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147786 Friend of mine just picked this one up. It is solid and fairly portable since it is a 16". Plus it is only $1,149.99, so you can save some cash.
take it from me OP just build a nice desktop, most will hardly take advantage of the mobility of a laptop. If you really need a laptop for school work just spend less then 500 on a small portable and 1500 for a beast gaming machine. I bought a really nice thinkpad through my school for a really good price. I can play games and all, but I do wish I just built a nice desktop
take it from me OP just build a nice desktop, most will hardly take advantage of the mobility of a laptop. If you really need a laptop for school work just spend less then 500 on a small portable and 1500 for a beast gaming machine. I bought a really nice thinkpad through my school for a really good price. I can play games and all, but I do wish I just built a nice desktoprob1101
Well I'm considering majoring in computer science, and just in high school it's a pain in the ass transfering code from school to my house and then back to school. It would be way easier to have a laptop I can take anywhere and do all the work on one machine.
And I need this to last four years, and I'm sure computers will become even MORE integrated in the college classroom by then, so I just think a laptop makes more sense.
Just saw this mention of Acer and Dell being the type of laptop that would break down.
I just want to add my 2 cents: in the past 5 years I've worked with 2 Acer laptops, 1 Dell and 1 HP. So far the Dell has been the most reliable and stable one of the 4 simply because the Acer ones were crappy from the start (unstable, hardware issues and components breaking down after 1-2 years) and the HP one is absolutely horrible. At least the Dell easily survived 3 years of intense use though it slowed down by the end, probably needed a reformat. Only got rid of it because they were being replaced by these newer HP's. If I could, I would prefer a reformatted older Dell any day over HP.
I've heard very similar comments about Acer desktops so it looks like a general issue. For Dell the users seem divided between positive and "almost Acer/HP bad" negative, seems to be a bit of a hit or miss thing.
You could buy a nice gateway laptop for around $1200-1500. Best buy has them on sale every now and again also, which is when I got mine. It's pretty good actually and for $250 off, it's hard to beat.
[QUOTE="rob1101"]take it from me OP just build a nice desktop, most will hardly take advantage of the mobility of a laptop. If you really need a laptop for school work just spend less then 500 on a small portable and 1500 for a beast gaming machine. I bought a really nice thinkpad through my school for a really good price. I can play games and all, but I do wish I just built a nice desktopBearEatsMan
Well I'm considering majoring in computer science, and just in high school it's a pain in the ass transfering code from school to my house and then back to school. It would be way easier to have a laptop I can take anywhere and do all the work on one machine.
And I need this to last four years, and I'm sure computers will become even MORE integrated in the college classroom by then, so I just think a laptop makes more sense.
thats why laptop: >500$ Desktop: 1500$ Other stuff: 200$ you can defiantly get away with a 500$ laptop in college, in my high school compSci classes all I need was a flash drive, just saved the source and libs there, actually I ran my IDE from there too so it would save my settings. You would think you would need some extreme hardware for compsci but not really, if you do need the horse power you could remote in to your desktop, In fact most Universities have remote systems with a bunch of pre-installed software setup for engineering,compSci,multimedia,etc. students so you may end up using one of those anyway. If you really want to tear through some compiling or have some advanced algorithm you could set up distcc, or some other distributed system. And as for PCs being more integrated into the classroom, sorry to burst your bubble but I doubt it, maybe for a high level English class. I just don't see it being very practical yet tablet PCs still can't come close to a pen and paper for note taking, especially in math. And besides the 500$ laptop would be more than enough for any class that did decide to implement some sort of required laptop in the classroom. You buy what YOU want, I just thought I would share my experience and what I wish I did.
but for $2000 and you get a highend gameing laptop whats not to like.TrooperManaic
I kinda hope this is sarcasm. You could easily find a much better laptop for under $2000. Mine was $800 (got $300 off). It's pretty much the same as that macbook except a tad larger (15.4in screen though) and the extra integrated graphics (which I don't know what you'd do with).
[QUOTE="rob1101"]take it from me OP just build a nice desktop, most will hardly take advantage of the mobility of a laptop. If you really need a laptop for school work just spend less then 500 on a small portable and 1500 for a beast gaming machine. I bought a really nice thinkpad through my school for a really good price. I can play games and all, but I do wish I just built a nice desktoprob1101
Well I'm considering majoring in computer science, and just in high school it's a pain in the ass transfering code from school to my house and then back to school. It would be way easier to have a laptop I can take anywhere and do all the work on one machine.
And I need this to last four years, and I'm sure computers will become even MORE integrated in the college classroom by then, so I just think a laptop makes more sense.
thats why laptop: >500$ Desktop: 1500$ Other stuff: 200$ you can defiantly get away with a 500$ laptop in college, in my high school compSci classes all I need was a flash drive, just saved the source and libs there, actually I ran my IDE from there too so it would save my settings. You would think you would need some extreme hardware for compsci but not really, if you do need the horse power you could remote in to your desktop, In fact most Universities have remote systems with a bunch of pre-installed software setup for engineering,compSci,multimedia,etc. students so you may end up using one of those anyway. If you really want to tear through some compiling or have some advanced algorithm you could set up distcc, or some other distributed system. And as for computers being more integrated into the classroom, sorry to burst your bubble but I doubt it, maybe for a high level English class. I just don't see it being very practical yet tablet PCs still can't come close to a pen and paper for note taking, especially in math. And besides the 500$ laptop would be more than enough for any class that did decide to implement some sort of required laptop in the classroom. You buy what YOU want, I just thought I would share my experience and what I wish I did. For starters. High School computer sci does not compare to college computer science. You'll definitely need to do some programming in the middle of the day on campus. And no real HS class compares to a college class. You learn so much more in so less time. And it is way harder. Now you probably don't need a really powerful one but u said u want to play games. Thats why ur is willing to spend $2000. Andyou do not want a desktop for college. A Laptop works so much better since you can take it to campus and do your homework at school. Especially computer science. Computers are much more integrated into the classrooms than in HS. Especially the internet. Notes are posted online so it is a good idea sometimes to download it and take notes that way by adding to notes using the lecture (Notes posted online are usually outlines). Many professors post require you to upload your essay's through turnitin.com (anti-plagiarism website). Some classes are online and require a computer. Homework are also posted online and you have to download it yourself sometimes. Study guides can be posted online. Registering for classes are done online during special times. And if you have a laptop you can register for classes in the middle of another class (this is a good idea because classes get full quick. Especially if your a freshmen). Professors in college lectures really fast. And pen and paper for note taking sometimes is way to slow. Professors always makes announcements online (class canceled, exam coming up, grades are up, etc), e-mailing professors are sometimes the only option (If there office hours conflicts) So overall you really do not need a powerful computer except for gaming. Which you want but getting a laptop is a really good idea for college. Trust me. It'll make your life so much easier. Don't get a desktop. Those who tell you this probably are not in college and don't really understand why a laptop is much better when it comes to college.
Well I'm considering majoring in computer science, and just in high school it's a pain in the ass transfering code from school to my house and then back to school. It would be way easier to have a laptop I can take anywhere and do all the work on one machine.
And I need this to last four years, and I'm sure computers will become even MORE integrated in the college classroom by then, so I just think a laptop makes more sense.
chansaet
thats why laptop: >500$ Desktop: 1500$ Other stuff: 200$ you can defiantly get away with a 500$ laptop in college, in my high school compSci classes all I need was a flash drive, just saved the source and libs there, actually I ran my IDE from there too so it would save my settings. You would think you would need some extreme hardware for compsci but not really, if you do need the horse power you could remote in to your desktop, In fact most Universities have remote systems with a bunch of pre-installed software setup for engineering,compSci,multimedia,etc. students so you may end up using one of those anyway. If you really want to tear through some compiling or have some advanced algorithm you could set up distcc, or some other distributed system. And as for computers being more integrated into the classroom, sorry to burst your bubble but I doubt it, maybe for a high level English class. I just don't see it being very practical yet tablet PCs still can't come close to a pen and paper for note taking, especially in math. And besides the 500$ laptop would be more than enough for any class that did decide to implement some sort of required laptop in the classroom. You buy what YOU want, I just thought I would share my experience and what I wish I did. For starters. High School computer sci does not compare to college computer science. You'll definitely need to do some programming in the middle of the day on campus. And no real HS class compares to a college class. You learn so much more in so less time. And it is way harder. Now you probably don't need a really powerful one but u said u want to play games. Thats why ur is willing to spend $2000. Andyou do not want a desktop for college. A Laptop works so much better since you can take it to campus and do your homework at school. Especially computer science. Computers are much more integrated into the classrooms than in HS. Especially the internet. Notes are posted online so it is a good idea sometimes to download it and take notes that way by adding to notes using the lecture (Notes posted online are usually outlines). Many professors post require you to upload your essay's through turnitin.com (anti-plagiarism website). Some classes are online and require a computer. Homework are also posted online and you have to download it yourself sometimes. Study guides can be posted online. Registering for classes are done online during special times. And if you have a laptop you can register for classes in the middle of another class (this is a good idea because classes get full quick. Especially if your a freshmen). Professors in college lectures really fast. And pen and paper for note taking sometimes is way to slow. Professors always makes announcements online (class canceled, exam coming up, grades are up, etc), e-mailing professors are sometimes the only option (If there office hours conflicts) So overall you really do not need a powerful computer except for gaming. Which you want but getting a laptop is a really good idea for college. Trust me. It'll make your life so much easier. Don't get a desktop. Those who tell you this probably are not in college and don't really understand why a laptop is much better when it comes to college. Well I did tell him to get a laptop and a desktop, just not a 2000$+ one, all those task you listed can be done on a laptop that is around 500$ or less. Their are just too many advantages with a desktop, especially for gaming. So why not have both? And yes I am in college and maybe its just me but I like to hand write my notes mainly because I don't just write sentences/bullets for my notes, but thats just personal preference, you can take notes with a 500$ laptop anyway. Im just putting my 2cents out there so the OP can see another way to go about a laptop for college and wanting to game.
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