Choosing a College Laptop

JustTheOtherGuy · Jul 31, 2014

I am going off to college and am required to have a laptop, but will need to run advanced physics simulations and other demanding programs. As such it is asked to purchase a laptop with dedicated graphics, but I do not know where to look. I know I could just buy a gaming laptop like the Asus ROG series or some premium ultrabook, but I don't have the funds to spend $900+ on a laptop. Does anyone have a recommendation for a budget laptop that can handle heavyweight applications? Any advice is appreciated

boosted1g · Jul 31, 2014

To run the programs you need to run and have a dedicated GPU the budget lines are out. You will have to spend at least $700 or more .

Lenovo, asus, msi, and samsung make good laptops.
HP is hit or miss, the pro serries are little more likley to be ok but HP has a reputation of having entire product lines be lemons and its not just the budget product lines.
Dell/Toshiba have both declined drastically since their peak in the late 2000s, and gateway/acer/compaq (do they still make compaq?) are garbage.

iBUYPOWER - Jason · Jul 31, 2014

Hmm....... Here's a laptop for under $900 and it has a great dedicated GPU (850M) and a decent i5 Intel Core Processor (http

/www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-V3-772G-5413-17-3-Inch-Sophisticated/dp/B00K2O4S0W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406832805&sr=8-1&keywords=acer+laptop+850m).

I have an Acer at home and it does it's job, but it's not a high-end laptop with a high-end build. It's more of a budget laptop with great performance and a decent build compared to Gigabyte, Lenovo, or ASUS.

It will definitely handle all your programs without a hitch, it just won't feel like a premium laptop!

Let me know if you have any questions!

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