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Laptop for College.

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  • 14-01-2012 4:25pm
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    JonnyMcNamee
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭


    Well lads,
    Just wanted to get a bit of advice from all you techies out there. I'm due to start college next year in Maynooth and I'm looking to buy a laptop but don't know really what to get. I'm doing an Arts degree in Music Technology and History hopefully so I would need a laptop with a nice bit of memory, good bit of ram, an i5 processor and I'd like for it to be light to carry around. For the Music course I need to be able to run Recording and Production programs and for the history its just the basics. Any advice on models and stuff would be great, thanks
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    CasualLiKE
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭CasualLiKE


    http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/Site/Catalog/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemNo=80003562

    Was looking at this yolk myself, but I'm holding out for the ivy bridge processors in April/May. It's 699, a great price for the specs:

    Specifications
    Product Description Asus K53SV-SX706V
    Display 15.6" Widescreen 16:9 HD (1366x768) LED Backlight
    Processor 2nd Generation Intel® CoreT i5 2430 processor
    RAM 8GB DDR3 SODIMM
    Storage 640GB
    Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GT540M - 2GB
    Optical Drive DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM
    Card Reader 4-in1 card reader - SD/ MS/ MS Pro/ MMC
    Network Gigabit LAN, Wireless b/g/n network
    Colour Bronze
    Connections 3x USB2.0, HDMI, VGA, Gigabit LAN RJ45, Jack in, Jack out
    Dimensions 37.8cm x 25.3cm x 3.5cm
    Weight 2.6 kg
    Battery 6 Cell - 5200mAh/56Whrs
    Operating System Windows® 7 Home Premium


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    JonnyMcNamee
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭JonnyMcNamee


    That would be like the dream machine but unfortunately, as a prospective student whos purchase is gonna be self funded, I doubt I'll have that money. My friend showed me this one and said it would be good? Any opinions?
    http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G570_1123917.html


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    _AVALANCHE_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,620 ✭✭✭_AVALANCHE_


    JonnyMcNamee wrote: »
    That would be like the dream machine but unfortunately, as a prospective student whos purchase is gonna be self funded, I doubt I'll have that money. My friend showed me this one and said it would be good? Any opinions?
    http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G570_1123917.html
    Yea, I do.

    The "dream machie" is only €35 more than this one.


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    JonnyMcNamee
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭JonnyMcNamee


    Yeah really should of converted from GBP back to euro :pac: Thanks for the advice anyway guys. Should be buying either one or the other by next week!


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    kilianmanning
    Registered Users Posts: 641 ✭✭✭kilianmanning


    Which laptop is graphically stronger?


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    cutefainne
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    If you will be working with pro tools then you will need a mac


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    kilianmanning
    Registered Users Posts: 641 ✭✭✭kilianmanning


    cutefainne wrote: »
    If you will be working with pro tools then you will need a mac


    i don't really need it, but my friend is going to buy either one or the other so i just want to know which is better because theres not much difference in price?


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    cutefainne wrote: »
    If you will be working with pro tools then you will need a mac

    Pro Tools works on Windows too :confused::confused:

    Nick

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    scotty_irish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 427 ✭✭scotty_irish


    cutefainne wrote: »
    If you will be working with pro tools then you will need a mac

    There's very rarely a situation where you NEED a mac, you may convince yourself that you need one because you want one.


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