Good school laptop

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Originally Posted by schrammalot

I actually do quite a bit of non-hipster stuff with my MacBook. There's a reason why they're popular.

How come I went through so many PCs within three years when I've had the same MacBook since my senior year of college?

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Macbook is a specific laptop (or a very few laptops), PC in normal lingo just means something not running OSX, you're referring to thousands of computers. As for being popular, apple wasn't even 10% of the market share in the US last year and wasn't even a speckle on the global market share last year. HP however is the most popular manufacturer in the US if you were curious. Glad you're having a good experience with you mac tho. :)

What exactly do you want to do with your computer, you say it for school, but what does that involve? That will determine what specs you want to be looking at.

My advise, try some laptops out at the store, one thing many people don't talk about is comfort. If you plan on using the thing for a few years, you don't want it to be a pain to use all the time. My big complaint on some laptops is having to push the keys on the keyboard too far to get them to work. I'm a light typer so that is a big thing for me. I miss keys all the time on my mom laptop, I just can't use the stupid thing. Some laptops are just shaped goofy where your wrists are in a bad position to type, or some put the mouse in a bad spot so your wrists move it when you type. Some are heavy as heck, some can be used as frisbees (not recommended). Try em out. Maybe you'll find your own pet peeves. It is amazing what a few degree slant or moving a few cm can do.

Then I would go home and look at reviews of the one I'm think about buying. There are problems you can't see in a few minutes, such as overheating problems. Also don't let a few bad reviews discourage you, but if it appears to be a common problem, you most likely saved yourself some headache. Then I would shop online and see I could get it cheaper than what the stores offer www.newegg.com is where I do most of my online computer buying. Sometimes its cheapest to buy directly from the manufactures website. Shop around and see whats best for you.

With that said I got the HP Folio 13. Comfortable to use, all solid state, battery life is awesome, and stays cool with normal use, weighs like 3 lbs. Everything I could ask for and zero issues. I bought it directly from HP online.

IT cleaned it every month it was in for repairs.
The cooling systems were terrible... and I wasn't the only one with a problem. Half of the school had theirs replaced at least once.

Oh, and as nice as a 17" screen may be... it's really flippin' heavy. My parents have the big Toshiba and it weighs as much as a small child.

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Originally Posted by schrammalot

IT cleaned it every month it was in for repairs.
The cooling systems were terrible... and I wasn't the only one with a problem. Half of the school had theirs replaced at least once.

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Which is a flaw in the design of that brand. Not all brands have that issue. Though, I find this immensely hilarious since my step-sister's fiance (A sworn mac lover), was showing off his mac and pointing out the single, thin strip along the back of the laptop that acts as a exhaust port. Then mentioned that it still heats up fairly badly.

I've been using mine for about three hours now and the only thing that's hot is my charger (which my dog has taken for a heat source....).

The desktop before that was also terrible... but it was a Dell as well.

Dell chooses to bulk buy bad parts to save tons of money cheap, bad parts. They always have, and the brand is just trash for me personally. I could spend half the money of a dell on an HP or save up a bit and invest in and ASUS.

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Well just so there is no more fighting I WILL not be getting a Mac. For 2 reasons. #1 I just do not have that kind of cash and #2 I called the school yesterday evening and to my surprise someone was there and I asked if students have issues with macs and their classes and she said they recommend pcs because like said before some things just don't work on the Mac system.

I always thought asus were crap? But if you guys say they are good then I won't skip over them next time I go to look.

Thanks for the help everyone

Also it will be being used for papers and notes, projects, power points, and whatever surfing I want to do.

Well I'm not sure at this point if I want to enter this lynch mob again but here it goes.

I x2 what was said about newegg.com , great source and constantly have good deals weekly with a plethora of reviews. My HP had its hd drive fail 3 times, the power inverter for the hd screen failed 2 times , stopped charging 4 times which was probably just a loose dc jack but I sent it back to them since it was a recurring problem. Maybe HP has changed in years but I still see them as a cheaply put together pc with a LARGE advertising budget. They are everywhere and readily available thus they sell the most cause they are cheap and everyone knows about them. But I am not trying to argue any of these facts...Asus has carried me a LONG way now and I support them whole heartedly, toshiba a close second.

If that is TRULY all you will be using the laptop for , you won't need an i7, or more than 6 gigs of ram. Get something with great battery life in an i5 with no less than 500 hd space. And you should be golden for a few years if that is all you'll ever want it for, and there will be TONS of options for you under 1000$ in that format. May factor in what software it comes with in the price too ;)

Dang iPhone lol

I actually found an HP I really like. It's the HP Envy, 14" screen, light, 8gb memory, 1TB HD, and the i7 processor. It's $799.99 through Best Buy. Plus it's got great reviews.