Laptop for student. MacBook or not MacBook?

ZARATUSTRA2013-01-26 12:23:24

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ZARATUSTRA, 2013-01-26 12:23:24

Good day.
Interested in this question. Which laptop for a student to choose. For study, it will be necessary to program and use mathematical programs. The specialty is computer mathematics. I will emphasize that you will have to program only for study. There is no talk of any professional programming yet. That is, several development environments, tools and other things will not be open. It will be at the educational level. Well, there will be different Matkadas.
So, is it worth saving up and buying a MacBook Air 13, 4gb, SSD 128, i5, Intel HD Graphics 4000? They promise discounts on MacBook 2012 in June, when 2013 models are expected to be released.
Or is it pointless to overpay? You can find models for $ 700-1000 that are similar in characteristics to the MacBook, only the hard drive is standard, and the thickness is greater.
On the laptop, in addition to completing coursework and other assignments in programming and mathematics, you will watch movies, active surfing on the Internet, and occasionally not very demanding games like DotA.

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Nikolay45, 2013-01-26
@ZARATUSTRA

I think the approach proposed by the author is reasonable. “I am not so rich a person as to buy cheap things,” was invented a long time ago and not by stupid people. Reliable, lightweight, durable, SSD (HDD on a book is a rare evil, but no one canceled backups), no porn banners. If you need software that is only for Windows, a virtual machine or a second OS is installed. If you don't want to be called an "Apple hamster" - there is an Asus ultrabook. Just immediately find out the address of the nearest service, because. list of recognized defects - page in small handwriting. Although, with care, it works quite well for itself. I'm not a fan, I work in the service. 32 "will connect at home, together with a wireless keyboard, it's really more convenient. And in camping and training conditions, 13" is quite usable. My son makes drawings on Air in ArchiCAD. So all of the above is from personal experience. proven practice. Good luck.

ixSci, 2013-01-26
@ixSci

Hmm, students with poppies. Times really change :)
And if on business, if you don’t know why you need a poppy, then you don’t need to take it. There are cheaper laptops out there.

Alex42rus, 2013-01-26
@Alex42rus

better on windows, labs can be sharpened specifically for execution in this environment.

Vitaliy Petrychuk, 2013-01-26
@vermilion1

The MacBook is ideal for web development and design. For mathematics, and even a student, it is better to take something cheaper and on the same OS as computers at the university.
In student years, you never know what can happen with a laptop, but it's a pity for a MacBook :)

Vlad Zhivotnev, 2013-01-26
@inkvizitor68sl

Get thinkpads x220 or x230. i3 in the 230th is enough for you (x220 is better with i5), but it will be better to chase the IPS matrix.
Funny laptops - slam them on the floor from a height of full height with the task of initial acceleration, they jumped, all the dust from the keyboard spilled out, but did not turn off. As a student, it helped a lot several times (especially in Moscow). The weight is 50g more than air, the battery holds the same, the keyboard is much better, the trackpoint is excellent. You don’t need to carry a bunch of adapters with you (unless you have to keep displayport<-HDMI at home).
And u35jc wentuged at the time almost immediately. It is still alive, but the view is no longer marketable. For some reason, it seems that the zenbook is exactly the same gouging.

poisons, 2013-01-26
@poisons

What to program? In what language and in what IDE?
About 13.3 screen you will break your eyes ...

btd, 2013-01-26
@btd

When I was studying, I had a toshiba a300 - I bought it in my second year, graduated from the bachelor's and master's programs and it is still alive. As for 13'', I think you really will break your eyes.

spmbt, 2013-01-27
@spmbt

These are more than sufficient for educational purposes, as netbook replacements and for reading PDFs. From 10 thousand. The key difference is the Celeron processor (877), and not the Atom, not the S-60. The screen size is 1366 at 11".
market.yandex.ru/model-spec.xml?modelid=8307166&hid=91013

If not in a hurry, it's better to wait - in 2013 there will be such models on Ivy Bridge processors (more energy efficient). Of the minuses - 60 percent slower than mainstream processors in more expensive models, screen gloss, low battery.