My first semester of college is starting next month and I need a new laptop. I'm studying computer science, and my budget is $1500.
What should I buy? I was thinking either macbook pro or Dell xps but idk. Pls help me Jow Forums
Looking to buy a new laptop for college
Camden Nguyen
Joshua Gutierrez
be honest you only want to play bibeogaymes
fucking idiot
otherwise thinkpad
Jason Brooks
Unironically a used ThinkPad. You're retarded if you spend more than 300$ on a laptop.
Ryan Walker
Won't a $300 laptop be shut though?
I bought a $400 HP laptop from bestbuy last year and it failed within 6 months.
Adrian Walker
If you plan to buy Apple, ONLY BUY USED OR REFURBISHED. Buying new from Apple is a huge fucking scam. In addition, avoid the newest models with the T2 security chip, as it prevents installation of any OS but macOS and Windows. Lastly, the Touch Bar is fucking retarded. I can tell you all of these things as a 2016 MacBook Pro owner. Now that we have that out of the way:
MacBooks are pretty excellent pieces of hardware once you get past the ridiculous price you pay for a brand new machine. You won't find a better trackpad (under macOS) anywhere else for literally any price. If you plan to develop proprietary/consumer software (not just for Apple stuff), then strongly consider the MacBook. People often say MacBooks are the finest Windows machines you can buy, and that's mostly true.
Otherwise, though, consider the XPS. You'll have a much better time setting up any alternative OS (BSD/Linux distros). You'll have expanded I/O and generally more options for your hardware, albeit not as pretty, integrated with the OS, and portable. You should strongly consider /this/ machine (or others like it) for developing software for Linux in particular or needing a lot of tools that simply aren't available on macOS or Windows -- however, I can't think of many things that macOS' terminal, combined with the homebrew package manager, can't handle that Linux distributions can.
>tl;dr: macbook for macos/windows, xps/similar machines if macos/windows CANNOT fit your needs
Christopher Long
>laptop from bestbuy
fucking idiot
Parker Wright
if buying new, Lenovo X280 or Dell XPS13 are pretty solid at that price point, idk about Apple
but I'd buy one used 1 or 2 generations older for half the price
Adam Reyes
>T. Basedboi
lmao
Owen Perez
What would I need linux for?
Adam Jones
To pretend you're an epic hack3r