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Trying to buy a laptop for college. What specs should I look out for? (discuss.online)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a budget of around $750 and I expect to be able to code in it. I honestly have not much idea what the ideal requirement of a laptop for a college student should be, which is why I am asking here to get an estimate of the specs I should be considering while choosing one. I would advice against naming any specific laptop as I have no guarantee of its availability in my region.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Well fuck so called Industry standards and class requirements.

The digital world should be built upon non proprietary "standards".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's a nice speech but if your boss tells you to use Premier Pro and you don't, you get fired. If the assignment says to use Premier Pro and you turn in a Davinci Resolve project, you get a zero.

I don't disagree that the status quo is bad, but you can't pretend that the standards as they are don't exist just because you don't agree with them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Well fuck that teach if they require you to use proprietary shit.

And fuck that company as well.

Yes the status quo exist and I refuse to accept it.

Besides to circle back, if company and course require software they need to have to provide it and hardware to run it on.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It goes without saying that it's reasonable to expect a company you work for to provide a company computer for work purposes.

But if a cheque from the company pays for the food on my table and the roof over my head, if they say "dance" during work hours, I'm gonna dance.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But if a cheque from the company pays for the food on my table and the roof over my head, if they say “dance” during work hours, I’m gonna dance.

that's alright, but I won't dance.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This conversation is not about you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And neither is it about you, so why even slide into this conversation without having anything to add?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I expected this reply. I'll have you know I added common sense.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah cool, so what is your common sense addition to this convo, because I don't see any.