Student laptop

Anderson0702

Hi, I've just been accepted into Trinity to do science and was wondering if there were any suggestions for a great laptop.

My budget is probably around €750 but I would be grateful for any recommendations.

Thanks!

shoopdeboop

What are you looking for? Is it just student stuff, facebook etc. , or gaming/content creation?

There's also a board for laptops here at boards, but I can't post links. You might have more luck there.

I got science too, hope to see you in September!

MightyMandarin

Laptop forum is your best bet.

€750 is a lot for a laptop for college though, unless you plan on using it for gaming.

Anderson0702

Oh yeah good point, completely forgot about the tech thread for some reason.... Pretty much just student stuff though as I already have a desktop.

andrew

I'd advise getting something which is as light as possible while having as much battery power as possible, since you'll be lugging it around all day and plugs are in short supply in some libraries (and non existant in lecture halls).

ToxicPaddy

If you have a desktop with all relevant apps in it such as office etc then get a chromebook.

There is free WiFi in all buildings on campus. You get a decent amount of online storage free with your college email account which is through Gmail and Google drive.
Battery life is better than most laptops
They are small, light and inexpensive

MightyMandarin

andrew wrote: »

I'd advise getting something which is as light as possible while having as much battery power as possible, since you'll be lugging it around all day and plugs are in short supply in some libraries (and non existant in lecture halls).

The Ed Burke has plenty of plugs in each row, and the other Arts block theatres have some on the walls of the the theatre afaik.

whoopsadaisy

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

If you have a desktop with all relevant apps in it such as office etc then get a chromebook.

There is free WiFi in all buildings on campus. You get a decent amount of online storage free with your college email account which is through Gmail and Google drive.
Battery life is better than most laptops
They are small, light and inexpensive

I second this. I think I paid €230 for a Chromebook and couldn't be happier with it. Fits in the handbag and it's really light, and the battery life is unreal. Does everything I need it to.

andrew

MightyMandarin wrote: »

The Ed Burke has plenty of plugs in each row, and the other Arts block theatres have some on the walls of the the theatre afaik.

Are the Ed Burke plugs new? Come to think of it I haven't had a lecture there in a long long time.

The plugs in other theatres are barely useable from what I remember, seeing as there are so few and they're pretty far away from even the edge seats.

MightyMandarin

andrew wrote: »

Are the Ed Burke plugs new? Come to think of it I haven't had a lecture there in a long long time.

The plugs in other theatres are barely useable from what I remember, seeing as there are so few and they're pretty far away from even the edge seats.

They could be; I was a first year last year so I've no idea what was there before.

Yeah it's always pretty awkward setting up a plug but if you're desperate to charge a laptop, at least there's something there.

Anderson0702

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

If you have a desktop with all relevant apps in it such as office etc then get a chromebook.

There is free WiFi in all buildings on campus. You get a decent amount of online storage free with your college email account which is through Gmail and Google drive.
Battery life is better than most laptops
They are small, light and inexpensive

Yeah I've heard that chromebooks are great but I dont really have any microsoft office stuff on my desktop since I built it myself and never bothered to get anything other than the bare essentials. Seeing as the chromebook is so cheap though I could buy a chromebook and a student microsoft office for my desktop. Thanks for the help.

Bears and Vodka

MightyMandarin wrote: »

They could be; I was a first year last year so I've no idea what was there before.

Yeah it's always pretty awkward setting up a plug but if you're desperate to charge a laptop, at least there's something there.

Yep, new. I think they appeared just before 2013/14 academic year.

Polka_Dot

I'm pretty sure plugs are still non-existent in any of the science lecture theatres. I'd advise a decent light laptop with good battery life also. Although in science you shouldn't really need it much. If you prefer to type your notes that's fine, but otherwise there's little need for a laptop in first year science.

ToxicPaddy

Anderson0702 wrote: »

Yeah I've heard that chromebooks are great but I dont really have any microsoft office stuff on my desktop since I built it myself and never bothered to get anything other than the bare essentials. Seeing as the chromebook is so cheap though I could buy a chromebook and a student microsoft office for my desktop. Thanks for the help.

No worries, there is a student site that you have access to by being a full time student and it gives you a yearly license for Microsoft and other applications for free. So I believe you can get MS office, MS project and other applications for nothing to install on Windows or Mac based systems.