“Would this laptop be good for a college student? Would it last a while? And specifically a college student going into computer science?”
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Yes. I bought a Lenovo for my daughter at the beginning of freshman year. She is a junior and has ZERO issues. I bought this Lenovo for its speed, size of screen and durability. Hard drive is solid state so no moving parts to bust. Go for it!! I love mine.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It will depend on the programs the student will be using on the device. We recommend you check with the specific software publishers of the software the student will be using, for their compatibility with Windows 10 Home 64-bit operating system and the minimum/recommended hardware requirements (Is a Graphics card required, the processor speed and the minimum required system RAM and the minimum available hard drive space) to run their program, then compare those requirements to this system's configuration. You should be able to find this information on the web sites of the specific software.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This computer works well as a tablet as well. Keep in mind that the touchscreen is a capacitive touchscreen similar to using your finger on iPhones so detailed drawing with windows ink may be an issue if you plan to use it for drawing.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, I think this computer will work simply because it has an NVIDIA GPU. I would not buy a computer without an NVIDIA GPU for computer science at this point due to the fact that machine learning is becoming a big part of computer science requires a powerful GPU and most open source software for the GPU use CUDA which is only for NVIDIA GPU's. You may want to consider something with a more powerful GPU like a gaming laptop but this one should be ok for the classes with 2GB of graphics card VRAM.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.As with all things is it depends. There are a lot of areas of "computer science". If it is used to dial into a "cloud" (Azure, AWS, etc), well anything is OK for that. Would I use this machine to compile senior level MSFT Visual Studio 17 Pro projects, only if I was not in a hurry, but there is the cloud for that. While I have not been in college since 1983, my understanding is much of the focus today is on "cloud" development, as in not local to the users PC. Most gamers would not touch this unit, but a decent gamer laptop is well north of $1000. I would contact the department at the college you want to attend to find out their recommendations, as in "computer science" just like "cloud" is very unspecific. The school may even have deals on what they recommend. As to sale price? This is the third time I have seen this unit on "sale".
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