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| Thread ID: 121805 | 2011-11-14 10:48:00 | What Laptop For A New Student? | Winston001 (3612) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1243565 | 2011-11-15 10:45:00 | Mac is wide screen and have been for ages. She will be best to wait until uni to get office, uni students can get office ultimate for $99 through the ultimate steal website. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1243566 | 2011-11-15 10:51:00 | Mac is wide screen and have been for ages. She will be best to wait until uni to get office, uni students can get office ultimate for $99 through the ultimate steal website. If she has got a functional University e-mail address (which she probably has if the enrolment process has been completed), then she doesn't need to wait for semester one to start to purchase an Office license through the ultimatesteal website. |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 1243567 | 2011-11-15 10:58:00 | A laptop with i3 processor / 4GB RAM would probably be more than enough for her. pricespy.co.nz - PBTech $803.85 (integrated graphics) PriceSpy filter sorted to Asus and Toshiba and in price ascending order: pricespy.co.nz Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 1243568 | 2011-11-15 10:59:00 | P.S. What will she be studying at Otago University? Has she found a place to stay down there? | Renmoo (66) | ||
| 1243569 | 2011-11-15 19:35:00 | Winston I'm enrolled at Otago. If your daughter has an email address *.*@student.otago.ac.nz, then she can buy from www.lapshop.co.nz - she's allowed to purchase one laptop per year from these guys, and they offer hugely discounted software etc. The only thing is that all the software are "STUDENT EDITIONS" - fair enough. |
ellpow (16400) | ||
| 1243570 | 2011-11-15 20:23:00 | @elpow - the only problem with LapShop is that their stock seems to consist solely of HP machines. A student wants something reliable, so Winston is much better looking at Asus or Toshiba at PB Tech (or similar)... You can get pretty decent gear these days for $1000- $1200. But avoid the usual suspects: Sony (pretty, but break relatively easily - don't even let your daughter know these are available as an option, or you'll end up with a 'vigorous discussion'!!!), Acer, Gateway (same thing, different name), HP, Dell.... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1243571 | 2011-11-16 01:07:00 | PC laptops have gone mostly with wide screens. Mac for example hasn't. Still employing 11", 13", 15" etc .. That could be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. As to the toshiba, i5 looks good. the 5650 is weak IMO but I doubt she will be running ultra high spec games at uni (well you never know :p) |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1243572 | 2011-11-16 01:30:00 | @elpow - the only problem with LapShop is that their stock seems to consist solely of HP machines. A student wants something reliable, so Winston is much better looking at Asus or Toshiba at PB Tech (or similar)... You can get pretty decent gear these days for $1000- $1200. But avoid the usual suspects: Sony (pretty, but break relatively easily - don't even let your daughter know these are available as an option, or you'll end up with a 'vigorous discussion'!!!), Acer, Gateway (same thing, different name), HP, Dell.... There is nothing wrong with Probooks at all, there are right up there with the best. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1243573 | 2011-11-16 01:41:00 | P.S. What will she be studying at Otago University? Has she found a place to stay down there? She will do a BA in English and her intention since she was 12 yrs old is to be a teacher. Good on her, we are proud parents and with reason. She has gained three scholarships including one from Otago University which will pay for half the hall of residence fees in the first year. She has been accepted at Orana Hall. Thanks for all of your help everyone, I'll now talk with my wife about making a choice. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1243574 | 2011-11-16 06:21:00 | Groannnn....this is much harder than I thought. I'll start another thread on whether "support" is necessary. I had a browse around Hardly Normal and Noel Leeming today because I'm a visual and tactile person. Look and touch. 15.6 screens seem to be standard with almost nothing smaller apart from netbooks. A small girl lugging a heavyish laptop around all day seems silly but...don't know if the 13 inch machines are much lighter. Easier to fit in a bag or backpack. I was surprised to find the touchpads are often off-set to the left which I'd find weird to use personally. Is it just something you get used to? |
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