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Data Analytics Grad Student Looking for Some Guidance

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  • Total budget and country of purchase:

~$1000, USA. Can go over, but only if its completely worth the upgrade.

  • Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply.

Best specifications for the money. I would like it to be as future proof as possible, but I absolutely hate the look of gaming computers.

  • How important is weight and thinness to you?

Not very.

  • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux.

Windows.

  • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

15.6 or smaller.

  • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

R, Python, SQL, SAP, Tableau, Java, Chrome and light gaming from time to time.

  • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

I have games like Civ5, FTL, and SimCity on my laptop. Usually games I can't get on my PS4.

  • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

Build quality is important to me. My current laptop is 6 years old and the performance on it is still great but my HDD just crapped out in it. I would prefer to upgrade to a SSD. 256GB seems just a little too small to me but I could make it work. Since I use Chrome so much I've also been thinking like more RAM is better, but maybe 16GB instead of 8GB is overkill.

  • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

I'm not sure exactly what type of specs I need for programming. I don't think I really need a dedicated GPU and haven't been looking for one.

So far, I've been looking at these 3:

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Yoga-15-6-Touch-Screen-Thunderbolt/dp/B073PV7B3L/ref=as_at?imprToken=dMcWIalPL4BtNJ0EXU87ug&slotNum=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAJQYFXGBZ6MDO67HQ&tag=shopineer-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B073PV7B3L

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Touchscreen-Quad-Core-MaxxAudio-Bluetooth/dp/B077YPSPQQ/ref=as_at?imprToken=TqU04TagtPtk8SlgtB7Omg&slotNum=4&SubscriptionId=AKIAJQYFXGBZ6MDO67HQ&tag=shopineer-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B077YPSPQQ

https://www.amazon.com/VivoBook-i7-8550U-GeForce-Windows-S510UN-EH76/dp/B0786TPWBP/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=laptologist05-20&linkId=aa6e499c7447815c6528064bec76b54e&th=1

But I'm not completely aware of all the differences between them or if they're even the best options for me.

Thanks!

Posted May 10, 2018, 4:35 PM UTC · edited

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If you prefer a 2 in 1 laptop, I would go with [this one] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073PV7B3L/?tag=bkadamos_alltest-20) because it comes with everything you need, 7th generation, i7 quad core CPU which is one of the best in the market and great for your usage, 8GB of ram for smooth multitasking, good SSD storage of 256GB for faster boot up and loading, 15.6 inch Full HD IPS touch screen which is a must have for this price range, high build quality, Intel HD 630 GPU that should be able to handle games on low to medium settings with good FPs, backlit keyboard, supports pen, thunderbolt port, and it’s within your budget.

If you prefer a traditional laptop, I would recommend this [this one] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0786TPWBP/?tag=bkadamos_alltest-20) because it comes with everything you need, 8th generation, i7 quad core CPU which is one of the best in the market and great for your usage, 8GB of ram for smooth multitasking, 1TB HDD, good SSD storage of 256GB for faster boot up and loading, 15.6 inch Full HD screen which is a must have for this price range, lightweight, long battery life, GeForce MX150 GPU that should be able to handle games on medium to high settings with very good FPs which is more powerful than the Intel HD 630, and it’s within your budget.

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