if you wanna run like, actual CAD n shit, having a beefy boi helps a lot
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but that means shit battery life and heavy weight
How useful is being able to do that on a laptop from your experience
which means if you’re planning on taking it places you’ll basically be tethered to a wall most of the time
Because im thinking abt bringing my desktop
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It’s HIGHLY dependent on you
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I always just check wirecutter
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Personally I highly recommend taking notes with pencil and a notebook, and I never really liked to do homework at libraries or coffee shops or whatever, I just did it at my desk
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So like a good laptop was never really necessary for school
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hmmm ok thank you orange
I appreciated having one that could chunk through CAD mostly for Solar Car and the occasional group project, but because of that the shitty battery life never bothered me
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idk what your budget is but they have other articles that go more into depth on specific things/budget ranges too
I can spend a good chunk
people saved money for me that im not using for tuition now lmao
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my handwriting is fucking horrible so i dont use pen and pencil whenevr possbile
So I could just make the old gaming laptop work until I built a desktop
I eventually upgraded to a new laptop (at the time [February 2023] I got a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro) mostly for Solar Car reasons, I was doing race crew again and needed a good laptop to use all summer and to take to Australia
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Would recommend Dell XPS 15
It’s a bit expensive though I don’t know your budget
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That sounds like a really good reason to start using pen and pencil tbh
no trust me
i also write WAY SLOWER
But I prefer to do CAD and stuff on my desktop anyways
So im thinking that’s where I’ll end up doing most of my work and not on beefboy laptop
I like the big monitor
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