@@gefoz5332 We used AutoCAD and that used some if not a lot of processing/rendering power. My sister's Ryzen 5 3550H + RX560X (cheap gaming laptop btw) lags on it wheb zooming out of an image/ drawing. I think that's the only program that uses a substantial amount of computer power. You're good to go with even an office laptop if you're never going for an engineering course/computer-related course.
Small builds are good and way better also upgradable than laptops. A 2000€laptop is literally the performance like a 1000€ PC and the pc will still outperform the laptop in terms of gaming. No laptop RTX 4080 has the same performance like a desktop CPU. Laptop GPU are always lower clock rates & less cores & Way LESS COOLING so they aren't good for gaming at all.
@@albl2171 Lol sure. You cant take ur desktop pc with u. And a laptop 4060 and desktop 4060 are basically the same. And laptop 4090 is faster than a 3090 ti. Lol
as a student in my 2nd year: honestly i'd say to make do with whatcha got, be aware of your living situation (if you're moving into an apartment, away from home, etc.), and what type of classes you're taking if you have a budget around $750 or less & you're living away from home, try to maximize a microATX-ish build and just do paper notes, and if something requires a laptop, you'll be able to use your phone anyways 90% of the time (at least where i go) if you have a budget of $1250 or more, a laptop and a PC did wonders for me, and i found it convenient. but just remember what classes you're taking so that you're not overspending & have enough for textbooks/homework software 👍
rtx 3050/4050/60 laptop with a decent ryzen cpu is fine. even a gtx 1650 is fine. you have the portability and gaming performance for 1080p with decent ppi. anything beyond these specs goes into stratosphere with pricing. there is just too many variables with laptops like overpaying for more storage, when you could upgrade manually for cheaper and possibly get more storage, discounts etc. it needs some researching of the market and the courses before considering a pc. its also sad that the laptop market is only nvidia gpus because prices could be more competitive.
Well... if they intend on going from apartment to apartment and bouncing around renting locations. I would suggest a laptop for mobility and taking your work into school. If one plans on not taking work into school and remaining at a location for more than 2 years. Get a desktop.
@@Pruflas-Watts exactly, every branch has their own “chair force” but serving is serving. Plus anyone I know that has served in any branch has no problem with the Air Force they all help each other out.
@@mhmd_slh4761 Doesn't matter if your country killed people... every country did their own wrongdoings none is perfect. I'm saying thank you for serving your country.
for college i did say buying a laptop with a good battery would be the better choice. plus the gaming laptop got better ergonomics than a normal laptop. and also runs smoother.
I'm pretty sure you got it flipped. Non-gaming laptop, especially ultrabook was designed for longer battery life and more sleek & lighter design for business especially so it'll suit a student more than gaming laptop when it comes to anything OTHER than gaming itself
Buying a gaming laptops means you will always be stuck to an outlet though most colleges have outlets nearly everywhere. If battery is his main concern he will be better off buying a cheap laptop with economic power consumption and buy a gaming PC with the rest of the money
These days, it's not really about the raw performance of the laptop anymore. One of my main concerns is about repairability and that's one aspect that almost every laptop review never look at.
You can always start a line of credit to buy a new PC. Like, i did. Matter of fact, i get to write off this entire PC build as a Business expense on taxes since i use my PC to make music for a living.. 5k ;)
@@magnus2111good point, but even a kid could save a few hundred bucks for a laptop (even with bad performance) I know a 13 year old who just saved up 2000 dollars with zero help from an adult, so I promise age is not significant, it is about work
PAY ATTENTION TO BATTERY LIFE. A bunch of the students in my Mech Eng program have super thick gaming laptops. They’re constantly tethered to the wall and can’t draw circuits.
I think it’s a little little hilarious so college students bring up their entire desktop alongside a laptop. Like you’re in college, you only need one computer in your apartment.
As an IT professional who went to college for a few years, Buy a desktop only if you know you have space for it, If i could redo college again I'd bring a gaming laptop or an office laptop with thunderbolt and hook that up to an egpu and monitor/docking station so it can act like a desktop without the footprint, having two monitors is a game changer for any workload. Or use an ultrawide to allow for more screen real estate.
AR monitors are a great way to go now with low space requirements. Viture glasses with spacewalker, a quest 3 and Immersed or the upcoming Immersed Visor for 5 virtual fully customizable screens. Gamechanging.
I actually fucked up my gaming laptop in february. And now I have college next year and still can't choose pc or laptop. I love laptops but sometimes you need that extra juice
i was a college student and i grew up using a laptop throughout my school days. getting a job with a decent pay and being a computer enthusiast made me build my own pc and no regrets were ever made
Desktop: Pros: -it’s way more powerful -rarely overheats -upgradable -swappable parts -easily repairable Cons: -heavy -requires keyboard and mouse as well as a monitor -sometimes you may need to activate windows -needs bios updates once in a while Laptop: Pros: -lightweight and compact -no need to buy a monitor or keyboard -sometimes upgradable -some models have touch screens -bios updates are rare Cons: -overheats easily -if the board is broken you’re screwed -some have poor battery life -built in bomb (battery)
If you're in CAD, a laptop's fine, and you don't even need to go all out. I could run some heavy multi-model 3D CAD off an 11th gen i5 and a 1650 with 16GB RAM.
Ahhh my 3d major is in game, 3d animation, and VFX computer graphics. We recommend minimally i7, or AMD equivalent, 32 gb ram, and a 40 series rtx card, and at least 1tb hard drive space. Mainly cause Maya, zbrush, unreal engine and unity all require a lot to render. Oh and a wacom intuos pro or other pen input tablet.
@@TinaNewtonArt At that point, college-provided PCs to work on when on campus would be better. I had to get a laptop because the fully rigged PCs provided were "professional workstations" (garbage)
Engineering student here, I like the zephyrus g14 for college. It has good battery, can run most games, and can do all my workload for school without breaking a sweat. I also have a macbook pro running parallel partitioning my system to run windows on my Mac.
Speaking as a student and dad of 2 kids, bought a desktop in 2022 and absolutely love it till today, BUT with my bachelor thesis and a reduced space since kids, a gaming laptop came in very handy in terms of portability. Lenovo LOQ 15IRX9 with a 4060, deals most of the actual AAA titles pretty well in 1080p, great value for money (880€).
Depends on what you need, if your college work requires a lot of processing power like big data analysis or 3d modelling you need to put your budget on a laptop with high end cpu/gpu, if you don't need a lot of processing power and just use it for like writing documents then buy cheap laptop and use rest of your budget on gaming desktop. Also make sure your room rental is okay with that much addition of electricity consumption.
I got a decent laptop a few years ago when i left for college and I still use it. The main downside is that i will need to replace/upgrade it sooner rather than later. Definitely worth being able to take it on a plane so it can travel with me
My friend you are missing one point - Portability - yes literally everyone carries their laptop or Mac with them to places, btw if you have a desktop you can’t take it everywhere 😅
I'd recommend the laptop as well for those who are going to college soon. Since from my own experience, having a PC will be ok but it's very annoying having to switch from using your phone to edit the file at campus and having to transfer it on my pc just to get things properly done. And while it does give me a great gaming experience, when it comes to getting schoolwrok done, it's better to opt for the laptop since it's a mobile platform that you can carry basically everywhere and you can get things done faster than having to juggle between a pc and phone. I'm saving up for a laptop too since I can't bear with the problems brought about by having no laptop.
Just a small matx case thats portable, you probably already have a mouse keyboard of some sort. So you only need a monitor, in which you should just get a 1080p 60hz or 120hz as i assume youd prefer it to be smooth over high resolution, and 27" is probably the max id go for portability, with 24" the best option. Then go for a 1080p matx build focusing on price to performance to get the most out of your choice for a desktop.
😂 I actually teach for a 3D animation major you want to check your major's tech requirement page. They usually list the minimum requirements for a laptop. Our major recommends a 40 series RTX cause we use unreal for the real time rendering, otherwise you would have to use a render farm.
I would definitely second getting a laptop. However, as someone who spent way too much money on a laptop back in college which overheated and died, I would urge you to consider what you will actually be doing on it for school work. If your school work consists of CAD modeling, photo and video processing, or other graphics-intensive tasks, spend the most you can and get a really nice high-end gaming laptop. I wouldn't skimp on the price, because otherwise you will be consistently pushing it to the limit. On the other hand, if your school work is mostly online and doesn't require graphics-intensive hardware, I would go with low-end to mid-range laptop for under $500. A mid-range laptop will still play some older games, but if you want more power, you will have the option to also get a desktop in the future.
situational honestly. i didnt really require a laptop for my course besides taking notes and such and i only played games in my room. i regret getting a gaming laptop because the battery is shit and its just unnecessarily heavy for what i needed it to do when im moving about. if i played it slightly smart, a better call looking back wouldve been a desktop with sime cheapo chromebook or tablet with a keyboard on it for notes for me personally; though you could argue about the problems with dragging the thing back and forth. but if ur doing anything that requires a laptop during lectures, get the laptop
I think how bad Ganon's recovery is really depends on his matchup's edgeguarding options. If someone doesn't have disjointed moves or projectiles to challenge him offstage they can fall into his up+b command grab fairly easily. His range for grabbing ledge also helps a lot. There are places he can recover from you'd absolutely never expect. The recovery is still pretty bad but there's absolutely still mix-up potential if you're experienced with the character. I'd argue that dr.mario and chrom might have worse recoveries (maybe little Mac but I'm not convinced enough).
Do both. Get a decent mid-tier desktop and then buy a cheapo refurb laptop/macair/chromebook just to take notes and stuff. Otherwise, if you try to cram all that gaming performance in a laptop AND do schoolwork on it, ur gonna be lugging around that extra honkin weight everywhere. Keep in mind most of the time u will be carrying that big laptop around instead of something else. Another thing people don't think about, laptops WILL get damaged or lost/stolen on you least once while at school. This happened to me a bunch of times, but I went to a big state school so maybe your mileage will vary. I would assume if you go to school for 4 years that you will need to replace your laptop at least once. So, probably don't blow your budget getting the best of the best. Also, most of your gaming is going to happen in your dorm/apartment anyway so most people really don't benefit from having a gaming laptop instead pf a desktop. I went to school for 5 years and I had 2 different desktops (I didn't get the money for a nice one until year 2), but went through 4 laptops. Granted, this was during 2007-2012 and the age of the cheap netbook. I got thru my last 2 years on a pink dell intel atom netbook I got for $250 on the dell refurb site. You got chromebooks now tho which are kinda the same thing. I also see refurb m1 macairs for like $400/500 if you need something nicer with more power. For college, go cheap as you reasonably can on a laptop and put the money saved into a decent desktop. You'll have a much better gaming experience, won't be lugging around the extra weight, will keep your schoolwork & gaming separate (important for ppl with ADHD like me), and you'll just get more bang for your buck.
as an engineering student get a gaming laptop lol you need it for simulation work and cad work (i mean cad doesn't need high processing power but it's still better anyways)
Laptops can serve good purposes, and I have been a gaming laptop user/owner since 2014/2015. Most gaming laptops, even the ones starting at $600, provide more than enough for everything. Unless you get heavy into coding or other computer related tasks, a laptop is more than good enough.
Laptop + gaming Desktop combo is killer cause that way playing is out of the way and better temps and laptop is portable and cool. That is max budget though for smaller budgets I would say laptop.
As a college student, i could confirm choosing laptop is better, because sometimes you need to bring that laptop, and you can't do that with desktop PC, and if you need more screen size (like me as an software engineering) i use my TV as secondary monitor (save money 😅)
I have a gaming laptop, I got Nvidia gtx 1660 ti and Intel core i7 9570h. It's carrying me for over 5 years now and still performing great with modern games.
Technically, you can do both but you gotta choose what to compromise on. People are always getting rid of laptops in the summer and getting new ones, you should be able to find an OK laptop for PURELY SCHOOLWORK, qnd then have a PC for gaming if you can afford that with a summer job
Depends if you actually plan to use it outside of your room or just during the special occasions - then it's better to go for a desktop and improvise with your phone during those times
Plus when youre in college youll probably be transporting it alot and the smaller functions will be much more important so i feel like if even for a budget one a laptop that can just play what you need it to would be fine until you can afford a pc down the road that gives way better performance.
One thing you forgot about, a gmaing laptop will have only about 3 hours of battery life so you should just get a pc and maybe an m1 macbook or you could ditch the gaming and get a nice windows laptop with good battery life
You honestly don't need a mouse, the laptop's trackpad is actually surprisingly good for gaming, and some of them even come with an additional trackpoint you can set up with a different sensitivity and use as a joystick for longer and more fluid movements. I used to use a Lenovo ThinkPad for school and gaming, and I would find myself constantly defaulting back to the trackpad and trackpoint instead of my external mouse because they were more accurate and responsive than the mouse.
Truthfully it depends on the major he's taking. If he's CS, IT Laptops are more efficient and flexible he can use it at college which he will need to but if he's business, history or something else a PC will be a better bang for buck and he can buy a tablet of he wants to take notes digitally
At my college, we have these macs. I hate macOS so much. But before I started I got this ten core, 16gig ddr4 laptop. Windows 11. I literally haven't logged on to a college computer in like, six months. So much nicer. Hot darn.
That also depends on major you're studying, too. Such major like business or management don't need anything pther than a Macbook or a office Windows laptop. Whereas majors which require more computing powers like engineering or multimedia will benefit from a higher end gaming laptop. Also, ( this is my viewpoint ) student also tend to use their laptop all the way till they're started working in companies and the laptop still holds well
If you're going to school, college in particular, get a gaming laptop unless you want a separate gaming desktop and everything-else laptop. You're basically required to have a laptop for most classes at this point
As a college student, you need a laptop. Makes it easier to just bring it around. Also helpful when you have a requirement or a deadline to pass that you can only submit onsite or to show your presentation etc
Laptop for college 100%, but if you are big into gaming or have a decent chunk of change, get a cheaper laptop just for school work and get a solid desktop for games. Make sure you try to go for an axt build in a mid size case and dont go crazy with the monitor setup because you will want to be able to transport your setup safely when you go home for the summer, change dorm/apartment, or whatever else.
One of the best sides of a laptop is portability. My laptop is old and really weak (celsius h710) but I can take it anywhere. My desktop is a beast but it is housed by DIY expanded CM Elite 430- it measures 48x52x25cm and with all the parts inside it weights around 15 KG without counting the peripherals.
Half my PC building knowledge came from a freedom dispenser 😂
True
Bruh same
All my knowledge came from this guy
All the pc building knowledge came from youtube 😅
Remember some laptop brands have frail hinges and HP STANDS FOR HINGE PROBLEM
Bros a helldiver
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Except the bugs were children
Take a Cup of Liber-tea
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@@namecannotbeblank8920really, keep that stuff out of the PC channel
@@namecannotbeblank8920 🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊
Zack back in the military when he hears a country found oil 😂
I'd go as well
Fuck it if I die, oil is worth it
I mean he was in USAF lol
@@Cosmic_Radiation68hey it’s the guy that plugged his monitor into his motherboard
@@Cruciaal I was known bcs of zach, me being here should be normalised
69th work
Whatever you do, DONT GET A CHROMEBOOK
They shouldn't exist
Yah get a MacBook instead it's way better
@@Coverpage2568 1000 dollars for 8gb of ram and a quarter terabyte of storage says otherwise. i can get that performance from a 300$ laptop from dell.
@@Coverpage2568but way more expensive than a Chromebook
@@gaelsalvadorzazuetaestrada6201get a m1, its awesome and it's around 800 to 900. Its going to last you long
For college, a laptop would be a great choice, especially for someone with a computer related degree. You can bring it anywhere you go.
Most of the tine you wouldn't use any graphics or cpu intensive workload.
@@gefoz5332 art? software/game development? computer science? photo/video editing? lol there’s a lot of majors that need a decent laptop to do work
@@gefoz5332 We used AutoCAD and that used some if not a lot of processing/rendering power. My sister's Ryzen 5 3550H + RX560X (cheap gaming laptop btw) lags on it wheb zooming out of an image/ drawing.
I think that's the only program that uses a substantial amount of computer power. You're good to go with even an office laptop if you're never going for an engineering course/computer-related course.
Buy MacBook instead gaming is waste of time for college students.
@@Coverpage2568 you are funny
“Fought for Freedom” really funny bro
Fought for bs
@@IceMakesStuffI knew a stupid comment would be here
He ain't joking bro, he has video about that
If you need the power in class, get the laptop.
If you just want the pc for gaming, go desktop
Unless, you have to travel every 6 months. Then, you'll regret a PC every time you have to break it down and relocate. lol
If he also wants it for school there that laptop is much better because you can take it places
Small builds are good and way better also upgradable than laptops. A 2000€laptop is literally the performance like a 1000€ PC and the pc will still outperform the laptop in terms of gaming. No laptop RTX 4080 has the same performance like a desktop CPU. Laptop GPU are always lower clock rates & less cores & Way LESS COOLING so they aren't good for gaming at all.
Even better, build a slightly more compact pc with a case like nr 200 or ap201 with a portable monitor
@@albl2171 Lol sure. You cant take ur desktop pc with u. And a laptop 4060 and desktop 4060 are basically the same. And laptop 4090 is faster than a 3090 ti. Lol
Also worth keeping in mind, most colleges allow for laptops to be brought in class. Much easier for that type of note taking.
Ipads are best for in class note taking
all his classmates r gonna go to his dorm to start gaming
Buy an expensive desktop and a really cheap laptop. Remote into the desktop from the laptop. Best of both worlds.
oh yeah. even a 3yr old windows laptop works. i would even make my own remote app. if you dont have wifi it will suck.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 🦅 RAAAAAH FREEDOM
And the portability being able to bring it to classes and stuff is insanely useful
Yeah but you shouldn’t get a giant gaming laptop for class. First off it’ll be super heavy to carry around and it’ll be loud af.
@@personyt55 i have an rtx 3050 laptop and I'm pretty sure it's not at all loud if I'm not gaming with it
as a student in my 2nd year:
honestly i'd say to make do with whatcha got, be aware of your living situation (if you're moving into an apartment, away from home, etc.), and what type of classes you're taking
if you have a budget around $750 or less & you're living away from home, try to maximize a microATX-ish build and just do paper notes, and if something requires a laptop, you'll be able to use your phone anyways 90% of the time (at least where i go)
if you have a budget of $1250 or more, a laptop and a PC did wonders for me, and i found it convenient. but just remember what classes you're taking so that you're not overspending & have enough for textbooks/homework software 👍
agreed, if i have to redo my uni i'd go with mini-pc build with low power dGPU, portable hdmi screen and 2nd hand thinkpad.
Alternatively, buy a cheap used laptop with i5/i7 8th gen and a tb3 port, then buy EXP GDC TH3P4G3 EGPU dock, a cheap used GPU and an SFX gpu
rtx 3050/4050/60 laptop with a decent ryzen cpu is fine. even a gtx 1650 is fine.
you have the portability and gaming performance for 1080p with decent ppi. anything beyond these specs goes into stratosphere with pricing.
there is just too many variables with laptops like overpaying for more storage, when you could upgrade manually for cheaper and possibly get more storage, discounts etc. it needs some researching of the market and the courses before considering a pc.
its also sad that the laptop market is only nvidia gpus because prices could be more competitive.
As an IT student, I bought a laptop because it is portable and also I need it to use it on college
Well... if they intend on going from apartment to apartment and bouncing around renting locations. I would suggest a laptop for mobility and taking your work into school. If one plans on not taking work into school and remaining at a location for more than 2 years. Get a desktop.
Fought for freedom? Calm down chair force 😂
Hey it’s hard work tap rack banging a printer cartridge when it’s out of ink, give the guy some credit lol
Not all Air Force is like that… You should expand your military knowledge to see what else they do.
If you were Army/Marines Combat Arms and didn't see any actual combat, all you did was LARP. If were a POG, you're worse than "Chair Force".
@@Pruflas-Watts exactly, every branch has their own “chair force” but serving is serving. Plus anyone I know that has served in any branch has no problem with the Air Force they all help each other out.
thank you for your service!
You meant for fighting innocent people?
@@mhmd_slh4761 can you read? I said service not killing
@Hevyqx ah sorry, did you mean service in the military or something else?
@@mhmd_slh4761 Doesn't matter if your country killed people... every country did their own wrongdoings none is perfect. I'm saying thank you for serving your country.
for college i did say buying a laptop with a good battery would be the better choice. plus the gaming laptop got better ergonomics than a normal laptop. and also runs smoother.
I'm pretty sure you got it flipped. Non-gaming laptop, especially ultrabook was designed for longer battery life and more sleek & lighter design for business especially so it'll suit a student more than gaming laptop when it comes to anything OTHER than gaming itself
Buying a gaming laptops means you will always be stuck to an outlet though most colleges have outlets nearly everywhere. If battery is his main concern he will be better off buying a cheap laptop with economic power consumption and buy a gaming PC with the rest of the money
These days, it's not really about the raw performance of the laptop anymore. One of my main concerns is about repairability and that's one aspect that almost every laptop review never look at.
I think it needed a couple more eagle noises
I wish if i can afford half a laptop 🥲
You’re not alone🥲
not to be that guy but if you are an adult you should be able to afford around 1k
You can always start a line of credit to buy a new PC. Like, i did.
Matter of fact, i get to write off this entire PC build as a Business expense on taxes since i use my PC to make music for a living.. 5k ;)
@@owentharp6906 how do you know he's an adult?
@@magnus2111good point, but even a kid could save a few hundred bucks for a laptop (even with bad performance) I know a 13 year old who just saved up 2000 dollars with zero help from an adult, so I promise age is not significant, it is about work
I got a cheep laptop from Walmart and brought my PC with me to college. I know this won't work for everyone but this worked pretty good for me
I have a laptop and it preforms great for work, it’s the same gigabyte one mentioned in the vid.
gaming using laptop's keyboard should be a crime. unless your left hand is a heat repellant
yes even for typing.
You joined the military and sold your soul to the government, get it right 😂
He went to war with the Chinese gpu farmers😂
I’m joking btw thanks for your service
Thank you for your service! And your tech support, of course
get a desktop and get a cheep monitor it will be cheeper
But can you bring your desktop to your college?
@@Windows11Official thats what i said
Joined The Military And Fought For Freedom. Thank You For Your Service. 😁
🦅
PAY ATTENTION TO BATTERY LIFE.
A bunch of the students in my Mech Eng program have super thick gaming laptops. They’re constantly tethered to the wall and can’t draw circuits.
WE TURNING ON A VACUMM CLEANER ON OUR LECTURES WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥💀👌
I think it’s a little little hilarious so college students bring up their entire desktop alongside a laptop. Like you’re in college, you only need one computer in your apartment.
“And fought for freedom” 🤣 man knows what’s up!
Bro is a helldiver💀
As an IT professional who went to college for a few years, Buy a desktop only if you know you have space for it, If i could redo college again I'd bring a gaming laptop or an office laptop with thunderbolt and hook that up to an egpu and monitor/docking station so it can act like a desktop without the footprint, having two monitors is a game changer for any workload. Or use an ultrawide to allow for more screen real estate.
AR monitors are a great way to go now with low space requirements. Viture glasses with spacewalker, a quest 3 and Immersed or the upcoming Immersed Visor for 5 virtual fully customizable screens. Gamechanging.
Good advice, plus a descent bit of comedy! Well done! *FrEeDoM*
Bro the eagle 🦅 edit got me😂😂
Didn’t know you’d served, thank you for your service man!
Love your videos Zach ❤
I wanted to say thank you for serving our country and being a wonderful pc parts and electronics teacher (for free!).
I actually fucked up my gaming laptop in february. And now I have college next year and still can't choose pc or laptop. I love laptops but sometimes you need that extra juice
i was a college student and i grew up using a laptop throughout my school days. getting a job with a decent pay and being a computer enthusiast made me build my own pc and no regrets were ever made
Desktop:
Pros:
-it’s way more powerful
-rarely overheats
-upgradable
-swappable parts
-easily repairable
Cons:
-heavy
-requires keyboard and mouse as well as a monitor
-sometimes you may need to activate windows
-needs bios updates once in a while
Laptop:
Pros:
-lightweight and compact
-no need to buy a monitor or keyboard
-sometimes upgradable
-some models have touch screens
-bios updates are rare
Cons:
-overheats easily
-if the board is broken you’re screwed
-some have poor battery life
-built in bomb (battery)
pcs do not rarely overheat and it depends on the parts if they are more powerful. Also, which parts are hot swappable?
@@sudbtd Every USB device...
@@LilRedDog can do that with laptops too...
I have a beefy desktop and a $200 laptop. When I go out I just take the laptop and remote into my desktop to do work.
I hope I don’t have to hear a jet engine in my dorm room
If you're in CAD, a laptop's fine, and you don't even need to go all out. I could run some heavy multi-model 3D CAD off an 11th gen i5 and a 1650 with 16GB RAM.
Ahhh my 3d major is in game, 3d animation, and VFX computer graphics. We recommend minimally i7, or AMD equivalent, 32 gb ram, and a 40 series rtx card, and at least 1tb hard drive space. Mainly cause Maya, zbrush, unreal engine and unity all require a lot to render. Oh and a wacom intuos pro or other pen input tablet.
@@TinaNewtonArt At that point, college-provided PCs to work on when on campus would be better. I had to get a laptop because the fully rigged PCs provided were "professional workstations" (garbage)
Zack, i need a tiny pc that could travel with me anywhere.
Man I am so jealous of you. You are living the perfect life. Looking forward to be like you when I grow up.
Engineering student here, I like the zephyrus g14 for college. It has good battery, can run most games, and can do all my workload for school without breaking a sweat. I also have a macbook pro running parallel partitioning my system to run windows on my Mac.
Also don't forget the laptop allows you to do presentations because of its mobility while the desktop is going to sit in your room.
Salute to you good sir and thank you for your service
get a chromebook and a pc, you can easily remote control the pc with the cb too.
He said freedom😂
Bro really knows us ☠️
Also probably the biggest advantage of a laptop over desktop is the space it saves you for other things in your dorm
Speaking as a student and dad of 2 kids, bought a desktop in 2022 and absolutely love it till today, BUT with my bachelor thesis and a reduced space since kids, a gaming laptop came in very handy in terms of portability. Lenovo LOQ 15IRX9 with a 4060, deals most of the actual AAA titles pretty well in 1080p, great value for money (880€).
Depends on what you need, if your college work requires a lot of processing power like big data analysis or 3d modelling you need to put your budget on a laptop with high end cpu/gpu, if you don't need a lot of processing power and just use it for like writing documents then buy cheap laptop and use rest of your budget on gaming desktop. Also make sure your room rental is okay with that much addition of electricity consumption.
I got a decent laptop a few years ago when i left for college and I still use it. The main downside is that i will need to replace/upgrade it sooner rather than later. Definitely worth being able to take it on a plane so it can travel with me
My friend you are missing one point -
Portability - yes literally everyone carries their laptop or Mac with them to places, btw if you have a desktop you can’t take it everywhere 😅
Ah yes, "Fought for freedom"
I'd recommend the laptop as well for those who are going to college soon. Since from my own experience, having a PC will be ok but it's very annoying having to switch from using your phone to edit the file at campus and having to transfer it on my pc just to get things properly done.
And while it does give me a great gaming experience, when it comes to getting schoolwrok done, it's better to opt for the laptop since it's a mobile platform that you can carry basically everywhere and you can get things done faster than having to juggle between a pc and phone. I'm saving up for a laptop too since I can't bear with the problems brought about by having no laptop.
For college where you don’t only want to do work in your dorm, def get a laptop
For college i bought a cheap i5 laptop and it was the best decision i have ever made (without powerful gpu so i could focus on studying)
maybe somebody want to become homles after colege.So whay no?
And laptop is convenient when going to class or elsewhere, since i don't expect anyone to bring the desktop-monitor combo to each classes
Just a small matx case thats portable, you probably already have a mouse keyboard of some sort. So you only need a monitor, in which you should just get a 1080p 60hz or 120hz as i assume youd prefer it to be smooth over high resolution, and 27" is probably the max id go for portability, with 24" the best option. Then go for a 1080p matx build focusing on price to performance to get the most out of your choice for a desktop.
Oh, this response to all my questions, now i need one laptop for 3D animation
😂 I actually teach for a 3D animation major you want to check your major's tech requirement page. They usually list the minimum requirements for a laptop. Our major recommends a 40 series RTX cause we use unreal for the real time rendering, otherwise you would have to use a render farm.
@@TinaNewtonArt in the one i want to go they use Blender because free (I live in Chile btw)
I would definitely second getting a laptop. However, as someone who spent way too much money on a laptop back in college which overheated and died, I would urge you to consider what you will actually be doing on it for school work. If your school work consists of CAD modeling, photo and video processing, or other graphics-intensive tasks, spend the most you can and get a really nice high-end gaming laptop. I wouldn't skimp on the price, because otherwise you will be consistently pushing it to the limit. On the other hand, if your school work is mostly online and doesn't require graphics-intensive hardware, I would go with low-end to mid-range laptop for under $500. A mid-range laptop will still play some older games, but if you want more power, you will have the option to also get a desktop in the future.
situational honestly. i didnt really require a laptop for my course besides taking notes and such and i only played games in my room. i regret getting a gaming laptop because the battery is shit and its just unnecessarily heavy for what i needed it to do when im moving about. if i played it slightly smart, a better call looking back wouldve been a desktop with sime cheapo chromebook or tablet with a keyboard on it for notes for me personally; though you could argue about the problems with dragging the thing back and forth. but if ur doing anything that requires a laptop during lectures, get the laptop
I think how bad Ganon's recovery is really depends on his matchup's edgeguarding options. If someone doesn't have disjointed moves or projectiles to challenge him offstage they can fall into his up+b command grab fairly easily. His range for grabbing ledge also helps a lot. There are places he can recover from you'd absolutely never expect.
The recovery is still pretty bad but there's absolutely still mix-up potential if you're experienced with the character. I'd argue that dr.mario and chrom might have worse recoveries (maybe little Mac but I'm not convinced enough).
Thank you for your service, from one veteran to another
Do both. Get a decent mid-tier desktop and then buy a cheapo refurb laptop/macair/chromebook just to take notes and stuff. Otherwise, if you try to cram all that gaming performance in a laptop AND do schoolwork on it, ur gonna be lugging around that extra honkin weight everywhere. Keep in mind most of the time u will be carrying that big laptop around instead of something else.
Another thing people don't think about, laptops WILL get damaged or lost/stolen on you least once while at school. This happened to me a bunch of times, but I went to a big state school so maybe your mileage will vary. I would assume if you go to school for 4 years that you will need to replace your laptop at least once. So, probably don't blow your budget getting the best of the best. Also, most of your gaming is going to happen in your dorm/apartment anyway so most people really don't benefit from having a gaming laptop instead pf a desktop.
I went to school for 5 years and I had 2 different desktops (I didn't get the money for a nice one until year 2), but went through 4 laptops. Granted, this was during 2007-2012 and the age of the cheap netbook. I got thru my last 2 years on a pink dell intel atom netbook I got for $250 on the dell refurb site. You got chromebooks now tho which are kinda the same thing. I also see refurb m1 macairs for like $400/500 if you need something nicer with more power.
For college, go cheap as you reasonably can on a laptop and put the money saved into a decent desktop. You'll have a much better gaming experience, won't be lugging around the extra weight, will keep your schoolwork & gaming separate (important for ppl with ADHD like me), and you'll just get more bang for your buck.
Hats off for the moment when he said I fought for the freedom .
as an engineering student get a gaming laptop lol you need it for simulation work and cad work (i mean cad doesn't need high processing power but it's still better anyways)
Laptops can serve good purposes, and I have been a gaming laptop user/owner since 2014/2015. Most gaming laptops, even the ones starting at $600, provide more than enough for everything. Unless you get heavy into coding or other computer related tasks, a laptop is more than good enough.
Tbh the main thing to consider is portability because with a laptop you can take it to class
Laptop + gaming Desktop combo is killer cause that way playing is out of the way and better temps and laptop is portable and cool. That is max budget though for smaller budgets I would say laptop.
in college you def want a mobile computer. i’m bringing my desktop ive had forever but also buying a new laptop for school
As a college student, i could confirm choosing laptop is better, because sometimes you need to bring that laptop, and you can't do that with desktop PC, and if you need more screen size (like me as an software engineering) i use my TV as secondary monitor (save money 😅)
When I went to school nobody had a laptop....
I'm getting old........, but my brain still acts like it just got 15 years old.
I have a gaming laptop, I got Nvidia gtx 1660 ti and Intel core i7 9570h. It's carrying me for over 5 years now and still performing great with modern games.
Technically, you can do both but you gotta choose what to compromise on. People are always getting rid of laptops in the summer and getting new ones, you should be able to find an OK laptop for PURELY SCHOOLWORK, qnd then have a PC for gaming if you can afford that with a summer job
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Depends if you actually plan to use it outside of your room or just during the special occasions - then it's better to go for a desktop and improvise with your phone during those times
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Plus when youre in college youll probably be transporting it alot and the smaller functions will be much more important so i feel like if even for a budget one a laptop that can just play what you need it to would be fine until you can afford a pc down the road that gives way better performance.
some laptops even come with mice in the box, so if you are lucky no peripherals required
One thing you forgot about, a gmaing laptop will have only about 3 hours of battery life so you should just get a pc and maybe an m1 macbook or you could ditch the gaming and get a nice windows laptop with good battery life
You honestly don't need a mouse, the laptop's trackpad is actually surprisingly good for gaming, and some of them even come with an additional trackpoint you can set up with a different sensitivity and use as a joystick for longer and more fluid movements. I used to use a Lenovo ThinkPad for school and gaming, and I would find myself constantly defaulting back to the trackpad and trackpoint instead of my external mouse because they were more accurate and responsive than the mouse.
Truthfully it depends on the major he's taking. If he's CS, IT Laptops are more efficient and flexible he can use it at college which he will need to but if he's business, history or something else a PC will be a better bang for buck and he can buy a tablet of he wants to take notes digitally
At my college, we have these macs. I hate macOS so much. But before I started I got this ten core, 16gig ddr4 laptop. Windows 11.
I literally haven't logged on to a college computer in like, six months. So much nicer. Hot darn.
That also depends on major you're studying, too. Such major like business or management don't need anything pther than a Macbook or a office Windows laptop. Whereas majors which require more computing powers like engineering or multimedia will benefit from a higher end gaming laptop.
Also, ( this is my viewpoint ) student also tend to use their laptop all the way till they're started working in companies and the laptop still holds well
Also, for college, it is worth to get a portable battery pack. This has come in clutch SO many times when there are no outlets available.
If you're going to school, college in particular, get a gaming laptop unless you want a separate gaming desktop and everything-else laptop. You're basically required to have a laptop for most classes at this point
As a college student, you need a laptop. Makes it easier to just bring it around. Also helpful when you have a requirement or a deadline to pass that you can only submit onsite or to show your presentation etc
What did you do in the military? I was army, looking to get into PCs. Really love your channel.
I had $1000 set aside and put $300 towards a laptop and built a computer with the other $700
As a university student, I have a desktop for gaming and a 2in1 pc for school
Laptop for college 100%, but if you are big into gaming or have a decent chunk of change, get a cheaper laptop just for school work and get a solid desktop for games. Make sure you try to go for an axt build in a mid size case and dont go crazy with the monitor setup because you will want to be able to transport your setup safely when you go home for the summer, change dorm/apartment, or whatever else.
One of the best sides of a laptop is portability. My laptop is old and really weak (celsius h710) but I can take it anywhere. My desktop is a beast but it is housed by DIY expanded CM Elite 430- it measures 48x52x25cm and with all the parts inside it weights around 15 KG without counting the peripherals.