SCI Laptop thread

Got a Toshiba Satellite S55-B

It's pretty good but it might aswell be an anime and porn watching machine.

Qwerty keyboard and OptiMouse compatible. Anything with 513mb RAM and a 2 GB Hd should do. Like, $500, nuttin fancy

>513mb RAM
That's oddly specific

>get any shitty $500 laptop
that's a poor investment imo
for $500 you can get amazing used laptops

this.

Unless you have specific requirements, all you need is a functional computer that allows you to read and write.

A good screen and battery life is a plus.

>used laptops
Enjoy your irremovable cum stains and pubes inside the keyboard and chassis.
Also enjoy subpar reliability and ugly old computers.

>I don't know how to clean things
>I don't know how to shop for good computers
>Muh ugly muh feels

IdeaPad 100s it's literally 200 bucks

literally macbooks

One that connects to the internet. I use a netbook. No way I can am simulations on a laptop, that's for my workstation.

Any hp, fell, or Lenovo business laptop. I like ThinkPad and hp elitebooks. Dell has a good line too. Avoid all consumer laptops, all are trash. Acer is garbage. Toshiba is barely passable.

You think you cant study stem without knowing notebooks specs?

jesus christ no, you can get a MILES better T420 or T430 for 200 bucks. don't buy shit like that, christ

used thinkpad on ebay

you can pick up a T/R60-era one for like seventy bucks if you're lucky, and the core2duo is still plenty good enough for what you need

durable, well-built, parts and refurb machines are widely available because lots of businesses issue them to employees then sell off the old ones

The lenovo ones are good cost/value since they have no fancy stuff and they are generally built for business needs I guess. The MacBooks are highly overpriced for anyone who has knowledge or time or interest to put work into their system, since Windows is barely as hard and Linux can be really safe and versatile, but for anyone who just wants to open their laptop and have a good looking work environment that works almost everywhere, and a thousand and a half dollars to spare, the MacBook is the easiest option. It's like why do you buy an expensive knife, because you expect it to be good, it doesn't mean it is but you don't want to sharpen your knife before using it if you're not a chef. Something like that. So for students I wouldn't recommend a mac

They're easier to modify too, from what I have seen. So you can turn it into something that can rekt consumer grade laptops

Anyone got a good idea about the Asus laptops (don't base it off the expensive addons, just the quality, I'm looking at one for 800, the ROG one)

I don't think Asus laptops are good. For $800 you can probably get something quite nice. Ask on the thinkpad thread on /g/

>gaming laptops

It's a deal on one of the higher priced ones, here are the specs that matter. I'm going to use it for a bit of gaming and the GPU seems like bait. Still not worth it? Or do think pads have good gaming ability too (good GPU)?

Don't know much about laptops at all desu, I've only ever dealt with building desktops.

I own a laptop just like that. It's heavy and hot and a pain in the ass to carry around. I wish I bought a cheap thinkpad and built myself a decent desktop.

The thing is the "use money to pay for a desktop" isn't really an option because I wouldn't make any meaningful changes on my desktop. Is there an equally priced equivalent that youd suggest? ~800 is budget anyway