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I need a new laptop for next year since im going to uni. Im going to Loughborough to study Chemical engineering and i cant decide between mac and windows. What would be better for my course? and in genereal whats better?

Ive always been a PC user

You can pick up a DELL XPS15 6GB ram, i7 and 2GB graphics card for around £500 every so often.

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Reply 521

ru7lan

Original post by Oh my Ms. Coffey

You can pick up a DELL XPS15 6GB ram, i7 and 2GB graphics card for around £500 every so often.

wow thnx, thats a killer pc for an amazing price

Reply 522

Xenite

Original post by ru7lan

wow thnx, thats a killer pc for an amazing price

Indeed it is, but it's incredibly bulky.

I've got the XPS 15 (I think, might be 17) with i5, 6gig, 2gig graphics. SO heavy in comparison to others on the market. I'm planning on using it as a desktop and either get a tablet+keyboard or a much smaller (11in maybe) netbook for taking around campus.

Reply 523

ru7lan

Original post by Xenite

Yep I've seen the pictures online and the laptop looks big and ugly :tongue:

Reply 524

Xenite

Original post by ru7lan

Yep I've seen the pictures online and the laptop looks big and ugly :tongue:

Ugly? :O! Take that back!

Nah, you're right, it certainly isn't much of a looker... But it's not *that* bad :biggrin:

Reply 525

Oh my Ms. Coffey

If you want a laptop for looks get a Mac and sit there with a £1500 machine with specs that you could get for ~£400.

Reply 526

Txi

Hi,

not an applicant, at least not yet but on courses with a compulsory placement - does the dept. actually fix one up for you or do you do it yourself , in which what happens if you are unsuccessful ?

Reply 527

Xenite

Original post by Txi

I think it depends on the department.

For CS, we've been told that, when it comes to start of 2nd Year, we have to start applying ourselves to get a placement. The department has loads of links, though, and we will be able to get support and advice on where to look and how to approach potential placements. They made a big thing on our induction day about all the companies people have worked for, that LU now has links with and may be able to get repeat placements in future.

They also said that, should anything go wrong, they endeavour to sort it out with you. Apparently there was someone at an investment bank the other year which closed down within 2 weeks of him starting, but they managed to sort him out with another placement almost immediately. :smile:

Reply 528

DuskyC

Original post by Rachel_Leah

Hi everyone.
I'm currently in my first year studying English, if anyone has any questions. x

Hiya,

I have a question :smile:

I'm transferring into the second year of BA English at Loughborough this October from the Uni of Sheffield. I've been trying to find out how each year of the course is weighted on the website but can't see anything about it. Presumably first year doesn't count towards final classification - is it right that second year marks contribute one-third of final grade, and third year marks contribute two-thirds (so double weighted)?

Thanks! :smile:

Reply 529

Txi

Original post by Xenite

LOL,

Must have been a bit of a shocker - must not have gotten their bailout I guess.

Reply 530

vikkicrawsh

Original post by courtneywow

I'm hoping to study criminology and social policy :smile:

Ahhh awesome! I've only seen one other person doing our course at Loughborough - was starting to feel lonely surrounded by all the engineers and sciency people.

Reply 531

Village Whisper

Original post by vikkicrawsh

Ahhh awesome! I've only seen one other person doing our course at Loughborough - was starting to feel lonely surrounded by all the engineers and sciency people.

I'm not doing your course, but I know how you feel! I'm doing Fine Art, and I've only seen one other person doing the same course. There are soooo many sciency/engineer/maths people on here, I don't know where all the criminologists and artists are hiding :tongue:

Reply 532

courtneywow

Original post by vikkicrawsh

Ahhh awesome! I've only seen one other person doing our course at Loughborough - was starting to feel lonely surrounded by all the engineers and sciency people.

I know, I was starting to think I might be taking the course on my own hahah

Reply 533

glaand26

So, who's applied for accomodation and where?!

I'm doing Sports and Exercise Science by the way. Oh and I'm currently in my second gap year, if you want to call it a gap year, it's more like a doss :P But I have been working to earn some much needed cash before blowing it all at uni, eh? :smile:

Andy

Reply 534

courtneywow

I'm having a really hard time deciding between Bill mo and robert bakewell. They seem pretty similar in terms of facilities etc, but bill mo is outside the campus only just, so i'm worried this may feel a bit separated from the rest of the halls, however it's really close to the student union which is a definite plus.

Robert bakewell seems great but it's just so far away, literally the other side of campus and i'm thinking maybe people who aren't particularly bothered about going out might decide to stay there since it's also close to all the sciency/engineering buildings.

The buildings for social sciences are more towards the student union which again is a plus for bill mo. However I've heard that the atmosphere isn't as good as it used to be there as more and more people are staying there who aren't the party type. Not that there's anything wrong with this i'm just concerned about not having people to go out with etc. As you can tell i'm stressing out hahah

Reply 535

AeroLB

I put Lboro as my insurance a few weeks ago, should I be expecting a confirmation or any literature soon?

Reply 536

ru7lan

I just got a place at bakewell since I'm an unconditional student. I think it's not a problem with going out since bakewell is situated in the 'student area' I.e where most of the accommodation is so I don't think there will be a problem

P.S and yes I'm an engineering student :tongue:

Reply 537

courtneywow

good point, might have to purchase a bike if I end up there though XD