Laptop with a budget of around £1500

Hi, I am hoping to start uni next year doing a mechanical engineering degree, and was wondering what kind of laptop I will be needing

Reply 1

Doones

Original post by MazMan

Hi, I am hoping to start uni next year doing a mechanical engineering degree, and was wondering what kind of laptop I will be needing

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3491215

Reply 2

BlackSweetness

Check out the dell xps 15 or the Asus zenbook'
There on my list of possible laptops

Reply 3

bigboateng_

for £1500 I'd get a kick ass PC with a ~500£ laptop

Reply 4

hihihihihi

15 inch retina MB, bootcamp windows for Matlab, CAD, Ansys

Reply 5

Alexion

If I was going to spend that much on a laptop, I'd roll with this majestic beauty :cute:

Reply 6

BlackSweetness

Original post by bigboateng_

for £1500 I'd get a kick ass PC with a ~500£ laptop

Whats the point of taking a gaming pc to uni!

Reply 7

bigboateng_

Original post by BlackSweetness

Whats the point of taking a gaming pc to uni!

I didn't mention gaming pc?

Reply 8

somemightsay888

Original post by bigboateng_

for £1500 I'd get a kick ass PC with a ~500£ laptop

Yep OP, this is the way to go. Wish I'd done the same instead, you can get quality PC's for under £600.

With your budget though, there are only a tiny handful of Laptops out of you reach, may as well buy the best specced one you can find.

PC Specialist have good options for configuring your own, make your own spec here :smile:

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/laptops/

Reply 9

uberteknik

Original post by bigboateng_

for £1500 I'd get a kick ass PC with a ~500£ laptop

If the guy's got £1500 to spend on a laptop and doesn't know what to get, I'd say he is too dumb to own a calculator.

Note to OP: High-end laptop =/= pussy magnet.

Reply 10

CrawfordDave

Original post by MazMan

Hi, I am hoping to start uni next year doing a mechanical engineering degree, and was wondering what kind of laptop I will be needing

with £1500 budget you might as well get a decent PC for around £5-600 and keep it in your room at uni and then just get a tablet to take to lectures - any tablet that has wifi and a word processor will do.

then again you don't actually need a laptop or pc for uni as you can just use the universities facilities - that way you can spend the money on something else