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Stuck between two laptops!! Help me!!

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BreadFish
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I was looking to get a new laptop for Robotic engineering/designing and i found two that i really like and i was just seeing if anybody had any tips on which laptop would help me out in the long run. Please help!!

ATIV Book 8 (15.6" LED Full HD Touch)
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Series 5 (17.3" LED HD+)

Nov 29 2013 11:57PM
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slt.shred
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Macbook Pro
Nov 29 2013 11:59PM
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.Duncan.
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I would get the 15" based off the size because I use a laptop for portability and 17" is pretty big to carry around campus every day. If you think you want to watch/edit a lot of media or play games I think the 17" is better based off the graphics card but I don't really know that much about the technical specs of computers.
Nov 30 2013 12:07AM
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eheath
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Those two computers are completely different.

The 17" is like a mid level computer (1600x900 17" screen? puke. gtx 630m bleh)

The 15" is higher end, nice graphics and screen but still only has a 5400rmp HDD


I'd say look for something with a decent graphics card (maybe inbetween what you're looking) and something with a SSD if you can.
Nov 30 2013 12:15AM
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GayWolf420
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was hoping OP was literally stuck in between two laptops
Nov 30 2013 12:18AM
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JORMUNGAND
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I was hoping for this as well
Nov 30 2013 12:28AM
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The.Doctor
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In honesty, neither. For laptops I'd totally recommend an hp envy 17.3 2.3ghz 4700mq quad core.
Nvidia Geforce 740m switchable graphics. Totally flawless laptop for the same price at the two you're caught on.
Nov 30 2013 12:43AM
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123+ski
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if you want it for robotic engineering, look for a workstation graphics card. Robotics typically is a combination of mechanical and electrical engineering, and the workstation cards are very useful for parametric modeling and finite element analysis. Also, don't get a 17", 15" is already a pretty big laptop, and if you want the screen space, just get an external monitor.
Nov 30 2013 2:20AM
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