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wombatman · 04-09-2007, 09:54 PM

I'm headed off to grad school at Notre Dame, and I'd like to have a laptop to go along with my desktop for when I'm researching in the lab. I'm doing chemical engineering, so the basic needs should really be an ability to run mathematically intensive programs like MathCAD, Matlab, Maple, etc. A long battery life would also be nice to have so I don't have to make sure it's plugged in everywhere I go. A final nice bonus (but certainly not required) would be an ability to play some games for when I have downtime in the lab.

I'm not partial to any brand name for any of this. Price range is not set (thanks mom and dad!), but I'd like to keep it reasonable-let's say $2000, with an absolute max of $2500. Thanks.

04-09-2007, 09:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
wombatman Insane	Laptop Recommendation I'm headed off to grad school at Notre Dame, and I'd like to have a laptop to go along with my desktop for when I'm researching in the lab. I'm doing chemical engineering, so the basic needs should really be an ability to run mathematically intensive programs like MathCAD, Matlab, Maple, etc. A long battery life would also be nice to have so I don't have to make sure it's plugged in everywhere I go. A final nice bonus (but certainly not required) would be an ability to play some games for when I have downtime in the lab. I'm not partial to any brand name for any of this. Price range is not set (thanks mom and dad!), but I'd like to keep it reasonable-let's say $2000, with an absolute max of $2500. Thanks.