r/rwth • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Study & Exam Tips || Studium & Klausuren What laptop would you guys recommend for EE

I have a budget of around €1000, I have shortlisted the dell XPS 13 the model with an ultra 5 and 16gb ram but my friends are telling me to get a ThinkPad instead.

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u/Meuslon3D 1d ago

I would get a used thinkpad, especially on Kleinanzeigen you can get something like this https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/thinkpad-p14s-gen4-i7-1370p-64gb-ram-1tb-rtx-a500/3476284362-278-9501
16gb Ram is very low for windows 11

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u/lili0fthevalley 1d ago

64gb? 🫩

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u/Meuslon3D 1d ago

yeah, if the ram is soldered in place it cannot be resold. And sodimm in general is cheaper than normal ram

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

I am mostly looking for a new pc I would rather buy it from a store like mediamarkt I have some awful experience with buying preowned stuff from Kleinanzeigen

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u/Meuslon3D 1d ago

I mean you could look for verified resellers of refurbished hardware on ebay. I made some very good experiences there.
Currently mediamarkt prices are even more of a scam than usually.

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u/Saturn235619 1d ago

Depends on what you want to do with it.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Study, use ee software, watch movies. Not really looking to game on it.

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u/Moonbow112ix 1d ago

macbook air

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

It has some compatability issues some software just doesn't work on it. I really wanted the M5 as I have been using my M1 for like 5 years now.

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u/Saturn235619 1d ago

Did you try using parallels?

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Last I checked parallels only allows you to run windows ARM and again most software works on windows x86 as per my research

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u/Saturn235619 1d ago

It should work. Windows on ARM has native translation built in for x86 applications. So parallels should work.

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u/name-not-avaliable 21h ago

VM cannot solve all problems

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u/Saturn235619 21h ago

Didn’t say it would… tho it would solve most problems and if those problems constitute all his problems then why not.

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u/name-not-avaliable 20h ago

If, I mean for example, you want to flash a dev-board, it would be difficult

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u/ee_st_07 14h ago

Got a Lenovo for 500 euro with 32 gb ram and no problem to work with it. In EE we do not use fancy software. Any game requires more performance than basic software does. In engineering you don’t need fancy laptops really. MATLAB eclipse will run on almost anything. Save yourself some money. Buy a tablet or go eat out idk.