These are the current requirements for Matlab. I think the school would want to recommend a laptop that is likely to still fulfill the recommended specs in 2028-29. You can look at recommendations for previous years and try to project what that looks like. The processor and RAM suggestions seem right to me if you want to future-proof a laptop for four years.
You canāt headshot noobs in Matlab. Gonna need some computing power for that.
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Thereās this:
But if heās an engineering major and is going to be using Revit or any 3d modeling software youāre likely going to have to get near $1000 for a suitable machine.
This was kinda what I was thinking.
One part of the equation is that four years might be a long time to hope to future-proof a laptop against a 17 yo.
Maybe I need to call the dept and ask what specifics the specs are actually needed for.
Thanks for all the tips, folks.
As a reward, hereās a quick fun video of Dutch soccer fans in Germany yesterday
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How many high school girls will this engineering student be banging over the next 4 years?
Drop a note when you get more specs and Iāll help you find a suitable machine.
Thanks, bud!
The college seem fairly firm w the specs, so weāre going w that.
I found this for $900. Meets all the specs(+).
Thoughts? Or other recommendations?
The only issue with that one is the schools specs show 4gb memory for graphics which leads me to believe they really want a separate graphics processor rather than a built in graphics processor. Which makes sense if theyāre doing any 3d modeling.
I think this machine would do but youād have to add another 16gb of RAM. Looks like about $50 to add another 16gb of RAM but you may need to get 32gb depending on the amount of slots on the laptop:
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Again, tyty.
Great recommendation I have no doubt! An extra $50, or watevs, is nuttin to make aure he aināt short of anything.
Youāre tha man Fatboy!!
I donāt think the additional ram is available as an upgrade during the order on Dell, but I would put the order in and call them and see if they can do the upgrade before they ship it out.
Cool. Thanks again!
My beloved but pricey Sony WF-1000XM4 ANC earbuds have died, only a year and change after I bought them. Apparently this is not uncommon, so as great as they sound not about to buy another pair.
Any recs for a replacement?
Iāve had these Samsung ones for a year and a half and really like them.
Samsung Galaxy Buds-Live Active Noise-Cancelling Wireless Bluetooth 5.0 Earbuds (Mystic Black) https://a.co/d/cm7cM2T
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What about mesh routers? I have google mesh right now but I think theyāre kind of shit and seem to throttle connection speed randomly and randomly drop connection. Iām also going to try to use them to get Internet out to a building thatās 30-40 yards away from my house by putting one in each window.
I hate that cordless buds are now the norm and miss the style that had the cord around the back of your neck because those were harder to drop.
That said, Iāve had 3 in the past 5 years or so. I bought them in order.
Sony WIC100 (with the cord around the back of the neck). These are fine, but the cord is actually too long and tends to pull on the buds
Anker Soundcore buds, these were my first wireless buds and they were fine
Pixel Buds 1 (then lost the case) and Pixel Buds 2. The 2s are excellent and fixed some of the issues I had with the 1s
I think the Pixel Buds are nice but are more expensive than necessary for basic listening. Their noise canceling is great and theyāre sleek enough that they donāt have as much wind noise when riding a bike. Theyāre ~200 vs the Ankers that are ~50 iirc and were pretty good for that price.
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Can you run a cable out there and set up a wired access point? I looked into mesh systems for our new place and came across a lot of recommendations to try to cable it instead
I have an older TP-Link Deco mesh wireless setup in my house and itās been pretty flawless for the last few years. If I had to replace Iād buy it again, just a newer model than I have.
I can but itās going to be a pain in the ass. And I can somewhat pick up my network out there right now. So Iām thinking if I put another mesh point at the closest point in my house and one at the closest point in the building I might save myself the pain in the ass of drilling holes in the walls of my house and building and trenching a line through a stone lot.