Is Lenovo Yoga 2 13 A Good Laptop For Computer Engineering Students

Is Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 13 good for engineering student?

I am looking to get a new computer for college. The Lenovo yoga 13 catches my eye because of the convertibility, light size, and 256 GB SSD. It has an Core i7-3537U processor, intel HD 4000 graphics, and 8 GB of RAM. Although it seems like a wonderful laptop/tablet, I am worried it might not be up to the task of programs I am going to be using often in the long run, such as Autocad, Matlab and Solidworks. Also I often use Google Earth. I will not be doing much gaming.

Will the yoga 13 be up to task to last me through college?

Which laptop is better for an engineering student? Lenovo y50 or Lenovo yoga 2 pro?

Yoga is great for notes, especially if you use "one note."

If you do any gaming the yoga will be slightly disappointing but will manage will less graphics intensive games. The Y50 is absolutely capable of running modern games on low to medium (maybe high) depending on high resolution.

If you're a design, civil, or mechanical engineering student both will run all you CAD and MATLAB programs just fine. I'm considering the same two for my next laptop. I'm thinking of doing the yoga pro 2 bc only game I play is kerbal space program.

Have fun engineering school is awesome.

What is the best laptop for computer engineering students?

Hey guys, I am currently attending at a community college and after 6 months I'll be going to a grad school to take my computer engineering major. I've been doing a research lately on what laptop should I get and still I'm an undeceided yet. I prefer Windows rather than Mac just because I am already used to it. I am still not familiar though what programs we will be using once I got into university. Can you suggest some particular laptops that I should buy or better yet, the specs I need for my laptop. Right now, I have a budget of $1000.

Things to consider, (please feel free to advise me):

-portability
-screen size is no larger than 15"
-good processor
-RAM
-decent battery
-good graphics
-memory

Note: If I missed something, please feel free to suggest.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

What is the best laptop for engineering students?

Please, please, PLEASE do yourself a favor and never buy an HP.
I'm going crazy right now cause the fan won't stop spinning and making noise. I am very knowledgeable with computers. Even at 34 C, which is pretty cool for a Core 2 T7500 the fan is loud as #@!$

The build quality is also absolutely horrendous compared to the new Dells.

Its all about the stuff you pick to put in your laptop. I'm not sure why your favorites right now include the HPs, but in general, I would advise against the current tablets, the screens are too small and aren't that great of a quality. Macbooks are nice and are built well, but they are like you said, very expensive.

Try to find a deal on IBM thinkpads if you can. Those things are built like tanks, they literally don't break unless you really wanted to break them. A Dell Studio or Latitude (from their business line) would be my second choice. Toshiba also seems to be making well built laptops.

The best thing you could do is go to your tech store and play with and feel the selection of laptops. In my opinion, the less hard plastic, the better.
Oh, and please don't get an HP
they SUCK

Best laptop for an engineering student?

I'm a comptuer engineer

I personally use an HP. I really like it.
Many of my friends also have Lenovo computers as well.

I would highly recommend either Lenovo or HP computers. Dell's seem to be a little cheap on the build quality.

Here are things to look for in all computers:
High Ram: I would recommend 4GB, but that requires 64bit operating system to take full effect
Nice Storage: Depending on what you do, get at least 250GB, more if it is cheap :D
Good Processor: Get the Intel Core 2 Duo series, and I would use one that is at least 2.4GHz. They have good battery life. Avoid AMD in laptops.
Graphics: Try to get something better than a simple integrated chipset. Try to get one with some dedicated memory. At least 128MB dedicated, 256 better, but costly. Be wary that companies will say ___MB memory available. IF this is a high number it's a trick cause this means it is sharing the normal RAM of your computer which is slow and not as good as dedicated graphics ram. I personally like nVidia cards
Monitor: I like 15.4" going to the 17" makes your computer a monster and really heavy and no longer a use of a "portable" computer in my opinion.

For ppl bringing up CAD and stuff... your school may offer a discount/free version for you.. if not you will be using it in computer lab mostly like my friends do. also, as a systems eng... i'm not sure how often you need it. as a Comp Eng i have never used CAD once. It's more for Mechanical Eng and Civil, etc.

Also, HP offers student pricing plan. call a sales rep and they can sign you up.

Good laptop for college students?

I second the Chromebook. I have been using it about a year now and it's worked out great for me. If you only plan on using it for internet and typing it's perfect. It's cheap, light weight and should last you through all of college.

I have a samsung chromebook and use it exclusively. HIGHLY recommended. I can run blackboard and my school's portal with it. The only thing you may need to get used to is the exclusivity of google products. I previously had a samsung tablet, therefore am very familiar with google docs and drive as well as presentation and sheets.

You can use a USB to keep files but I usually just keep it all on drive and when I need to email assignments, they are easily downloaded as a word, pdf or rich text document