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gabbar says

Any comments about this laptop for freshman in college of engineering?

16 GB is plenty, I'm on a computer that has 32 GB, is a desktop, and I commonly run 3 virtual machines on top of it - meaning I run 4 operating systems at the same time.

I also have an i7, it's now ANCIENT, but it's "good enough".

I'm an engineer, this is plenty for me. It was overkill when I bought it, and it cost me about $1,000 to build.

The most important thing is how much MEMORY it has, you want a minimum of 8GB. Disk storage, whatever, but 1TB is plenty. It's a fine computer, although personally I wouldn't want Windows on it, but I'm a freak engineer. That laptop should be able to comfortably run VirtualBox is they want to run Linux.

It's a fine machine based on the specs, if you're satisfied with the price I'd say go for it.

Tenpoundbass says

t's 2012 specs with an updated UHD display.
Get a Solid State drive, SSHD is a hybrid, still has a spindle.

So its a 10 year build? How did you identify its age? And no, I don't want a hybrid drive.

Tenpoundbass says

In summary they are all shit, and have all had their golden years, when one over the other reigned supreme.
I would go with the Lenovo, that's what I would get if I were to buy a new Laptop. I know that the other brands had their day, but that day is in the past.

Lenovo gets the most votes on this post. Thank you.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/05/lenovo-tumbles-after-report-about-alleged-chinese-spy-chips.html

Lenovo shares tumble following report about alleged Chinese spy chips

Ultra_FJB says

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/05/lenovo-tumbles-after-report-about-alleged-chinese-spy-chips.html

Lenovo shares tumble following report about alleged Chinese spy chips

This is always a possibility when you outsource to a different country with its own self interest. Maybe it is even legit in the business world.