Good laptop for a double major?

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<p>Hi, I've picked about 4-5 laptops that I'm thinking about getting and they would be: either the Macbook, Macbook Pro, Sony Vaio, Asus or Toshiba. But I'm not sure which would be best for my needs. </p>

<p>I have decided on taking a double major with a (possible) minor, I haven't fully decided on which one, but these are what it came down to, so I'll need a computer that will help no matter which ones I choose to have.But, I've still decided to say that I'm undecided so I can test out other class majors. So, I'll need something that can handle both digital photography/graphic design classes, and papers that will last me for a while. The most I'm willing to pay is 1,700-2,000 (just because I'm willing to spend that much, doesn't mean I will, I'm just saying the highest I'll go with a laptop).</p>

<p>1st major: Biology (mainy for Animal science, and/or Wildlife science), or Integrated media
2nd possible major: French, Spanish, Forensic science, Graphic Design, Marine science, or Integrated media </p>

<p>I've looked at some of the classes that I want to take and based on those, I need a laptop that would work well for the mixture of them. I'm not going to get a desktop and laptop both, I'm only choosing a laptop.</p>

<p>I plan on taking some digital photography classes, environmental science class, a graphic design class, an audio production class, english, history, math and science classes. Pretty much my workload would be spilt in half (half graphics, and half papers rough estimate though), so with that in mind, which would be better do you think? Though, I'll obivously be listening to my music, podcasts (mainly on how to speak japanese), etc, on Itunes, going on the internet and running at least 4 applications at once (maybe more, I'm not sure). I also would prefer at least 3 hours or more of battery life for it.</p>

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<p>Sorry for the double post, but I’m not sure if this is even nessasary to help with the laptop that I should get, but I will have a lab with some of the classes.</p>

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<p>Definitely get a MacBook Pro. Not only is mac os a superior operating system, if you need to run the occasional windows program you can use a free app called “bootcamp” or a paid app called “parallels”. Oh yea, the mac app store is AMAZING. it’s like the iPhones app store, but better.</p>

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<p>Why would you need a different laptop for a double major than the laptop you would use if you only majored in one thing? Doesn’t it matter more what you are majoring in than how many majors you have?</p>

<p>I agree that Macbook Pro would be good for this. So would a number of pc alternatives.</p>

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<h1>Why would you need a different laptop for a double major than the laptop you would use if you only majored in one thing? Doesn’t it matter more what you are majoring in than how many majors you have?</h1>

<p>I wanted to know because I’m buying one new laptop, and I know that some are better for workload, and one is better for graphics. I put a double major because both of them are different, since I know that I’m going to have one major that is about graphic using, and the other major I’m doing is probably going to involve papers; I wanted to know in the long run which could handle both pretty well and last for at least 4 years.
I listed the major since I wasn’t sure if it was nessasary to know or not, and I apologize if I misunderstood your question or not.</p>

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<p>I don’t think being a double major matters in purchasing a laptop. If you’re doing something with media, Macs are more popular for that.</p>