Recommend a Computer for Pre-Med & Medical School?

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<p>What computer would you guys recommend for Pre-Med w/ Biomedical Engineering and Medical School (total of about 8 years of use). Budget is $3,500. I have only used PCs until now, don't really know anything about macs. Most important to me would have to be mobility, speed, and durability.</p>

<p>Thanks,
Steve</p>

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<p>Well, if you want small yet powerful PCs with an SSD and HDD and Windows 7 Pro and a large resolution, choose the Sony VAIO Z series laptops. They are 13.1 inch however.</p>

<p>[Newegg.com</a> - VAIO Z](<a href=“Are you a human?”>Are you a human?)</p>

<p>Here’s another laptop that’s $2000 but only weighs 6 pounds, has 5 hours of battery life, really high resolution, and a good graphics card. Powerful but could be false advertising.</p>

<p>[Newegg.com</a> - ThinkPad W Series W510(4319-2RU) NoteBook Intel Core i7 820QM(1.73GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M](<a href=“Are you a human?”>Are you a human?)</p>

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<p>I’ve never heard of a pc that lasts 8 years ( pre med & med school). However, I do know that macs last longer than PC’s. One of my teachers has had his Ibook for about 7 years. If you have 3k to spend on a computer, I would recommend getting a Macbook pro , It doesn’t take longer than a week to get used to it.</p>

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<p>@matrix123
My PCs last an incredibly long time. You “know that macs last longer than PC’s” exactly how? I’m not bashing Macs, and I mean no offense, but this is just plain false.</p>

<p>If you were really looking for a Mac v PC conversation, try here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-computers/1004813-bad-idea-transition-pc-macbook-my-first-year-college.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-computers/1004813-bad-idea-transition-pc-macbook-my-first-year-college.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Anyways, OP, stick with whatever you’re already used to, as there is no reason to switch over these days. And unless you’re an extreme gamer, all of $3500 might be hard to spend.
I suggest looking through [Newegg.com</a> - Laptops, Notebooks, Cheap Laptops, HP Notebooks, Toshiba Laptops, Laptop, HP Laptop, Notebook Computers](<a href=“Are you a human?”>Are you a human?)</p>

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<p>Newegg and TigerDirect are two of the top places to browse if you’d like to have a powerful machine at a good price. I definitely wouldn’t spend a huge bundle on a computer in hopes that it will last eight years. The computer technology industry makes improvements daily and your system will probably be out of date within just a few years. You can customize a Sony Vaio to have 4GB RAM, 500GB 5400RPM HDD, and just download AVG rather than paying for Norton (Norton is garbage anyways) for $799. That will get you through a number of years easily.</p>