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The original thread I posted.
Basically trying to decide if it's worth bringing the desktop to residence.
Any advice or opinions?
You couldn't ask this in that thread?
I did, but someone mentioned this section of the forums. So here I am.
Depends. In my experience, dorm rooms get hugely dusty. So if your case is already a dust magnet, probably not. Also if you're a fairly social person, you'll probably be too busy at uni to do anything as intensive as a desktop requires. If you can do some light gaming on your laptop, then don't bother with the desktop.
Also, if you need the computing power, learn to ssh back to your desktop (which would be at home) and give it tasks remotely. Then just copy the finished work back to school over a VPN or something similar.
So unless you're like me and you have no friends and you never go out and DO anything, not really. It's just another thing you're going to have to haul back home at the end of the semester.
If you're going to school with a dorm, most-likely you won't have the space for a full deaktop PC... so to fill your needs, I'd get a "Desktop replacement" laptop if I were you. Something with a good graphics card, lots of HDD space, and at least 4GB of RAM. Dual-core CPU minimum.
MacBook for the 6hour+ battery and get final cut for editing.
I was debating on this, to keep my desktop PC that can run nearly every game out on max bar a few or go for a mid range laptop. Laptops are horrendously ovepriced for the shit you get.
Depends on your budget and how much power you want.
Lower money spent is preferable. My dorm room is actually slightly larger than my actual room that I use right now, which is able to house my desktop, so space isn't the problem it's mainly the fact that I'll have to physically move 50 pounds of metal and plastic over a great distance.
In my personal opinion getting a relatively inexpensive mid-range AMD quad-core computer and an inexpensive netbook with a long battery life is better than blowing your money on an expensive laptop or an expensive desktop
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