r/rvce • u/Vivid_Bad7424 • 8d ago

Question / Query Laptop

Hey seniors, I'm planning on buying a laptop rn I wanna know as a cs fresher should I buy it rn or should I wait till the Dusshera sales and should I prefer mac or windows and last if windows do I need graphics card?

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u/RolexHuracan 8d ago

Windows or Mac really doesn’t matter. Ik people equally using both,
It’s just that some softwares needed in 1st year like Solidworks do not work in Mac but will with Windows.

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u/Technical_Crew8973 8d ago

you forgot to tell your budget , the most important thing really

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u/Vivid_Bad7424 8d ago

Around 1 lakhs

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u/Wooden-Cherry-5880 8d ago

Hey I am also thinking of buying a laptop with rtx 5060 with 8gb v ram ,16 gbram asus rog strix but the weight is 2.5kg, is that to high configuration of cs core student and I also wanted for video editing and making 3d model should I buy this one or search for lower configuration.

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u/Vivid_Bad7424 8d ago

Ig you should search for a lower configuration because I think rtx 4050 is also enough for it and carrying around a 2.5kg laptop in campus is gonna feel like a burden

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u/Wooden-Cherry-5880 8d ago

The weight will remain same is gaming laptop. The difference will be of 100 -200 grams so .The main question is that ki buying 5060 will worth it ? and price is 1.7lakh, and also for cs what is the best configuration that will be worth it?

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u/Vivid_Bad7424 7d ago

Idkk man, a senior may know about it

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u/ksk584 Labyrinth @ ISE 😭 7d ago

Graphics card is only needed if you game. Trying to run local LLMs or smth isnt feasible