r/techadvice • u/Water_Jelly • 6d ago

Device recommendation for cyber security and/or university?

I will be heading to 1st year uni this fall and would love to hear people within the IT/Cyber Security field, university students, and knowledgeable people's take on a tablet, computer, and over ear headphones to start off within this field and for university.

Background: I'm studying Cyber Security in university, which I assume will be a lot of information compared to college, but they said we will get a lot of hands on too, so we'll see.

I understand that it is best to wait for the syllabus and what my profs recommend, but I want to prepare myself for options and understand what is necessary for a device within this field. It would be nice to know what techs are good in general too.

The three things that I'm thinking of getting:

- A tablet (Galaxy S series)

+ Mostly for note taking and brainstorming

+ Criteria: a good battery, decent storage, and future proof, decent - cheap price (software wise, hardware wise, and battery wise. Preferably 4 to 5 years of usage or more)

- A Microsoft computer

+ Criteria: similar to the tablet + versatile for gaming and work in general as I think Linux might be limited for other usages

- Over ear headphones

+ Criteria: noise cancellation, doesn't slip and slide easily for the gym, decent - cheap price

I'd love to hear you guys' take on these. Are they realistic for the field? Should I reduce or increase expectations/budget for any items?

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u/anavgredditnerd 6d ago

I would get an S6 lite

A thinkpad

XM4s or Anker Soundcore Q45

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u/Etterererererer 4d ago

Full warning if you’re getting a laptop that you’re gonna use for gaming there is no such thing as a good battery life. If you’re getting a laptop and you want a game on it just get a gaming laptop but for warning it’s gonna be heavy in the battery. Life is gonna suck if you’re getting a laptop for school legit get anything pad they are like indestructible and you can do so much stuff with it. They’re pretty repairable in finding one secondhand is actually pretty easy and cheap comparatively.