I would like to buy a laptop for studying computer science, which one can you recommend?
Either a ThinkPad or a MacBook Pro 16 ", preferably with an Intel processor
But isn't it bad to buy a macbook now as you will specialize in poor in the future?
No, since you are studying computer science, an mbp is interesting because you can develop for any platform provided you have an Intel. So far it is not yet possible to run a silicon Windows. Furthermore, there's reportedly a hard wear and tear on the ssd hard drives at the silicons. You can google it and find out.
Last but not least, you have at least 5 years of guaranteed peace at Apple, but in practice it will usually be significantly longer.
In any case, it extends from now to master.
Okay, thank you very much… And what do you actually think of thinkpad x1 convertibles… Do you also use the pen in computer science studies or is it just more expensive and unnecessary?
+ one more question are there all programs for Mac that you need to study computer science?
No, since you are studying computer science, an mbp is interesting because you can develop for any platform provided you have an Intel.
You can do this with any other laptop too,
even without an Intel processor.
And since students tend to want to save money anyway, Apple is generally a bad choice.
As always: Before you give a recommendation, you should first collect the requirements:
Budget?
What software do you use in your studies?
Preferences WIN vs. MAC vs. Linux?
You can't do that… You can't install macOS on every computer and if you want to design software for Macs then you need a Mac too.
As an alternative, I showed him the ThinkPad on which you can install Linux and so a lot is possible again.
I would like to buy a laptop for studying computer science, which one can you recommend?
The exact requirements for the device on your part and the budget would be nice.
The course itself (with the possible exception of a few modules) does not need high-performance hardware. At our university, used (refurbished) Thinkpads, for example, are very popular in the IT sector because they are durable and inexpensive
Hm… I used an iPad with a pencil during my studies, which is nice because you don't have any paperwork. I'm a person who tends to be messy and so it was a super clean solution for me and that with the pen worked well.
In the beginning I used Linux and later the mbp.
You can also install all the software you need for your studies on your Mac. Regardless of whether you use the in-house Apple things, e.g. Xcode or intellij or visual studio from Microsoft. Everything runs on the Mac and that much easier and more user-friendly than with other things.
The budget is unlimited. I would like to have 16 gig RAM i7 11th gen or ryzen 7 and still have a good battery life with a very good display but not a 4k.
I would also like to have a new device
Even if there's a relatively large selection that applies to it, I personally recommend Thinkpads, there are also new ones with the requirements
As business devices, the T models in particular have a very good build quality, keyboard and display
When it comes to operating systems, I'm open to everything, which software I need, I don't know yet, and I would also like to know whether all the software I need would run on a Mac, if that were your recommendation. My budget is unlimited.
Many Thanks.
So would you say you are a bit dependent on handwritten notes so that an MBp ipad combination or convertible would not be a bad idea?
One more small side note. You don't need an Apple Penicil. If you only need it for the university and take notes, a no name for 30 euro will do it too.
The Apple pencil is priced in my opinion usury. If you draw halfway professionally, however, it can be worth considering but ONLY for university stuff, i.e. For writing, I can't recommend it
You don't necessarily have to rely on handwritten notes. The question is always what kind of person you are. We usually had all the important topics in the scripts. You didn't have to write a lot in the traditional sense. But mathematics in particular is a subject, and at the beginning I scribbled blocks full of formulas and calculations because it was just a huge amount. I constantly had to buy new blocks and got bogged down in my own documents. In my particular case, the iPad was the solution because I could do endlessly long calculations with the pen and the iPad. I had them in a folder and I also created a formula collection and printed it out if necessary because we were allowed to take our own formula collections with us to the exam. But if you get along well with the classic pen and paper method, you don't really need something like that.
You can't do that… You can't install macOS on every computer and if you want to design software for Macs then you need a Mac too.
This is complete nonsense. (not installing, but that is also irrelevant)
You can program software for Macs on any computer, it doesn't have to be done on a Mac.
I don't know if that was the case years ago and your info is simply out of date,
in this day and age it is definitely wrong.
Example: The Unity development platform enables cross-system programming, regardless of whether Android, IOS, Windoof, Linux or Mac.
Even better → Java is completely platform independent.
A program developed in Java runs on any system that supports Java.
This also includes the Macs.
And when it comes to testing a program,
you can still "simply" install the MacOS on a virtual machine
