Hello /g/.
In a month or so I'm going to start my first year of Computer Engineering and Communications at uni and I read that I need a notebook to run some programs, take notes and stuff like that.
I'm asking for experiences from people who studied/are studying CE: what kind of notebook would I need?
How much did you use it during your university career? What programs would I need to run on it? Also, I'm guessing Windows right?
At home I got a powerful desktop so I'd only use the notebook for university related stuff.
Thanks.
Anything with 2+GB ram ll work
>>61794116
Okay so pretty much anything will do right? I've read of people buying MacBooks that costed over 1000 euros and shit..
No one here that did CE has anything to share?
>>61794852
>/g/
>Actually studying CE
Oh boy seems like the newfag doesn't know /g/ is a bunch of brainless NEETS
>>61794883
Yea you're right, everyone here is either neet or studied CS
>>61794074
What the fuck is computer engineering and communications?
Anyways I did a BS in American CE not that funny foreign shit. Doing a MS in CE right now since my university offered a track for BS->MS.
Pick up any used business class notebook from dell or hp. Dell lattitude still working great right now for me. You won't need any crazy amount of power. I suggest you get comfortable with Linux though. Mostly used mine for design and programming.
Also please keep the tradition of shitting on CS majors going. Any chance you get shit on them. They are sub humans and deserve to be treated as such.
>>61794074
Computer Engineer here.
Some tips:
Only buy what you can afford. I bought a used thinkpad (t440s) and used my more powerful desktop in my room halfway down the line after my consumer/gaming laptop broke down. I'd recommend doing that, especially since after I did it, a dozen of my colleagues saw how efficient I was and copied me.
Buy a business laptop like a thinkpad or one of those HP ones. Durable as fuck, usually lightweight, better for typing. If you don't wanna spend the cash, get a good one off eBay or something. I upgraded my thinkpad with a 1080p screen, 12GB of ram, and the t450s trackpad. Regardless, anything that has a lot of parts available for when shit hits the fan is what you want.
Take notes using a regular pen and paper notebook. Trust me, it's easier and you'll learn more valuable skills, like keeping journals on the job, etc. If you're going to take notes with a computer, get a tablet with a stylus digitizer. You're going to draw a lot of diagrams and typing that just isn't feasible.
Dual-boot windows/Linux or run one in a VM on the other. I personally dual-booted, only because there were certain engineering programs that only had windows support. For programming, you're going to want to use Linux. Also, that's another set of skills you'll be able to master for the workplace. I mainly use Linux now.
I used stuff like code composer studio, modelsim/quartus for HDLs, visual studio, eagle for PCB design, MATLAB, and a few command line compilers. There are tons of other programs that I can't remember off the top of my head.
>>61795175
Fucking posted the same shit as me >>61795192
Are you sure we're not the same person? Also did a BS->MS track in CE
>>61795215
I'm not a gaymur like you.
Did you shit on any CS cucks today?
Did you almost kill yourself working in a class lab trying to help out subhuman CS cucks try to comprehend assembly language?
>>61794074
I'm starting 5th semester of bachelor in CE, after having done 6 semesters of SE, and I've just been using a cheap 8 GB x201.
>>61795192
>>61795192
another computer engineer here who got rich
buy a mac if you want one, they are actually really good computers. of course, all of the noobs on here will say "you can't do THAT on a mac". naturally, they're incorrect.
>>61794074
Dude anything with over 4GB is enough if you're gonna use it for school only
>>61795281
>>>61795215 (You)
>I'm not a gaymur like you.
I'm not a gaymur either
>Did you shit on any CS cucks today?
I never not shit on CS cucks
>Did you almost kill yourself working in a class lab trying to help out subhuman CS cucks try to comprehend assembly language?
No lie, I did. The course also taught Linux/C.
>>61795175
>What the fuck is computer engineering and communications?
They merged two courses because they're pretty similar (at least that's what they said); after the first three years you can choose if you want to specialize in hardware (CE) or communications. I'm not sure how common is that but that's how it works in this uni.
>Pick up any used business class notebook from dell or hp. Dell lattitude still working great right now for me. You won't need any crazy amount of power. I suggest you get comfortable with Linux though. Mostly used mine for design and programming.
Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. I am already comfortable with GNU/Linux since I worked with some servers and used to dual boot Arch with Windows but I was wondering why and when would I want to use GNU/Linux over Windows?
Is there some specific field where an OS is better than another, like maybe programming like the another anon said? Why?
>>61795192
>Buy a business laptop like a thinkpad or one of those HP ones. Durable as fuck, usually lightweight, better for typing. If you don't wanna spend the cash, get a good one off eBay or something. I upgraded my thinkpad with a 1080p screen, 12GB of ram, and the t450s trackpad. Regardless, anything that has a lot of parts available for when shit hits the fan is what you want.
Alright, I'm going to focus on business oriented notebooks with mid specs then, thanks.
>Take notes using a regular pen and paper notebook. Trust me, it's easier and you'll learn more valuable skills, like keeping journals on the job, etc. If you're going to take notes with a computer, get a tablet with a stylus digitizer. You're going to draw a lot of diagrams and typing that just isn't feasible.
I've read some people suggesting to learn how to use LaTeX to take notes, what do you think of that?
>>61795382
>I've read some people suggesting to learn how to use LaTeX to take notes, what do you think of that?
Like I said, typing shit is going to be too slow. If you want to transcribe your notes to LaTeX AFTER, be my guest. I personally used LaTeX for assignments and for my thesis.
>>61794074
I completed CE bachelors 2 years ago, and I can tell you from experience you need something with min 4gb of ram(get 8 if possible). CPU wise the new pentium or an i3 or higher. Most the work I did during the first year was all windows but after that most of it was just much easier on Linux, it might be different where you are just keep a VM handy just in case chances are you won't be doing anything big the first year anyways.
As for programs it depends on your uni but a general list would be : an ide , a circuit emulator , PLC software to name a few
>>61794074
You won't be doing anything intensive for at least the first two years.
I use mine daily, but my school provided them, so they're woven into the courses more.
If you use windows, make sure you have cygwin or another POSIX environment.
If you use GNU/Linux then prepare to make a windows or struggle with WINE to get the old professor's weird legacy software to work.