I am needing a laptop for college because I have a blended class, do you think this one would work?
897625
the Dell M5030 is a terrible machine. read reviews, they all break. mine only lasted a year before the motherboard burnt out. buy HP for laptops, much better
897626
It depends brother, what do have to do? Do you have to work with much programs? Is a good laptop, for me is great, but I don't work with ten programs, I work only with basic programs and E-views
897627
I wouldn't recommend it. It seems like a good laptop but I had problems with it. After a week, it simply stopped working. After looking into it, this particular model is just faulty and is known to just stop working. Several people on different forums including the Dell forums have had the problem with it ceasing to function. Personally, your better off investing your time into another laptop. The one I am using current is from PC Richards and I was able to purchase it for around $350. Just look around at different places and im sure you can find something to suit your needs.
897628
Is a pretty good computer. As long as you are not having to do any video editing or gaming it is a good model.
897629
Yes it would. I bought this laptop to use while my office laptop was being repaired. I am now looking to sell this laptop. Would you like to buy it from me? I will sell it for $200 through Paypal and will ship it to you for free. Harwell Smith hfsmithiii@gmail.com
897630
No.. the Seven Beeps of Death will soon take it out. Motherboard/cpu failure. Look online and you will see hundreds of sad Dell owners, of the Dell M5030.
897631
My laptop lasted for about 4 years, but sadly a few days, I sent it for repair. My laptop was fine, I was using it that morning. Suddenly when it went to sleep (because I left it idle), I turned it back on to see nothing. Just a black screen and the oh my gosh seven beeps of death. That scared the heck out of me. I thought it was going to explode or something. I'm just going to back up the data, not going to bother repairing it.Sure, you can use it for college, but like the person in the review said: "You get what you pay for." It works, I used it for gaming even.
897632
Buy a different laptop. Mine fried out in a few months, due to a flaw in the processor heat sink that cause the video chips to fail. Google "m5030 beeps of death", and you'll see it's a common problem.
897633
This is very good laptop overall, just Windows 7 are slowing it down quite a bit ( despite 3 GB of RAM installed).If you gonna use this I recommend replacing Windows w/ Linux ( I use Lubuntu very light & efficient free OS).
801275
I think that it will. I bought this laptop as an upgrade from my 5+ year old hp laptop. It is holding out well. The only downside is that it is a little heavier than some of the apple notebooks. Other than that I think it is great. I am also a university student. The mouse pad alignment doesn't really pose a problem for me. An issue I have is trying to use the function keys with one hand ( the keyboard is spaced out) but if both of your hands are free or if you have large hands, it would not be a problem.
971705
As with any modern laptop, yes. I've been happy with this machine, not state of the art, but perfectly serviceable for email, uncomplicated graphics editing, search, etc....
1660501
Yes! Very well. One thing I like about it is that it opens up like an L shape which give u room to put ur screen and keyboard on one section and do some other stuff on the other. I used mine for Cisco networking and and study. It is very nice. U might also need one of those chairs that turns 360. Best of luck.
1376081
First, if you are set on a 14 inch laptop like I was, this one is the deal. You can find better pricing on 15.6 inch lappys but generally they aren't as powerful. They still may meet your needs as the tendency is to overbuy. Look at the top 100 list for amazon computers
784600
Truth be told, a Mac is more of a luxury compared to other PCs out there. I would not say it is a waste of money. If you do end up buying it you will not regret it. But since I am sure you are a broke college student (like me) it is going to put a dent in your wallet.
1925525
This laptop will be fine for school use but as far as the games that would depend on the requirements that the game needs to run properly.
910491
This is a good all purpose laptop, remember though, you would need to add your own word processor and other office (school) tools. OpenOffice (openoffice.org) is very good and there are other free ones as good as MS Office. I agree it is a bit large, but you get a numeric keypad if that's a plus for you.
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This laptop is works great with programs like photoshop, running smoothly even when I use tons of high resolution layers. I have not had any experience with video editing but I do not foresee it being problematic. It has the i7 processor which is something that would be very helpful for video editing and also has the very nice GTX760 graphics card, which though not the best out there, is still not shabby and I would expect it to be at least sufficient for video editing. It also has two slots for RAM so if the 8 GB doesn't end up being enough you can replace the RAM it comes with to get up to 32 GB of RAM. This laptop is works great with programs like photoshop, running smoothly even when I use tons of high resolution layers. I have not had any experience with video editing but I do not foresee it being problematic. It has the i7 processor which is something that would be very helpful for video editing and also has the very nice GTX760 graphics card, which though not the best out there, is still not shabby and I would expect it to be at least sufficient for video editing. It also has two slots for RAM so if the 8 GB doesn't end up being enough you can replace the RAM it comes with to get up... » Read More This laptop is works great with programs like photoshop, running smoothly even when I use tons of high resolution layers. I have not had any experience with video editing but I do not foresee it being problematic. It has the i7 processor which is something that would be very helpful for video editing and also has the very nice GTX760 graphics card, which though not the best out there, is still not shabby and I would expect it to be at least sufficient for video editing. It also has two slots for RAM so if the 8 GB doesn't end up being enough you can replace the RAM it comes with to get up to 32 GB of RAM. « Show Less
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I'm a graduate student and have a Macbook Pro 15" at home as my primary computer. This computer, for the last 6 weeks, has been the computer I carry with my to campus and use in school for note-taking, and other tasks. It's the best thing that's happened to me in terms of classroom efficiency.
1355607
Absolutely. The screen quality is great, and I've spent many a time watching Netflix and using the Internet. And I used it mainly for school so it's great for taking notes in whatever way is most comfortable for you (keyboard, touch screen.) it runs on windows which uses the market place but you can just download iTunes.
744534
I have had no issues with it. I bought it for an online class I had, and it worked great for me. Just make sure it has the plug you need for it, I had to buy an adapter.
1513799
I think the lap top will have all that a college student would ever need. My only gripe was Windows 8.I gave it to a college kid, he is happy with it. Its worth the money.
971760
honestly I don't know each individual model to make an educated answer on that. I can tell you however, that the latitude D830 is quite versatile, it has plenty of power for school, and basic business programs and functions.sorry if this comes to you late, amazon uses an old email I do not check any more.
2203007
It's a good laptop for college, just know that it is older unless the seller has updated it so if they have not then you will be limited as far as downloads go. I actually have a new Macbook Air and with Macs they are already limited and then you add the age would make it very limited with basic downloads like Adobe, etc. Try looking around locally on Craigslist and you may find one that are updated with the newest OS. Hope this was helpful.
503991
This laptop comes with a trial version of microsoft works great for the papers I'm writing for college
395095
Yes it should work just fine but I am not sure how fast it will make your computer. Memory helps but its all about the processor also.