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Singapore university laptop deals

By Darius Chang

When choosing the right laptop for your tertiary course, look beyond the initial cost and design. Depending on the modules selected, you may need a powerful desktop replacement for multimedia encoding or a hardy business machine if field work is involved. To help you choose, we have distilled the various laptops available into the campus purchase program in an easy-to-read table.



Multimedia modules
For those involved subjects such as the Arts, you'll probably need a powerful laptop with a large screen for editing images and videos.

Brand
NTU
NUS
SMU
Acer
Aspire 4937G
Aspire 4937G
Apple
Macbook Pro 17-inch
Macbook Pro 15.4-inch
(2.66GHz Core 2 Duo; Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT GPU)
Fujitsu
HP
ProBook 4410s
Lenovo
ThinkPad T400
ThinkPad T400
ThinkPad W500
ThinkPad T400
Toshiba


Field work
Some degrees courses require students to participate in outdoor field work or work in semi-rugged locations such as marine yards and construction sites. As such, a machine with a good battery life and tough chassis is a must.

Brand
NTU
NUS
SMU
Acer
TravelMate 6293
Apple
Fujitsu
Any model
Any model except the Fujitsu M2010
Any model
HP
Any model
ProBook 4310s
Lenovo
Any model
Any model
Any model
Toshiba
Any model except the Toshiba NB200 and Satellite L510
Any model except the Toshiba NB200


Soft sciences and the arts
This group of users are more fortunate in that they can select almost any model of machines, though it will probably be prudent to look for a sleek and portable unit so as not to take up too much space in the bag or on the lecture hall bench.

Brand
NTU
NUS
SMU
Acer
Any model
Any model
Apple
Macbook Air
Macbook Pro 13.3-inch
Macbook Air
Macbook Pro 13.3-inch
Fujitsu
Any model
Any model
Any model
HP
ProBook 4310s
ProBook 4310s
Lenovo
ThinkPad X200
IdeaPad S10-2
ThinkPad X200
ThinkPad X200 Tablet
Toshiba
Any model except the Satellite L510
Any model


Hard sciences and engineering
Forget low-voltage processors or Netbooks. Students in these courses will need all the performance of a full-powered chip to compute complicated maths and formulas.

Brand
NTU
NUS
SMU
Acer
Any model except Aspire One AOD250
TravelMate 4937G
Apple
Any model except Macbook Air
Any model except Macbook Air
Any model
Fujitsu
Any model except LifeBook P8020N
Any model except Fujitsu M2010
HP
Any model
ProBook 4310s
Lenovo
Any model
Any model except IdeaPad S10-2
Any model
Toshiba
Portege M800
Portege M750
Satellite L510
Portege M900


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