With the college entrance examination and filling in the application for volunteers, many college freshmen are about to start a four-year college career. However, there may be prospective freshmen who want to ask: What are the must-have digital products during college? Let me take stock of the digital equipment that every college student needs to consider purchasing.
Notebook: A powerful assistant on the road to studyIn college, whether it is to complete homework, write papers, or conduct research projects, a powerful notebook is essential. For students of different majors, the performance requirements for notebooks are also different.
However, it should be emphasized here that each major has different professional requirements, such as animation majors, which need to use 3D graphics software such as Maya and AE, and these software have high requirements for graphics cards, at least equipped with more than RTX3060 independent graphics.
If you buy a thin and light laptop with integrated graphics, you won't even be able to complete your homework project.
Majors with special needs:
- Radio and television directing, media, and news majors: need to use non-line programming software (Edius, Pr), which has high requirements for processor and memory, and requires a processor above i5 level with 16G memory.
- Animation production, film and television special effects majors: need to use large 3D graphics software (AE, Maya), graphics card, solid state drive, at least RTX3060 or more.
- Civil engineering, environmental design, water conservancy and hydropower majors: 3D graphics software (CAD, Glodon) is also required, but the requirements for the graphics card are not so high, and at the same time, a certain processor performance is required, and the processor above the i5 level can be used with RTX3050.
In addition to these majors have special requirements, most of the other majors only need to be able to use Word, PPT and other common office software, and the performance requirements for notebooks are not high. Here are a few recommended notebook products that can not only complete homework, but also cost effective.
Lenovo Xiaoxin Air15 Ryzen Edition
Lenovo's small new series has always been a famous out-of-stock king, the reason is that the cost performance is very high.
For example, this Lenovo Xiaoxin Air15 Ryzen Edition, for 4999 yuan, you can buy the strongest low-voltage CPU R7-5700U at present, in addition to 16G memory, 512G solid-state. It's really fragrant to be able to buy this configuration at this price. It is also worth mentioning that the screen of Xiaoxin Air15 is also very good, with a high color gamut of 100% sRGB, 300nit brightness, and support DC dimming, which is also a rare high-level screen at this price point. At the same time, it comes with a 70Wh battery, which can maintain 10 hours of battery life for daily use, and supports PD fast charging, which is also quite eye-catching. Except for the lack of a discrete graphics card, everything else is perfect and suitable for most majors.
HP Battle 66 Ryzen Edition
The biggest advantage of the cost-effective thin and light laptop launched by HP, a veteran PC manufacturer, is: it is in stock! Hahaha don't laugh, there are really not many cost-effective notebooks that don't increase in price now, and the Battle 66 series is counted as one.
Like the Xiaoxin Air15, it is equipped with AMD's top-of-the-line low-voltage processor R7-5800U, 16G RAM, and 512G SSD. There are also more interfaces, Hub, HDMI, two USB-A, all available. In addition, the Zhan 66 also provides a one-year on-site maintenance service, and at the same time, the battery life is also very good, and there is no problem with ten hours of actual use. Compared with the Xiaoxin Air15, the Zhan 66 also has an advantage, that is, it can be exchanged for memory modules. If the memory is insufficient, you can buy one online and add it. However, the thickness is slightly larger, so let's consider it at your discretion. These two notebooks of about 5000 yuan are very suitable for students in most majors, but students who have special requirements for performance are more recommended for the following one:
宏碁(acer)暗影骑士・龙
As an evergreen among cheap high-performance notebooks, Shadow Knight Dragon itself is extremely powerful, equipped with one of the most powerful processors on the current laptop end, the R7 5800H, with eight cores and 16 threads enough to deal with all the processor-eating software.
At the same time, there are RTX3050, RTX3060, and RTX3070 graphics cards to choose from. In addition, there are 16G large memory and 512G SSD, so it can be said that no matter which university major's homework project, it can be easily handled.
The most important thing is that it is cheap! The R7 5800H+RTX3050 version is only sold for less than 7,000 yuan, while the R7 5800H+RTX3060 version is only sold for more than 8,000 yuan. Of course, Shadow Knight Dragon is not without flaws, on the one hand, the weight is definitely much heavier than the thin and light laptop, and on the other hand, the cooling fan is slightly louder when running at full speed. After talking about notebooks, let's talk about another must-have digital product: mobile phones
cell phone
Mobile phones are already an "organ" product of modern human beings, and I feel that I am missing something without a mobile phone at hand. For college students, Tiema feels that mobile phones don't have to be too good, after all, they still rely on their families to pay for it, and buy a cost-effective mobile phone that can use WeChat, Weibo, and Zhihu, and the game party can buy a mobile phone with a better processor as appropriate. Moreover, there are a lot of cost-effective mobile phones now, less than 3000 yuan is enough to get a mobile phone equipped with a flagship-level processor, there is no need to get a high-end mobile phone with five or six thousand at every turn, although the use experience will be better, but it is not necessary.
Recommend two cost-effective mobile phones:
realme GT Neo
realMe is a sub-brand of OPPO, and after-sales is also OPPO. So don't worry about after-sales problems. As a thousand-yuan cost-effective mobile phone, the realme GT Neo is equipped with 50W fast charging, a 144HZ ultra-high refresh rate screen, and an invincible Dimensity 1200 at the same price, which is enough to ensure that you will not get stuck for two or three years. In addition, it is equipped with tempered 3D liquid cooling to ensure that your hands will not get hot when using.
The most important thing is the price: the 8G+128G version is priced at only 1799 yuan, which most students can afford.
If you want to play games, I recommend Redmi's shipment responsibility: K40
K40
It can be called the strongest mobile phone in the price range of 2000 yuan - 3000 yuan, there is no one, Snapdragon 870 times flagship processor, LPDDR5 memory, UFS3.1 storage, Samsung E4 screen, 120Hz high brush, 320Hz sampling rate, 4520 mAh large-capacity battery, 33W fast charging, X-axis motor, NFC, infrared...
Basically, you can think of high-end configurations, Redmi has all for you. However, this is not the most ruthless, the most ruthless thing is that the 12G+256G version is only priced at 2499 yuan, and various high-end flagships are looking for teeth all over the place.
The top flagship level was sold at the price of cabbage, and when it was first listed, it caused a rush, and scalpers chartered the market, and all kinds of things could not be bought. However, in the last month or two, the supply has become larger and larger, and there is no need to rush to buy.
flat
I mainly feel that tablets are not considered a necessity on campus, because most students are "productive before buying, iQiyi after buying". Before I bought it, I always thought about using it to take notes in class, record courses, and take online classes, but when I bought it, I found that the tablet was used the most times when I was eating instant noodles as a lid. Moreover, a tablet is not a substitute for a laptop, the main reason is that the tablet can only be used as an output device, not as an input device. Using a tablet to do homework is simply a kind of torture, the screen is small, there is no keyboard, and the typing operation is seriously too inefficient. However, considering that there are indeed many friends who have a large budget, it is also excellent to buy a tablet as a supplement to their laptop. After all, you can carry a tablet to class, but it is difficult to carry a laptop to class, after all, laptops are still relatively heavy for many friends.
For student friends, Iron Horse especially recommends the Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad Pro 2021 just launched by Lenovo.
联想小新 Pad Pro 2021
As a tablet priced at only about 2000 yuan, the Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad Pro 2021 can be said to be the most powerful at this price point: equipped with Qualcomm sub-flagship processor Snapdragon 870, 6+128GB LPDDR5 + UFS 3.1 storage. With an 11.5-inch 2.5K OLED screen and a battery capacity of up to 8600mAh, it can be used at high frequencies for 10 hours without stress.
In addition, it also supports WiFi6 and QC3.0 fast charging. There is also a microSD card storage expansion function, if the built-in storage space is not enough, buy a memory card and plug it in, and add a lot of space. Whether it's used for online classes to take notes, or to play games, this configuration is completely sufficient.
summary
Having said all this, I don't know if you like it? However, I would like to advise all student readers to live within your means and not to buy too many digital products that exceed your budget. After all, I am still in the stage of life supported by my parents, and it is still necessary to save some money for my family.