Is this good enough for computer science and programming student?

[carlthegreat]

Hi! My old laptop died so I'm looking for a new one. I stumled upon this site, and it hot me insterested. The problem is I'm from Croatia and I'm not sure how smart would it be for me to get laptop delivered from UK. There are a few reasons for it: I don't know what to do if something is broken, I'm not sure the delivery will be careful enough. That's why I am interested in how safe it is. Sorry for bad english

The other thing is that I would like to get a few opinions about this configuration:

Chassis & Display
Lafité Silver Aluminium Chassis: 13.3" Matte Full HD IPS LED (1920 x 1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Dual Core Processor i5-5200U (2.20GHz, 2.7GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
INTEL® HD GRAPHICS 5500 (Only with Intel® Core™ CPUs)
Memory - Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)

Memory Card Reader
Integrated 2 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC)
Sound Card
Realtek 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-7265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
1 x USB 3.0 PORT + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
Lafité Series 4 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (6,300mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x European Power Lead & 40W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language
LAFITÉ SERIES INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 720P 30 FPS HD WEBCAM

 

[Xailter]

I doubt you'd find much difference between the i5 and i3 CPU, and if you look on the reviews page of PCS ( http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/reviews/ ) you can get a bigger SSD with pretty much the same specs for £499 (I don't know how much that is for your local currency). The laptop will be perfectly fine for Computer Science work (I used a crappy old one when I was at Uni).

-X

 

[carlthegreat]

I doubt you'd find much difference between the i5 and i3 CPU, and if you look on the reviews page of PCS ( http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/reviews/ ) you can get a bigger SSD with pretty much the same specs for £499 (I don't know how much that is for your local currency). The laptop will be perfectly fine for Computer Science work (I used a crappy old one when I was at Uni).

-X

I would be even happier if I could get core M, but it's not possible. So I prefer i5 becuase i plan on having this laptop for next 5 years.
The other problem of ordering this laptop in croatia is extra 74£ i have to pay for delivery. And i cannot know if delivery will be good. So I'm not sure what to do, I really like this setup and would like to order it. What do you think?

 

[carlthegreat]

I posted here yesterday and it said admin has to allow my comment so i don't know what's happening.
Anyways, what do you think, should I wait for laptops with Intel Core M?

 

[Rakk]

I posted here yesterday and it said admin has to allow my comment so i don't know what's happening.

Um, well I thought I'd gone and approved anything that needed approving at a couple of points yesterday - maybe I was imagining things - your comment is now visible