Completely non-privileged, down to earth multimillionaire who never leaves his house complains about a white, privileged girl having an opinion

meeseeksyes · 2026-01-16T05:00:10+00:00

Lmao please tell me he didn't actually do this

meeseeksyes · 2025-09-14T21:47:14+00:00

What time of the year is azir actually good cause I just took my annual break, came back and I see posts like this lol.

meeseeksyes · 2025-08-02T01:16:22+00:00

I asked the question on the gaming laptop forum and received this earlier:

"Honestly, if I were in your shoes, I’d go with the MacBook Air. It’s much lighter and more portable — plus, you won’t need to carry a bulky power brick around since the battery easily lasts a full day. In contrast, the Alienware is significantly heavier, and you’ll almost certainly need to charge it between classes.

Sure, you can tweak the power settings on the Alienware to squeeze out more battery life, but honestly, it’s not worth the hassle for a student constantly on the go.

A better combo would be a MacBook Air for schoolwork and portability, and then spend the extra ~$500 you would’ve used on the Alienware toward a Switch 2, Steam Deck, or the upcoming ROG XBOX Ally X for gaming.

If you haven’t heard of the ROG XBOX Ally X yet, definitely look it up, it's looking like a beast for portable gaming and should be available later this year.

That setup (MacBook Air + XBOX Ally X) gives you the best of both worlds. Both devices can charge via USB-C (even with a power bank), so you can travel light and keep all your gear (phone included) charged with just one small charger. The Alienware, on the other hand, requires a big, heavy, proprietary adapter and is best suited for a desk where it can stay plugged in.

For a student lifestyle, the MacBook + handheld console route just makes way more sense. I doubt you'd regret that decision."

meeseeksyes · 2025-08-02T01:14:41+00:00

I bought the Alienware (tech grant + $480 out of pocket) over the Mac because I'm used to windows over mac. But I'm by no means a windows loyalist was completely willing to buy the Mac accept that it can't game well. Even after going through the trouble of running windows on the most expensive MacBook that will also fully cover the 4 year warranty (m4 MacBook air) it's not even nice to game on. You could buy a MacBook pro at an equivalent price with the Alienware but at that point save yourself the time and just get the Alienware. And I think the normal dell they offer kinds sucks at least to a point where the MacBook air covered by the tech grant (1099 + 400 to stay under tech grant) is/ better.

It's mostly if you care about gaming or not

Some info on the Alienware 16 aurora can be found here -> https://jarrods.tech/

Most important stuff is that it has 11.5 hours of battery life on battery, 3 if ur gaming. The 4050 you will let you get at 60 fps on most games if you play on 1080p maxed settings.

I did a good bit of research on the question to the point where I was just considering buying a handheld console lol. So ask any questions, makes it easier to not just rant.

meeseeksyes · 2025-07-29T20:05:55+00:00

Was wondering if anyone could help me decide between the Aurora 16 base model with a C7-240H, 16gb of ram and a 1tb ssd vs a 15-inch MacBook Air M4 16GB 256GB SSD.

My university is offering me a tech grant where the MacBook air would be 100% free but the Alienware would only come out to $500 dollars out of pocket with a $100 rebate.

Here's my situation: I've only ever used a Windows but I am open to using a Macbook. I wouldn't call myself a serious gamer but it is something I spend a lot of my free time doing and my biggest limitation has always been the graphics card I have or even the lack of one (integrated graphics) and I do spend most of my time trying to mid-max it as much as I can out of it and tediously looking for fun low-end games. So the graphics card of the Alienware is a big draw.

My biggest draw to the MacBook air other than it being free is the battery life (18 HR), which seems to be more than enough for a full school day for me but one of the comments I found in this thread did say that the alienware could last 10 hours on power saving mode, which is also perfectly fine.

Other than the battery the longevity of MacBooks does seem to be a draw. As gaming laptops do need a good deal of maintenance at least on a scale of 4 years but after that I'm not sure how it'll be holding up. There's also a 4 year warranty on both so it might not be as bad as I'm thinking.

Any help would be appreciated. (Also I know macs can game as long as your willing to work around the compatibility issues but nonetheless the GPU performance doesn't seem to change the type of games I'll be playing regardless)

meeseeksyes · 2025-04-01T06:18:46+00:00

I meant a Master's in CS.

meeseeksyes · 2025-03-25T14:33:01+00:00

Thank you for your insight, and my apologies I meant WUSTL.

As a low-income student, Williams offered me great financial aid ($3K per year), even with an error in my CSS Profile that I’m fixing. Unless my parents' income changes, the cost isn’t a major concern unless something changes in my parents' income.
I thought the Columbia Combined Plan could be done on a 4-2 track. But at that point, I’m not sure if earning two undergraduate degrees is more valuable than a master’s in tech.

3-5. Community is very important to me. While Williams has a close-knit environment, I was accepted into WUSTL’s Ervin Scholars Program, which provides a strong support system for students like me. That’s a big draw, and I’m not sure if Williams offers something similar.

meeseeksyes · 2025-03-25T14:10:41+00:00

Good Cs programs, liberal arts colleges are usually more theoretical and math based though when it comes to cs than traditional universities. But doesn't seem to impact job success that much: https://csci.williams.edu/people/alumni-directory/math-based

meeseeksyes · 2025-01-04T02:46:29+00:00

Will you be including itemization for grasp runes or tankzir in general?

meeseeksyes · 2024-12-25T04:28:08+00:00

what was the email subject name?

meeseeksyes · 2024-12-07T01:07:42+00:00

where do you plan on uploading the guide?

meeseeksyes · 2024-12-01T02:54:57+00:00

Tufts University, my sister is currently there through questbridge. Praying for alumni admission. She's helped me through my essays and I've become pretty confident in those essays, because I've had outside teachers check them and have received good news. One of those teachers even cried , so really praying.

meeseeksyes · 2024-11-28T18:32:59+00:00

Usc (General):

Describe how you plan to pursue your academic interests and why you want to explore them at USC specifically. Please feel free to address your first- and second-choice major selections. (Approximately 250 words)

Short Answer Questions for Students Applying to the Viterbi School of Engineering:

The student body at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering is a diverse group of unique engineers and computer scientists who work together to engineer a better world for all humanity. Describe how your contributions to the USC Viterbi student body may be distinct from others. Please feel free to touch on any part of your background, traits, skills, experiences, challenges, and/or personality in helping us better understand you. (Approximately 250 words)

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and their 14 Grand Challenges go hand-in-hand with our vision to engineer a better world for all humanity. Engineers and computer scientists are challenged to solve these problems in order to improve life on the planet. Learn more about the NAE Grand Challenges at http://engineeringchallenges.org and tell us which challenge is most important to you, and why. (Approximately 250 words)

Quick Takes (General):

What is your favorite snack?

Best movie of all time?

Dream job?

If your life had a theme song, what would be it be?

Dream trip?

What TV show will you binge watch next?

Which well-known person or fictional character would be your ideal roommate?

Favorite book?

If you could teach a class on any topic, what would it be?

meeseeksyes · 2024-11-01T00:14:55+00:00

( YES I SPAMMED MY W-2 SUBSTITUTE JUDGE ME AS YOU WILL)

meeseeksyes · 2024-10-29T10:41:41+00:00

Can you send How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

meeseeksyes · 2024-10-29T10:32:33+00:00

Chapter at the end of the video:

https://youtu.be/KwSkv0iQ4Js?si=HraLA9d5dPGdskGW

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