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Laptop Recommendations

In most cases, the base specifications will suffice for your time as an undergraduate student. To help you in your decision-making, we've written out our recommendations below.

Apple

  • Processor: Intel or M2
  • Memory: 16GB (Intel) or 8GB unified (M2)
  • Storage: 256GB Solid State
  • Operating System: Latest MacOS

PC

  • Processor: Intel i5 2.5Ghz
  • Memory: 16GB DDR4
  • Storage: 256GB Solid State
  • Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Professional

Note: Students who are taking graphics or computation intensive courses should invest in a laptop with an i7 CPU, dedicated GPU, and 16GB of Memory. For advice on purchases, please reach out to the CS Help Desk.

Academic pricing options

Many companies offer discounts to students when purchasing a laptop. 

Apple

Lenovo

Dell

Other vendors

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