<p>Good to know, @TexasAtHome. That’s $20 less than Apple charges for the memory upgrade when configuring one through them.</p>
<p>@divensnorkel Yes it is cheaper than retail but the same as the standard educational discount which we get as a homeschool. Still the 4 year safe plan is a great deal…only it seems many Engineering students take 5 years! :)</p>
<p>Spoke with Financial Aid Office, and was told to use this form (<a href=“https://financialaid.tamu.edu/Libraries/Forms/1415RequesttoChangeCostofAttendance.sflb.ashx”>https://financialaid.tamu.edu/Libraries/Forms/1415RequesttoChangeCostofAttendance.sflb.ashx</a>) to request a change in the Financial Aid offer to reflect the cost of a computer. Also confirmed with MacResource that the cost of bumping the 13" MacBook Pro from a 256 to 512GB hard drive is an extra $300, and from an 8 to 16GB of RAM is an extra $180.</p>
<p>I was wondering about this also. My grandfather got me a laptop as an early graduation present, and I would hate to have to get another one. Especially one that costs $1,500. The one he got me was a Dell Inspiron 15R 5537 Non-Touch model - <a href=“Laptop Inspiron 15R | Dell USA”>http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15r-5537/pd</a> … Do y’all think it would be good enough to handle the software used for engineering?</p>
<p>PsynMS, I’m a software engineer and for contract work I used an Inspiron for years. I think you’ll be fine! If you somehow were to have a problem there’s a huge computer lab you can use.</p>
<p>So has anyone purchased the Dell? I have a transfer student (CompEngr) starting in the fall who is taking some summer courses. I’m tempted to order now and let him get used to it before classes start.</p>
<p>We ordered the Dell recently, and should receive it soon. I don’t know if it’s still offered, but with our order of the Dell we got a free 7" Dell Tablet. That came in about one week after the order. </p>
<p>Funny we got the tablet FIRST and then the laptop. It’s a nice machine and the tablet made the price a little more palatable. The warranty is really what sold me.</p>
<p>Did anyone get two tracking numbers, one for the laptop and the other for the tablet? I just one tracking #</p>