<p>Is there a brand that Caltech recommends? I don't know why I'm asking, when I haven't even got close to being accepted yet, but I'm curious, I guess...</p>
<p>Mac? PC? Doesn't matter?</p>
<p>I'm a Mac, but making the switch would be no big deal.</p>
<p>Just curious, and hoping to stave off the chance me threads! =P</p>
<p>Caltech doesn’t really recommend any specific brand of computer, but I recommend a laptop. It can be very useful to have your own computer and not have to use the house computer lab/library computers.</p>
<p>The specs basically can vary based on what you want to use it for, some people just use their computer for typing essays/TeXing sets, while some people I know have pretty high powered gaming rigs.</p>
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Best reply ever.</p>
<p>And to the other poster, I take it that the Mac v. PC deal doesn’t really matter. I was already set on a laptop; nothing surprising there.</p>