<p>I am an incoming fresman at Tepper, which laptop computer is suggested and should I buy it at the computer store at CMU? THANKS</p>
<p>If I could add on to this question (incoming SCS freshman) how much of an issue is portability? Would I be carrying my laptop around a lot, or will it pretty much stay in my dorm?</p>
<p>It doesn't matter. </p>
<p>There are those who bring laptops to classes to surf the net while professors are talking, and there are those who have desktops sitting in their room. </p>
<p>The pro of having a laptop in SCS would be to do assignments with peers. </p>
<p>I personally carried my laptop around everywhere I went. (It's really light)</p>
<p>I use my laptop a lot- between classes and during lunch I can check my email. If the TAs are really bad/boring, I can work on my programming assignments. (I'm CS) My laptop is about 5 lbs, and I find it reasonable to carry around.</p>
<p>Tepper kids usually have Thinkpads. You can probably get the best deal on Thinkpads through CMU's store.</p>
<p>If you want to buy a Dell, figure out what you want, then google "Dell coupons" every day until you find a $750 coupon. (Only applicable to the home computer models- insipirion)</p>