<p>What kind of laptop would be ideal for one that is going to study Comp/Elec engineering?</p>
<p>Im a HS Senior and will be attending the University of Florida next year.</p>
<p>What I really need to know is:</p>
<p>1)What are the ideal laptop specs for someone in this major.</p>
<p>2)Price</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>ThinkPad the best for engineering</p>
<p>I’ve always been a fan of IBM laptops, but basically anything (Except macs) will do you justice. Look for a dual core processor (At least 2.5 GHz), 2 GBs of RAM or more, at least 320GBs of hard drive space, and a dedicated video card.</p>
<p>Macs have all the things you just said and if there’s Windows-only engineering software you must run, you can always run Windows natively, as though your Mac were a PC.</p>
<p>However, you’ll still need to buy the windows OS to use it on your mac, and the mac will cost literally twice as much for comparable performance.</p>
<p>^Although, Macs run faster with the same hardware thanks to the lack of antivirus software and that annoying registry.</p>
<p>macs are not as widely accepted as other windows. if youre willing to spend alot for a macbook pro you should just get a relatively high end custom laptop, like from hypersonic or sager (or alienware) and get more bang for your buck</p>
<p>The ubiquity of Macs has nothing to do with their performance and function. One thing people fail to mention when they say that Macs are more expensive than PCs is that Macs retain their value much better than PCs and that Apple has unparalleled customer service in the PC industry.</p>
<p>macs are a lot closer to unix. I mean it really does not matter at all (windows/mac). Its not as though anyone is that heavily reliant on their computer. If there is specialized software you will probably have to use some university computer anyway to gain access.</p>
<p>It doesn’t really matter. I used to have a junky Dell and now I’ve got an EEE PC.</p>
<p>notebookreview.com is great laptop resource. They will probably give better advice than here.</p>
<p>dude, i cant stress harder </p>
<p>BUY A TABLET PC!!!</p>
<p>(srry for the caps but it was needed lol)</p>
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<p>@naildirt - just curious why you say that? I never really saw the value in tablet PCs, perhaps I’m undereducated about them.</p>