<p>My sister is going to JHU for the first time this fall. She is going into Engineering as a ChemBE major and she needs to decide what kind of laptop to buy. Can I get some recs from ChemBE majors around here? I don't know if you all need special engineering programs that your computer needs to be able to run, etc. She's used a PC her whole life/is unfamilar with Apple so PC recs would be preferred. Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m a senior ChemBE at Hopkins and I’ve used a MacBook while at JHU. I have many friends who use Windows computers however and from my experience it really doesn’t matter which operating system you choose. As long as you have Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc.) and MATLAB you should be fine. The school gives discounted licensees for MATLAB so I would wait until you arrive to download it.</p>