Laptop Suggestions

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<p>My Son is attending the capstone this fall as a microbiology major and of course has started the hunt for a laptop. He has looked at both apple and pc. Does the university put out a list recommendations? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!</p>

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<p>I don’t think it makes any difference. </p>

<p>My kids have used PCs (Dells) for undergrad, and now my older son has a Macbook Pro for grad school.</p>

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<p>At this stage in your son’s career, chose a laptop that he is comfortable using. Even with his microbiology major, his laptop use will be predominantly for word documents and personal use. If your son is used to a mac, get a mac…if he is used to a pc, get a pc.</p>

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<p>Only published UA computer requirements that I am aware of is for the MBA, Law and Nursing programs:</p>

<p>[Minimum</a> Alabama MBA Laptop System Requirements](<a href=“http://mba.cba.ua.edu/admissions/requirements/laptop_system_requirements]Minimum”>http://mba.cba.ua.edu/admissions/requirements/laptop_system_requirements)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.law.ua.edu/students/campus-technology/laptop-information/[/url]”>http://www.law.ua.edu/students/campus-technology/laptop-information/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://nursing.ua.edu/laptop/minimum_recommended_specs.htm[/url]”>http://nursing.ua.edu/laptop/minimum_recommended_specs.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UA has Dell and Apple discounts available;</p>

<p>[PC</a> Discounts | OIT - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://oit.ua.edu/oit/services/it-service-desk/it-service-desk-software-assistance/pc-discounts/]PC”>http://oit.ua.edu/oit/services/it-service-desk/it-service-desk-software-assistance/pc-discounts/)</p>

<p><a href=“http://premier.dell.com/portal/messages.aspx?c=US&l=en&s=eep&cs=RC976730[/url]”>http://premier.dell.com/portal/messages.aspx?c=US&l=en&s=eep&cs=RC976730&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://store.apple.com/us_edu_383685?afid=p224|4295662&cid=AOS-US-CAMPUS-Grads-CJ[/url]”>Education Pricing and Student Discounts - Education - Apple;

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<p>Asus, Toshiba and Sony and Apple seem to rate as the more reliable.
See: [Study:</a> Asus, Toshiba Make Most Reliable Laptops](<a href=“http://www.tomshardware.com/news/most-least-reliable-notebooks-laptops,9102.html]Study:”>Study: Asus, Toshiba Make Most Reliable Laptops | Tom's Hardware)</p>

<p>Toshiba Direct has some pretty good prices
<a href=“http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/home.to[/url]”>http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/home.to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Xoticpc does some customized Asus at a fair price
(My DS wants a laptop with a SSD, they do those)
<a href=“http://www.xoticpc.com/[/url]”>http://www.xoticpc.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Whatever laptop you decide on, make sure and pick up an Ethernet cable. My D was in Riverside West this past year and complained constantly about the poor wireless speed during high traffic hours. We sent her with a 5 ft. Cable, but then added a 20 ft. Cable later so she could use her laptop from her bed. </p>

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