<p>PC, right? I know wireless is important. What kind of chip? Does NU offer any kind of discounts for students/</p>
<p>You can link to both PC and Mac hardware recommendations here: <a href="http://www.it.northwestern.edu/hardware/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.it.northwestern.edu/hardware/index.html</a></p>
<p>Although you'll probably want wireless when you're out and about, it isn't necessary on the NU network. The dorm connections are wired.</p>
<p>There are some discounts available, but we didn't find anything better for our daughter last year than we could find ourselves. The Dell discount for NU was less than Dell's coupons they were giving away on the web. We went for an Acer in the end.</p>
<p>mac all the way, especially with the new ones</p>