Architecture Majors: Laptop?

awensing
Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:06:22 +0000

I recently got accepted into CalPoly Pomona for Architecture and I really want to go here! I realize, though, that I need a new laptop, so I was wondering if any **current ** architecture students could help me out…

The school’s website lists these minimum requirements:

Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Hard Drive: 300+ GB Hard Drive
Memory: 6+ GB RAM
Video: 1 GB Graphics RAM
Optical: CD/DVD-Rom RW
Wireless: Wireless LAN + Ethernet

The laptop I’m looking at (Asus Bamboo U53) surpasses these requirements EXCEPT for the RAM requirement. The RAM ONLY goes up to 4GB (4GB MAX), so I was wondering… is it really *really *necessary to have a minimum of 6GB RAM? To current arch students, what are the specs on your laptops?

Any help is good help, thanks!