College Laptop Program vs. Bring Your Own?

GoRedhead
Wed, 03 May 2017 11:52:51 +0000

My mom has a laptop that she’s not using at all anymore. I’d really like to use it instead of paying $1,500 since I’m really trying hard to save money. The thing is my mom’s laptop at home is about 2 years old and I’m not sure if getting it compatible with the rest of RPI will be easy. I read on the reddit that there is one particular software that must be installed during junior-year that doesn’t install 100% on just any windows based computer. Some kids have had problems with that program. The other thing is getting wifi connected on a [non-rpi] laptop, I don’t think it’s as easy as getting access to their passkey. I think there’s some sort of admin access that has to be done on their side too? Not sure though. It sounded all pretty confusing. The point is, I don’t have money to burn so I’d like to use this other laptop if I can, and also bring my desktop for gaming and report writing because I have a pretty insane gaming desktop. So I’d only need the laptop for whatever reasons they require.