Computer for engineering freshmen

<p>An ethernet cable is cheap. Even if they don’t need it, it’s nice to have just in case. We bought an external DVD drive just in case. Again, maybe not needed but it was $28. Now I see it is $32. I would guess that most software can be downloaded. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-External-SE-218CB-RSBS/dp/B00DBV28TG/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1407350939&sr=1-1&keywords=external+dvd+drive”>http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-External-SE-218CB-RSBS/dp/B00DBV28TG/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1407350939&sr=1-1&keywords=external+dvd+drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Microsoft Office is free for Vandy students on the Software Store web site.</p>

<p><a href=“Login to it.vanderbilt.edu | Vanderbilt University”>https://it.vanderbilt.edu/software-store/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;