<p>I’ll continue on this existing thread…</p>
<p>My son has an old hand-me-down laptop, and it has been having some problems. It is has a nice large display, but not very portable.</p>
<p>What is the recommendation for Engineering student laptops? Any economical way to buy on campus (with service easily accessible)? Or other recommendations? We will be in Boston for Orientation in late July and could purchase in a store there if better.</p>
<p>Our chains in CO are Best Buy and Staples. Debating the merits of buying here vs there.</p>
<p>We do think we will break down an get a phone with internet service. If we do so, how important is laptop portability? (An external monitor could be an option, but trying to avoid that if we can since we are a long-distance family, already dealing with transport of at least one tenor saxophone.)</p>