Laptop recommendations for Freshman Engineering Major

jrcsmom
Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:35:58 +0000

Bama doesn’t require much in the way of specs because they say all the software students will need to use is available in the labs, so they only recommend a system powerful enough to run basic office software (so anything you can buy).

That said, my S is running a student version of Autocad on the Lenovo laptop we purchased off their outlet site, that is now about a 3 year old model. Almost any new system wiill be able to run the software they wil want to use.

If your student is a gamer, they will be very concerned about performance, but then most gamers know EXACTLY what they want in a system.

If you do go PC, I’d try to get Windows 7, everyone - young and old - that I’ve talked to that has used Windows 8 has HATED it.