<p>Hi, I’m a freshmen and I’m going to be a computer science major this fall. Is there any specific laptop specs I need to have or recommended to have for computer science?</p>
<p>An OS that is the same or similar to that used on the instructional computers can help in allowing you to do assignments on your own computer without needing to be connected (wired or wireless) to the instructional computers.</p>
<p>You are not likely to need a lot of computing power by today’s standards, so choose based on whatever convenience factors and tradeoffs you consider (screen size, portability, keyboard / pointer usability, reliability, durability, price, etc.) as well as OS capability as described above.</p>
<p>Be sure to consider backing up your data (not necessarily the entire disk of operating system and programs that can be reinstalled, but just your data including assignment work).</p>