Princeton laptop or buy my own?

ceebee63
Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:17:47 +0000

Unfortunately I can’t access the SCI pricing ([SCI Store - Student Computer Initiative (SCI)](http://www.princeton.edu/sci/sci-store/)) because I’ve already bought an SCI computer this year. I’m pretty sure it’s just a little over $1000 for a new MacBook though.

In terms of whether Princeton is “geek friendly,” the COS department certainly is, and you will find lots of people there who have desktops, two monitors, Linux, Ubuntu, all that stuff.

I’m just saying that in general I find my Princeton MacBook to be the easiest to use, but if Linux works better for you, it shouldn’t be a problem.

Oh, and BTW, I think about half the campus reads XKCD, so you should be right at home :)