Virginia Tech Engineering - Laptop requirements

CollegeNerd67
Wed, 02 Aug 2023 09:51:37 +0000

Whether or not to get it from through the college is up to you. People definitely do both.

My daughter is a finance major at VT. We got her computer through the college store because if it breaks, they can fix it on campus and have a loaner program. We did the same for my older daughter at her university (hers did break and the process to get it fixed and immediately get a loaner was seamless). For us, the peace of mind in not having to worry about them dealing with an off-campus store experience (my VT student has an Apple and the closest Apple store is in Roanoke), wait times to get it fixed and hoping to secure a loaner, was worth the price difference (and in our case, I don’t recall the price difference to have been overly significant).

I’m guessing there’s a Best Buy in Christiansburg - I would check and see what the process is if he needs a repair.