Virginia Tech Engineering - Laptop requirements

wgocoll23
Tue, 01 Aug 2023 23:33:19 +0000

Hi - has anyone here with a Virginia Tech student purchased a laptop thru Hokie Shop? Seems much more expensive then just getting something at Best Buy. I did some comparison shoping today and found several options that appear to meet the engineering department recommended requirements for under $1500. For example, I can get an HP Envy 16-in touchscreen with an intel core i9 processor, 16 GB of ram, Nvidia GeForce 4060 graphics card and 1 TB SSD storage for $1249. A similarly spec’d laptop from Hokie Shop looks like it would be over $2K.

I know there are some benefits to going with Hokie Shop, just not sure if they are enough to make up for the price difference. Has anyone here been faced with a similar decision?