Which laptop is ideal for an electrical engineer?

hollyert
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:12:11 +0000

As a CS-dabbler with Linux on a netbook (and previously XP and Win 7), I have gotten by just fine. If I ever needed to run Matlab or compile a lot of code or use Photoshop… I could run to the nearest Brown-owned computer cluster.

But for taking notes/storing data/writing homework/reading online PDFs/surfing/web programming… my netbook is more than enough.

Then again it has more GHz and RAM than my old iBook (at $330)… so maybe that explains why I’m so satisfied.

Also: I have an enormous screen and a wireless keyboard and mouse that I use in my room.