W
hen you’re a student, a laptop is as essential as your textbooks and
school ID—and not just because of your school work. It should also
be able to handle your big extracurricular activities: keeping up
with your social networks, streaming movies, listening to music, posting
photos, gaming, and video chatting with the ‘rents back home. Of course, the
best laptops for college students last for the long haul, preferably through four
years of undergrad and maybe a year of grad work.
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they won’t drain your savings account. Here are the basics you should keep in
mind while looking at a laptop for college.
RESEARCH YOUR COLLEGE
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system requirements. They may have hard-and-fast hardware
recommendations (or not).
Some colleges and universities want their students equipped with Windows-
based laptops to cut down on software incompatibility issues or to keep
technical support concentrated on one platform. Others don’t care which
operating system you use, whether it’s Windows, macOS, or even Linux. Some
institutions have on-site computer repair centers that service laptops purchased
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time will be much quicker at one of these facilities than if you were to send it
overnight to the original manufacturer.
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particular vendors and include extensive
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amount from your laptop purchase. So you
might want to look into the campus store
before you hit your local superstore or
favorite online seller.
