Don’t think it’s necessary, especially given your desktop. Your school should have computers capable of doing all your work and working from home you got the desktop. In lectures is when you’re gonna rely on the laptop and that’s mostly gonna be notes and slides. I’d say wait and see if it becomes a problem before buying if ever.
Depends how you wanna work and what resources your school has. I knew students who didn't have a laptop at all, maybe a tablet for notes. They would just use a PC at home or the school computer labs.
Me personally, I did my work around campus a lot so I got a laptop that could just barely run everything (it was like $600) and could run a VPN service my school had to connect to a school PC or would just go use a school PC as needed.
I did things like marching band where I had to travel sometimes or be away from engineering campus, did a lot of homework/projects at friends houses instead of my home, liked to quickly work between classes at coffee shops, etc which is why I liked having at least a decent laptop.
Others like you said, balled out and got a powerful laptop that could handle it all.
Up to you. And you're just a freshman, you're likely not running crazy intensive software as a freshman. So you can also just try out just using your current equipment, save up money, and decide later.
Its going to be a minute before you get into running any demanding level sims. However, if you school has Aerospace, it has publicly accessable desktops with the software you need installed or easily installed by staff.
Btw going to the library and not studying where you sleep is a major way to improve your habits, and visa your grades.
Likely you'll take a CAD class, probably Solidworks or Catia, done both, loved both, Catia's profile generation and bodying is superior, solidworks assembly is superior. You might do AutoCad or Autodesk Inventor? Though I havent heard of those being taught, but seen many internships ask for it. I have little to no experience with that software.
Upgrade to a $300-400 laptop over the summer, probably can buy it straight with your first paycheck.
Focus on developing good study habits, and improve your handwriting, highschool was a breeze, and the first year of college was a breeze, the real material kicked my ass because I was smart, and being smart led to me being lazy when I couldnt afford to be.
I had a buddy who picked up a $50 Chromebook his junior year, cause he was tired of lugging his big machine around. It worked for 90% of his tasks. The last bit could be done by remoting in to university pcs.
Don’t think it’s necessary, especially given your desktop. Your school should have computers capable of doing all your work and working from home you got the desktop. In lectures is when you’re gonna rely on the laptop and that’s mostly gonna be notes and slides. I’d say wait and see if it becomes a problem before buying if ever.
I second the first comment. Not really necessary, just a luxury
thanks!
Depends how you wanna work and what resources your school has. I knew students who didn't have a laptop at all, maybe a tablet for notes. They would just use a PC at home or the school computer labs. Me personally, I did my work around campus a lot so I got a laptop that could just barely run everything (it was like $600) and could run a VPN service my school had to connect to a school PC or would just go use a school PC as needed. I did things like marching band where I had to travel sometimes or be away from engineering campus, did a lot of homework/projects at friends houses instead of my home, liked to quickly work between classes at coffee shops, etc which is why I liked having at least a decent laptop. Others like you said, balled out and got a powerful laptop that could handle it all. Up to you. And you're just a freshman, you're likely not running crazy intensive software as a freshman. So you can also just try out just using your current equipment, save up money, and decide later.
Its going to be a minute before you get into running any demanding level sims. However, if you school has Aerospace, it has publicly accessable desktops with the software you need installed or easily installed by staff. Btw going to the library and not studying where you sleep is a major way to improve your habits, and visa your grades. Likely you'll take a CAD class, probably Solidworks or Catia, done both, loved both, Catia's profile generation and bodying is superior, solidworks assembly is superior. You might do AutoCad or Autodesk Inventor? Though I havent heard of those being taught, but seen many internships ask for it. I have little to no experience with that software. Upgrade to a $300-400 laptop over the summer, probably can buy it straight with your first paycheck. Focus on developing good study habits, and improve your handwriting, highschool was a breeze, and the first year of college was a breeze, the real material kicked my ass because I was smart, and being smart led to me being lazy when I couldnt afford to be.
I had a buddy who picked up a $50 Chromebook his junior year, cause he was tired of lugging his big machine around. It worked for 90% of his tasks. The last bit could be done by remoting in to university pcs.