Choosing a laptop for university can be really challenging and this page is designed to provide you with some helpful suggestions based on my experience and observations as an engineering professor. Since 2020, I've tried to keep the recommendations up-to-date to reflect the current state of affairs. Between 2022 and 2024 I led the "minimum […]
On August 4, 2023 the YorkU community was told that just days earlier the whole University, including students, was no longer requiring physical identification cards: "As of July 31, all incoming students to York University will receive their YU-card digitally" By "digitally" we mean having identification information on a cell phone or "smart watch" similar, […]
To new students (and their parents) who are looking to get a computer for the upcoming university school year, here are some tips (via my Twitter thread) Update (Nov 2020) Thinking of getting a new Mac in 2020 or 2021? Think again. Details below. How much? Get what you can afford. Most people will spend […]