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 […]
Incoming engineering and computer science students often ask "which computer should I get?" when preparing for university life. I tackled this a few years ago on Twitter and in my previous blog posts, each year from 2020 onward. The basics remain the same: Laptops are useful tools Macs are fine for most students Windows may be required […]
One sentence summary The latest M3 Pro laptops from Apple have one main target audience: people holding on to their Intel-based MacBooks, like me. Background I have a 2018 MacBook Air. I used it to teach in France and Germany during my sabbatical. I used it to teach online and in-person here at York University. […]