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See: How can I tell if a PC processor is any good? If in doubt, aim for a laptop with a recent (sixth or seventh generation) Intel Core i5, or at worst a Core i3-6100. You probably won’t be able to run any speed tests, but you can read reviews online. Try to buy something with twice the memory, more or faster storage (ie, an SSD), and a faster processor. If your granddaughter already has a laptop, aim to double the specification.
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(Macs can a run Windows 10 conveniently, in addition to MacOS Sierra, and well using Parallels Desktop for Mac, albeit at extra cost – £64.99 for the one-time purchase.) However, if your granddaughter is an Apple Macintosh user now, I’d recommend sticking to it.
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Most educational and business software runs on Microsoft Windows, and such software might be a course requirement.
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All the main platforms – Windows, MacOS, Linux, Apple iOS, Android etc – have their fans and their detractors, but they all have tens or hundreds of millions of users.
The transition may be painful, and often there are few real advantages, if any. I usually recommend against switching away from a familiar system, because it sacrifices hard-earned experience. If so, you should buy something that supplements or improves on whatever she has now. Since your granddaughter is old enough to go to university, she probably has at least a decade’s worth of experience with PCs, and perhaps half a decade’s experience of smartphones and tablets. See: Students who use digital devices in class ‘perform worse in exams’. Some academic research supports this approach. However, I still take handwritten notes during “lectures” (press conferences etc) because I find it more effective than using a laptop. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photoĭifferent people like to work in different ways, and your granddaughter may already know what will suit her, based on her sixth-form experience. One option could be a laptop or desktop PC for her room, and a small tablet or large smartphone for use on campus. I use a Microsoft Universal Mobile Keyboard – a cheap deal from Amazon – but there are alternatives from Microsoft, Logitech, and many other suppliers.
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There are plenty of portable keyboards that work well with tablets and smartphones. One strategy would be to buy a laptop or desktop PC to use in her room, and a small tablet or large smartphone for use on campus. Today, this usually means a laptop or 2-in-1 with an 11.6in screen and a solid-state drive (SSD) instead of a traditional hard drive. If she is going to carry it around all the time, she will want something small and light with good battery life. If she is going to use her laptop in her room, she might be happy with a heavy laptop with a 15.6in or even a 17.3in screen. There is generally a trade-off between screen size, weight, battery life and price.
The most important questions are: where is your granddaughter going to work, and how much portability does she need? She may even know girls who left her school last year, or the year before, who are now doing the same course at the same university. This will obviously cost more.Īlso, ask your granddaughter to seek advice from students who are currently doing the same course. Students on technology, engineering, programming and other courses may need a powerful PC with at least 8GB or 16GB of memory. Students on general courses might be able to get by with low-end hardware such as a tablet, a cheap Windows 10 laptop or even a Chromebook. However, some students need to run professional software from AutoCAD, Adobe, Microsoft and other suppliers, and some will need to run sophisticated modelling or statistical software. On course for uniĪsk your granddaughter to check with her university department to see what kind of software she will need, whether there are any special requirements for her course and whether student discounts are available.
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A full “educational IT” system could include a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop and a USB backup drive, plus a laptop riser or docking station with an external keyboard and mouse. In most cases, a laptop will be the best answer, but many students use more than one device.
There are lots of things to consider, including course requirements, the usage scenario (portability, ergonomics etc), the user’s previous experience, support and backup strategies and your budget. This is a common question every summer, so a broad reply might help a few people. We will discuss this with her, but some advice from you would be welcome. Our granddaughter is off to university this year and we will be buying her a laptop.
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