Moin, my computer science studies will start in a few weeks.
To all computer science students: which laptop would you recommend for university? At home I have a desktop PC (Windows).
Would a MacBook Pro be good too?
The best thing to do is to get some cheap laptop that runs well and set up a Windows / Linux dual boot.
Some instructors will only rate your program if it runs on your operating system. So the smartest thing to do is to have both at hand.
Linux has low requirements. For Windows (where you probably just want to test), you need at least 4GB RAM (preferably 8).
Otherwise you should still have a good processor.
Make sure that the keyboard layout works for you and that the buttons don't sit somewhere on the board like blindly fired shot particles.
In principle, you don't need a laptop for your studies, it will only distract you from the lecture.
But if you want to buy one for exactly that: I can recommend anything except a Mac. Visual Studio is often used as IDE for C and C ++, and unfortunately it only runs on Windows. It could be similar for other software.
I'm not (yet) studying computer science, but you do notice something.
Weighs nothing, and only needs to be plugged in every 2 days: https://hardwarerat.de/...ws-10?c=66
You should ask students at your college what is being used.
For taking notes, programming, computer algebra, etc. Any reasonably equipped laptop is good, especially since you don't want a bad screen or a terrible keyboard. The days when software developers needed the thickest machines are essentially over. You do not do any major projects in computer science.
MBP is not a problem if you want to spend the money, the advantage is that pretty much everything Unixoid software runs on it natively. If Windows is absolutely necessary somewhere, a dual boot or a VM is also possible here, but of course not so incredibly convenient.
I would get a cheap, used ThinkPad from the T or X series for a maximum of 200 euro. You don't need a mobile workstation for programming and if you want to work digitally, you still have enough money left over for an iPad Air plus Apple Pencil.
