Laptop Recommendations

There are computer labs on campus that will be able to provide the students with the ability to run these programs, but some students prefer to be able to access them at any time on their own hardware.

It is challenging for us to recommend anything very specific, since the optimal setup is always unique to the user.

Below is a list of laptops we here at ECS would recommend to any user who may be looking for a new system. The prices and availability of the items are subject to change and are not provided by ECS; these are just referrals. We also do not have the chance to test these machines hands on and experience any issues or quirks that are usually found by using the machines daily. So please take any recommendations as a friendly suggestion.  To see previously recommended configurations click here. If you have a problem with any of the items or would like to recommend one, click here.

The following laptops were chosen with the common SoE user's workload in mind. Applications such as Matlab, Comsol, Ansys, Solidworks, and many more require fast CPUs and a decent amount of RAM and some even utilize a graphics processor

Some generic suggestions would be;
CPU:
AMD Ryzen 7, 8000 series or newer
AMD Ryzen AI, 350 or newer

Memory:
Minimal 16GB or Ram or 32GB if it is a unified configuration

Storage:
1TB NVME based