SoA IT recommends that all students purchase a Windows or MacOS laptop with a three or four year warranty during their time at Princeton University.
The University offers a purchase program for undergraduate students only; however, Apple and Dell do offer discounts for all students.
Undergraduate Financial Aid Computer Purchases: https://finaid.princeton.edu/policies-procedures/computer-purchases
Apple Education Pricing and Student Discounts: https://www.apple.com/us-edu/store
Dell Student Discount: https://www.dell.com/en-us/lp/students
For additional information, contact us.
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Windows
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System Requirements Operating System Windows 10 64-bit (version 20H2) or later Processor Multicore Intel or AMD processor (2 GHz or faster with SS3 4.2 or later) with 64-bit support RAM 16 GB Graphics GPU with DirectX 12 or later
OpenGL 4.1 or later
4 GB of GPU memory
Hard Disk 1 TB SSD -
MacOS
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System Requirements Operating System macOS Big Sur (version 11.0) or later Processor Multicore Intel processor (2 GHz or faster with SS3 4.2 or later) or Apple Silicon M1 with 64-bit support RAM 16 GB Graphics GPU with Metal support
4 GB of GPU memory
Hard Disk 1 TB SSD