[nfbcs] Computer science major one computer?

[Steve Jacobson]

Oscar,

There really is not one correct answer to this question.  It depends upon a
number of variables. You should first find out if the school you are going
to be attending has any recommendations.  It may also depend upon which
environment you will be wanting to learn, Windows, MAC, IOS for iPhones,
Android, or something else.  If you are going to be using vision at all, you
may want a laptop with a large screen.  If you don't have any vision that
can be used to look at a screen, a smaller screen will make a laptop lighter
and give it longer battery life.  In general, having more RAM will help
performance if one is running a screen reader, and getting a faster
processor can help as well.  

Some colleges now provide laptops to students.  Trying one of their laptops
before buying something to see if it works well enough makes sense.
However, remembering that you might be running additional software in the
form of a screen reader may make the laptops that are supplied free
inadequate.  

Knowing what software your college uses, for example Microsoft Office or
Googledocs, could affect your choice as well.  It is possible you might need
a basic laptop just for doing general email and homework and a second one
specific to the kind of development you want to do.  If you are going to get
a general degree, though, you will likely be learning some about multiple
operating systems so this may not be practical.  Running a Virtual Machine
on a particular laptop to emulate other machines is another useful approach,
but it is good to have additional computing power for this to work well.

Good luck.  I hope this is of some help.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

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Subject: [nfbcs] Computer science major one computer?

Hello,

My name is Oscar Montiel. I am looking to be a computer science major.
Software development. What laptop/computer is recommended for this type of
major

Please let me know.






Oscar Montiel

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> So me and a friend are elaborating on a project as  and we are using Swift
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