1. Radford University’s New Student Computer Recommendations

2. Business Majors  Value convenience over power  Usually low in technical expertise  Need an easy to use OS with wide compatibility  Portability is a big advantage

3. Business Recommendation:  Laptop: Ideapad Yoga 13 by Lenovo  Processing: Intel i3 @ 1.80GHz  OS: Windows 8  RAM: 4GB DDR3  Storage: 128GB SSD  Screen Size: 13.3in  Extra features: touch screen, tablet or notebook mode  Price: $1,049

4. Business Recommendation:  Desktop (laptop recommended):  Inspiron One 23 Touch by Dell  Processing: Intel i3 @ 3.4GHz  OS: Windows 8  RAM: 8GB DDR3  Storage: 1TB HDD  Screen Size: 17in  Extra features: touch screen, tablet or notebook mode  Price: $799

5. Undecided Majors:  Emphasis on low cost (in case they must buy a new one for major specific reasons)  Must have decent functionality, and must last at least 2-3 years

6. Undecided Recommendation  Laptop: Acer Aspire One  Processing: AMD c-series  OS: Windows 7  RAM: 4GB DDR3  Storage: 320GB HDD  Screen Size: 15in  Extra features: none  Price: $299

7. Undecided Recommendation  Desktop: Acer AXC600-UR13  Processing: G2020 processor @ 2.9GHz  OS: Windows 8  RAM: 4GB DDR3  Storage: 500GB HDD  Screen Size: 12in  Extra features: none  Price: $399

8. Design Majors:  Must have be user friendly, and compatible with resource-intensive design software  Emphasis on high graphics performance  Easy to use OS and minimal setup is preferred  High resolution screen

9. Design Recommendation  Laptop: Dell XPS 15  Processing: Intel i7  OS: Windows 8  RAM: 16GB DDR3  Storage: 1TB HDD  Screen Size: 17in  Extra features: none  Price: $1999

10. Design Recommendation  Desktop: Dell XPS  Processing: Intel i7  OS: Windows 8  RAM: 16GB DDR3  Storage: 2TB HDD  Screen Size: None  Extra features: none  Price: $1,799

11. CS & IS Majors:  Need to balance performance and reliability  Must have mid to high range functionality, and must have specs that will remain respectable after 4 years  Does not need an easy to use OS, emphasis on security and what is used in industry

12. CS Recommendation  Laptop: MacBook Pro  Processing: Intel Core i5 @ 2.5GHz  OS: Mountain Lion  RAM: 4GB DDR3  Storage: 500GB HDD  Screen Size: 13in  Extra features: Long batter life (7 hours)  Price: $1099

13. CS Recommendation  Desktop: Toshiba All-in-One LX835-D3340  Processing: Intel Core i7  OS: Ubuntu  RAM: 6GB DDR3  Storage: 1TB HDD  Screen Size: 23in  Extra features: None  Price: $999

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