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LAPTOP PROGRAM

Computer Science undergraduate students admitted to the Computer Science program in the Fall 2008 or later will be required to have a laptop computer. Students should purchase a laptop which meets the department's software and network configuration requirements as stated below in the laptop requirement section. Students should have their laptops when they enroll in their first programming course, typically CS 1411. Students enrolled in CS 1305 will not be required to have a laptop for that course.

LAPTOP REQUIREMENTS

These recommendations are designed to provide students with the basic specification for purchasing a computer and also to be upgradable (if it is required) in order to last for the duration of the academic program.

Notebook Computer (Laptop) Specification


Note :-

  1. Most laptop computers have two RAM slots available. For this configuration it is recommended that your purchase a single 2GB memory card, which would leave room for an additional memory card later. Note that 32-bit versions of Windows can only see the first 4GB of RAM
  2. Windows Media Center and Windows Home Edition are consumer-class operating systems and lack the features necessary to connect to a campus network for printing and posting of files. If you purchase a computer with Windows Media Center it is recommended that you erase the operating system and install Windows XP Professional instead. The software is available for download through the university site-license.
  3. Edition other than Buisness and Ultimate are intended for home users only, and by design lack the features necessary to participate on a corporate or campus network.

Financial Aid Application for purchasing a laptop


Discounted laptops for TTU Compute Science Department students

Dell University Program for TTU Computer Science Students


Apple Macintosh Computers

For students who decide to buy Apple computers are recommended to use Boot Camp or run parallels software for running Microsoft Windows Operating System. Some of the software used in our program requires Microsoft Windows


Assistance with computer problems

For computer support visit the TTU IT help website or call 742-4357.
Limited support is available from Computer Science IT staff.