Once you’ve figured out what you need a computer to do, you have to figure out where you’ll be using it. Do you plan to use it for research? Is it for typing papers? What about e-mail? How about watching movies or online gaming? How much do you plan to use it to keep up with your friends? What about multimedia editing? Graphic or 3D design? By waiting, you will see what your habits and preferences dictate (and your timing too).īy “computing question”, I mean you need to figure out first what your computing needs are – what you want or need a computer to do for you. And while it’s not totally necessary that you wait until you get to school to do it, I think you’ll make a better decision as to your needs. Only after you’ve thought about what you plan to do with a computer (and then where you plan to do it), will you be able to effectively determine what your computer needs are.

In trying to determine what your computer needs are for college, you really have more of a computing question than a computer question.

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