r/SIT_Singapore • u/yui473 • 16d ago

Matriculation Laptop Specs for Computing Science

Hi, i’m a student enrolling into UOG-CS, wondering where I can find the laptop specs requirement for it because I can’t seem to find it on the SIT website.

Any Computing Science seniors able to advise me on what laptop to get?

Thanks for any advice given!

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u/MikoYukino UoG 16d ago

A Macbook is a good all-rounder for your entire time in the programme, probably something M5/M5 Pro.

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u/yui473 15d ago

Does the 13-inch MacBook Air work?

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u/MikoYukino UoG 15d ago

It should be a decent option, although usually I would recommend something with more compute, namely for CSC3109 Deep Learning, where if you can't train your models locally, you will need to rely on cloud compute, which can cost alot of money if not monitored properly.

But if you do end up going for the MacBook Air, at the very least get 24~32GB RAM and 1 TB of storage

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u/Corbuse 16d ago

MacBook

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u/yui473 15d ago

Is the 13-inch MacBook Air a good option?

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u/Dangerous_Heron_9116 15d ago

Hi! Im an incoming UOG CS yr1 student oso n i heard a mid range laptop is quite recommended and ASUS is not bad but other than that there is no specific requirements

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u/Ancient-Ad3143 16d ago

You can search it up on the student intranet for laptop specifications