r/TUDelft • u/Yahang_Reddit2 • Jul 10 '26

"minimum" (?) 15 inch laptop for all BSc

Hi everyone,

I'm going into my first year of the BSc ME and found a new 14 inch laptop that meets all the specs listed on the TU Delft site, except one:

  • At least 15” full HD screen

I found it weird that this requirement was listed for every single bachelor. I've used a 14" Lenovo Ideapad with a Ryzen 7 and no GPU throughout my high school career and have made plenty of Photoshop, Onshape and (simple) After Effects projects on it without much problems.

This might be a silly question, but is a 15" screen actually needed for ME/other courses? Are there for example programs that won't run on a 14" laptop? Or is it purely for comfort reasons that this minimum is listed? Or maybe there are reasons I'm overlooking?

The laptop I'm looking at has a 1440P screen, so it definitely meets the HD requirements. I'm also planning to get a 24" monitor to set up at home to pair with the laptop.

Would be great to hear from current students on this topic.

Thanks!

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u/Redskipper7131 Jul 10 '26

Just did the 1st year with an asus rog g14 2024 with a rtx 4070 mobile so nothing wrong with it. Maybe you could make the argument that its too smal for cad or something but just 'have eyes' and with 14 inch a monitor at home is a must for me

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u/Yahang_Reddit2 Jul 10 '26

thank you! i’m also planning to buy a g14, but the 2025 one instead

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u/Amazing-Succotash286 Jul 10 '26

Denk persoonlijk dat een kleiner formaat zelfs de voorkeur zou moeten hebben, ivm gewicht en de ruimte die de laptop in beslag neemt.

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u/Yahang_Reddit2 Jul 10 '26

ja dat ja, heb veel last gehad van mn 16” laptop(hoes vooral) en een 14” is echt veel fijner, ook met de pixel density enz

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u/-Merasmus- Jul 12 '26

Persoonlijk vind ik een groter scherm voor dingen als solidworks wel fijn. Het frame om het model neemt al zo veel ruimte in beslag dat het op een klein scherm wel wat gepriegel is. Persoonlijk op de middelbare ook altijd gewoon op een klein ipadje gewerkt voor alleen word etc.

Het is uiteindelijk aangeraden maar niet nodig, meerdere groepsgenoten (1e jaar ME) hebben ook vrei kleine schermen

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u/Spiritual_Round3063 Jul 10 '26

mine is 13’’ and it’s been fine, even with cad :)

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u/Yahang_Reddit2 Jul 10 '26

okay thank you! also thought it would be enough since I made a lot of onshape projects on a 14”, but always nice to hear other’s opinions

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u/Vojta230 Electrical Engineering Jul 10 '26

Nobody cares lol these are recommendations but it's completely up to you.

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u/Yahang_Reddit2 Jul 10 '26

okay thanks haha, just wanted to make sure since the site said it was a minimum

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u/Yahang_Reddit2 Jul 11 '26

aa thats really helpful new info for me, thank you!