Informatics Student Tips

Informatics Student Tips

School of Informatics students give their tips on studying Computer Science and living in Edinburgh

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Computer Specs

Computer specs 

Wondering what specs you need your computer to be for an Informatics degree?  

Here’s some advice: 

  • At least an Intel i5 processor or equivalent. 
  • At least 8GB ram
  • At least 256GB SSD memory 

Take advantage of students’ discounts like these:

These are the minimum recommendations but if you don’t have them don’t worry, there is no need to buy a new computer! It is very easy for students to loan laptops and there are plenty of computers available for students to use in the labs at Appleton Tower. 

Blog post originally written by Sraddheya Gurung, Informatics Communications Intern 2021

Computer Specs / Informatics Student Tips by blogadmin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0

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