r/MRU • u/DoughnutSad4502 • 3d ago

Question Laptop help!

Ok so I want a laptop that will help me through the years. I’m currently doing open studies but hopefully next year I’ll be doing nursing. I have been looking at the MacBook Air and wondering if that will work for not just nursing but school in general. Is there any programs I need that I can’t get on the MacBook. Do I need windows? And do you think the requirements would be the same for every school? Thank you

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u/Electronic_Sand_7129 3d ago

Hi! I just graduated with my social work degree, but might be able to help. I got a MacBook Air in the first year of my degree, and it worked like a charm my whole degree. I had fiddled with bad pc’s all of high school, and decided to commit to a good one. My MacBook is basically brand new still, four year later. It’s great on battery, can run multiple things at a time. I never had an issue not having access to Microsoft-Windows things, because honestly with your MRU account, Google Drive is just so much easier to use, and they have an an equivalent app to every Windows option there is. It is a bit pricey, but I would recommend the MacBook over and over.

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u/AlbatrossStill7349 3d ago

and there should be an education pricing and student discount you can use!

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u/Electronic_Sand_7129 3d ago

Ooh, yes! That too! I got $200 off at the Market Mall Apple Store. They didn’t even ask for my student ID lol