Well McMaster's engineering FAQ states the following for the question: what kind of laptop would I need?
For Windows Users
Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate/Enterprise, or Microsoft Windows Vista (SP2) (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate, or Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP3) or Professional x64 Edition (SP2)
Intel Pentium 4, 2 GHz or faster, Intel Xeon, Intel Core, AMD Athlon 64, or AMD Opteron, or later
2 GB RAM or more
Microsoft Direct3D 10 or Direct3D 9 capable graphics card
DVD-ROM drive
Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
Internet connection for web download
Adobe Flash Player 10
So to run the softwares that might be given to you in the program, 2GB of RAM is doable (who even makes laptops with that kind of RAM anymore though?) but I would recommend at least 8GB if you want a smooth performance and less lag. Find yourself any laptop with 8GB RAM Intel core i5 or i7 and you should be perfectly fine. Avoid a MacBook because you WILL need to install a software that generates a Windows software that is able to run the software that is given for the engineering program! Too laggy and annoying!
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