Computer advice??

[umasskin2017]

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So I will be starting my DPT program in the Summer and I was hoping to get some advice on computers. I currently have a MacBook Pro with 8G memory, and 2.8 GHz intel core i7. I was thinking of either upgrading my memory or getting a different computer. I have no disk drive, so I would probably have to get an external drive as well. I have had this one through almost all of my undergrad and I'm just not sure how much longer it will last, but then again I do not know that much about computers. Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated!

 

[jblil]

The laptop you have is plenty for PT school, no need to upgrade anything. Can you even add RAM to MacBooks? I though the memory was soldered onto the motherboard. As for storage (disk drive), you must have some on your machine currently. A cheap way to add to it would be to buy something like this:
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/888890/Lexar-JumpDrive-S57-USB-30-Flash/

Edit: out of curiosity, I looked up memory upgrades for MacBooks. Turns out that it is possible, except for the MacBook Air & Retina MacBook Pro, which have soldered-on RAM. However, MacBook laptops max out at 8 GB, so it looks like your machine is already at the top of the specs.