Laptop

I am starting a biochemistry degree this September. Do I need an 8 GB ram laptop or a 16 GB ram laptop?

Honestly, either is fine, and it depends on budget. The most computationally intense stuff you'll do might be ImageJ (whenever you do microscopy stuff), plotting data in R or Python or whichever program your uni uses, and maybe visualising proteins or structures, or if you want to be fancy and need to create diagrams in illustrator.

I had an 8GB laptop in first year and it was fine, and I now have a 16GB (which is also fine), so it depends on how much you think you'll need it for optional stuff.

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mvioletlm

Is the reason you got a 16GB laptop because you wanted additional speed or due to needing something more powerful for programmes that are used for personal use?

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mvioletlm

Original post by cactus11235813

Honestly, either is fine, and it depends on budget. The most computationally intense stuff you'll do might be ImageJ (whenever you do microscopy stuff), plotting data in R or Python or whichever program your uni uses, and maybe visualising proteins or structures, or if you want to be fancy and need to create diagrams in illustrator.
I had an 8GB laptop in first year and it was fine, and I now have a 16GB (which is also fine), so it depends on how much you think you'll need it for optional stuff.