r/NJTech • u/Sensitive-Map4995 • 1d ago

Advice Library Laptops

Long story short, the hinge on my laptop snapped and I haven’t had the money to fix it until now. The thing is I have an assignment for cs490 to do during the first week when I assumed I didn’t need a laptop. Should I hold off on fixing my laptop or are the library laptops/desktops good enough to run whatever programs I need? TIA

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u/DoctaMag CS Alum ΘΧ 1d ago

There is no project for any CS class at NJIt that requires more than a netbook from 2006 to run it.

It's all basic computation, not a scaling production system.

If you need heavy hardware to do anything, you're doing it wrong.

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u/Sensitive-Map4995 2h ago

I probably worded it wrong. I’m not looking for strength I just wanted to know if I can complete the assignment on a school device without running into any software issues (like installing things or downloading documents).

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u/DoctaMag CS Alum ΘΧ 1h ago

Generally you're going to need an IDE and consistent environment to do any coding.

I don't think the library computers block GitHub or anything like that. Always best to check.

If you aren't, you should already be using and getting used to Git/GitHub for version control anyway. It's the industry default.

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u/Sensitive-Map4995 0m ago

Yeah I’m pretty familiar with GitHub but I code with VS and just push to git. I’ll see what I can do in the library and if anything I’ll borrow a laptop from a friend. Thanks so much for your advice.

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u/Michellaneous_art 1d ago

Theoretically the desktops are powerful enough to do everything you need. The laptops I feel are... not.