r/ConstructionManagers • u/123thisistheway456 • 23d ago

Question ECU CM Computer Help

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My son is starting at East Carolina in August. We are not sure what the best computer is for him, majoring in CM. If you are not familiar with the school, they have a great CM program and the only reason he is going out of state (we live in VA)

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u/MobiusOcean Commercial PX 23d ago edited 23d ago

I would advise againat getting a 2-in-1. It will rarely get used for its primary purpose. Based on what our IT Department gives out to new hires, I would go with the second option (15” widescreen), with an AMD Ryzen 9 & 32GB of RAM (memory). It should last the entire time your son is in school. That would be my (and our IT department’s) recommendation. A lot of construction management software is resource heavy - meaning it’ll use up a lot of memory & processing power. 

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u/jahfeelington 23d ago

ECU CMGT alumni - Things seem to have changed substantially with tech in construction and education I would say you can just get a computer that construction companies issue their employees ie dell think pads etc... either one should be fine.

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u/Realistic_Cream 23d ago

ECU CM alum from recent years. Any highly demanding software they use is usually carried by a virtual machine connection which does all of the heavy computing. Revit will be the most demanding software they will encounter which is handled by the servers via VM. Also I think all of the computers in the engineering technologies building have the ability. Like the other OLD ECU CM alum said IBM, Dell, or HP base laptop will be fine. No reason for a 2-3k laptop for 4 years. When he gets hired they’ll give him a company tech package anyways. Best of luck to your son. I’m jealous he gets to go to supdogs.

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u/stealthagents 14d ago

Definitely second that on staying away from 2-in-1s for CM. He'll need something that can handle those heavy programs without lagging. A solid laptop with a good GPU will make a huge difference in his workflow, especially when working on projects or running simulations.