<prompt> Human: the guidelines for what qualifies to write off a laptop seems a little vague but I hope someone here has some experience with this. The professors for his online class strictly asks for at least 8gb of ram and a quad core processor to run a special virtual machine and other programs. With working for the school I qualified for the payroll deduction which allows me to purchase a laptop through the school and have a little withheld from my paycheck each month. Anything i canshould do?Edit: this is a tax question, yes i know theres plenty of options for other laptops but i chose apple. Assistant: Im positive you can get a computer with the required specs for a small fraction of that cost. Human: oh i know that but its very convenient through the school rather than a loan to buy. plus i need to understand both MacOSLinuxWindows for the field i am going into.  <response>: You can easily get a brand new quad-core 8 GB laptop for 500, and can probably find a used one for a lot less.If you pay installments to buy a 3500 computer for this course, you will be making a mistake. 