We live in Nomansland. The nearest Costco is (I’m guessing) a 5 hr. drive. Thanks for the info.
Then just buy a Dell Studio which is designed for multimedia.
Get it off their outlet site.
I would suggest the Mac if your child is majoring in music. I was always a “Windows” person and a musician friend got me a Mac. I’ve had this laptop for four years and it shows absolutely no signs of slow-down nor have I had any major crashes.
As another poster suggested, you can always load Windows onto a Mac and run the Windows programs when needed.
I would suggest upgrading the RAM when you get one though. Music/videos programs can be memory hogs!!