Do I need a laptop for physics studies and if so, how powerful should it be?
Yes and any laptop will do.
>>7781122
Will there be any serious work on it, like simulations or similar?
As long as it can run KSP you'll be fine.
>>7781125
If you have to (as in mandated by your school) do any simulations then you'll likely be given access to your schools cluster.
>>7781134
Right, makes sense
>>7781134
>schools cluster
Now I know where all the tuition money goes. Fucking physics fags.
>>7781396
Clusters are supported by grants to the institution, stupid undergrad.
>>7781131
I'm a physics student, and I literally just got done playing this (I'm making a super cool space station). Now I have a lab.
>>7781396
>My music department also has a computer lab, fancy software, and recording tech
It's not just physics