<p>I've been trying to figure this out from google but has had no luck. </p>
<p>So does anyone know whether Mac or PC is preferred at umich engineering?
What do most professors/students use and which system allows for less compatibility issues with the software installation.
Or any other requirements I should know about like hard drive space, processor speed etc. </p>
<p>Oh and I'm planning on studying biomedical engineering btw. Anyone else?</p>
<p>Both Macs and PCs are acceptable. If you find that you’re having a lot of compatibility issues with a mac, install bootcamp and install a windows partition (free for engineering students through MSDNAA).</p>
<p>First off, I would recommend a laptop. Very handy when it comes to team meetings and etc.</p>
<p>Hard drive - dependent on the person. I have 300 GB hard drive and I’m only at 200. I can survive on less than 120GB if needed. However, I know people with terabyte hard drives that fill up quickly.</p>
<p>Processor speed - Recommend Intel Core 2 duo 2.1 GHz or equivalent minimum.</p>
<p>RAM - Recommend 2+ GB of ram</p>
<p>That should be all you really need to worry about.</p>
<p>Macs are fine as long as you have Windows on them. I would just get a PC though. Definitely get a laptop</p>
<p>^ Why ? Having only OS X won’t work ?</p>
<p>I personally think OS X is fine by itself, but some programs that you might want are only available on Windows.</p>
<p>It’s a much safer bet to have windows as well.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the input! This realt helped since almost everyone who I know went to umich has a Mac but none of them are in engineering 
Going computer hunting soon and will most likely be getting a PC laptop with the i5 core (I think thats what it’s called. Lol) because I can’t stand slow computers.
Thanks again!</p>