<p>Computer Science with a* MacBook</p>
<p>Would buying an apple notebook be a good idea for Computer Science major? or would it be better if I had a notebook with Windows instead of Mac.</p>
<p>No problem, almost all my CS professors use Macs. All IDE's work on macs (except maybe some antique C ones, and obviously Microsoft Visual Studio)
And if you do come across a windows specific IDE you can dual boot.....
Besides most of the upper level assignments are usually done in university UNIX stations.</p>
<p>In short : Yes</p>
<p>Thanks hello. I might just bring my PC with me to college to be on the safe side. I also heard theres some program called Parallel that allows you to run Windows on your MacBook? Does anyone have any experience using Parallel with Window XP?</p>
<p>I don't have a Mac, but I've heard that Parallels is a program that can emulate Windows when you run Mac OS X. Another way to dual boot is Boot Camp (it's the official solution from Apple), which means you can reboot the computer to switch to the other OS, from Windows to Mac OS X and vice versa.
Hope this helps!</p>
<p>I was wondering this too, because when I go to college. I want to start with a fresh mac book pro.</p>
<p>parallel sucks, as do most emulation programs. boot camp is much better</p>
<p>"No problem, almost all my CS professors use Macs."</p>
<p>I've noticed this too, that many math/cs/engineering profs use Mac / Linux now. So the answer to the original question is, Mac wont' be a problem in college, especially with the ones that use Intel cpus and can dual-boot windows.</p>
<p>One thing that annoys me is that profs often like to do things the hard way, compared to industry. They might program something in a Linux text editor instead of using Visual Studio 2005. More power to'em, except when they try to teach that habit!</p>
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They might program something in a Linux text editor instead of using Visual Studio 2005. More power to'em, except when they try to teach that habit!
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<p>One word: Free</p>