<p>What software do you use in biomedical engineering and will a mac book pro be a good option. I do like PCs but my bro has a mac book pro and it seems much more reliable and made of better quality. My PC has competely crashed on me twice in 4 years having lost all of my data while keeping good care of my laptop, and I don't want this to happen when I'm in college. So, is a mac good for my major?</p>
<p>I’m not familiar with biomedical engineering, but which Macbook Pro? There are quite a few models, including Retina and non-Retina.</p>
<p>I would probably get the 15 inch retina display, the one that costs around $2000-$2200
I also am going to wait unti july to buy it becuse they are releasing the Haswell processor by intel in June and the Macbook pro is being upgraded in June as well</p>
<p>Wise of you to wait. I have the first generation RetinaMBP and it has its problems that I’m not very fond of. Otherwise, it’s a good laptop, although not my favorite ever. (My favorite laptop was an 11" Macbook Air.) I should mention that Apple bumped the specs of the processors and dropped the price on the 13" Retina models recently.</p>
<p>For the price of a mac I would get a thinkpad instead. Better specs, military-grade toughness and reliability, the only laptop allowed on the ISS… plus it can handle more programs and is more customizable. Check it out.</p>
<p>^ You sound like you would love a Panasonic Toughbook 31.</p>
<p>The good thing about Mac is that now even if you need a windows program you can install windows on the Mac and be able to run both OSX and Windows through bootcamp. My aunt works in the medical field and uses a Macbook Air. She needs a few Windows programs for her job, so when needed she’s able to boot up Windows and when she’s down she can return to OSX. </p>
<p>If you like Mac you’re not limited to just OSX; however, there are some great PCs out there, so just get what you prefer, both will get the job done.</p>