<p>i am going to be a freshmen next year and i was wondering, what do you think works best on michigan's campus?
MAC or PC?</p>
<p>i am familiar with both and don't know what i should buy.</p>
<p>i am going to LSA where i will probably apply to Ross. If i don't get into Ross (i was stupid and didn't apply for pre-admit), i will probably major in political science. I then want to go to law school (but will probably get a new computer before law school so no worries about that).</p>
<p>i feel like in the real world, more people use PC, but i also do a bunch of music stuff, so i feel like i would appreciate a Mac.</p>
<p>what do you think is best for umich campus? what do most people in LSA have? i can't choose! i love them both!</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>(ps. i have a printer. do i need it?)</p>
<p>Ross = Business = PC</p>
<p>Having a printer is convenient, but you can always go to a UM computer to print something (up to 400 pages a semester I believe?). You can even send the order to print from your own laptop and then go pick up your document at the nearest UM printer to you. This is called MPrint.</p>
<p>i went on a walking tour and went by the fish bowl (computer lab in angel hall iirc) and all the computers there were macs, so i don’t think there’d be a problem if you need to use a mac. plus they’re getting wi-fi across the whole campus next fall so there won’t be a problem where you have to go to a computer lab in order to get internet access or whatever.</p>
<p>Half the computers in the fish bowl are PCs. You must have not gone in.</p>
<p>oh my b then. either way, there are macs haha. sorry for the misinformation</p>
<p>What would you guys recommend for engineering (specifically computer science)? I am also a math major, but I don’t think I will be using a computer too much for math. </p>
<p>Would a Mac do, or is it almost stupid to use a mac for programming? </p>
<p>Also, how does buying a computer on campus work? I saw someone post a link to the on campus computer store, but I can’t find it. Does anyone know that link? Thanks!</p>
<p>Lol, I just asked a ton of questions.</p>
<p>PC 100% for CompSci – and no you won’t be using a computer too much for math. The store to which you are referring is in the union basement.</p>
<p>Thanks giants, but couldn’t I just use bootcamp to run windows on a Mac? Or would you not recommend that? I have used windows on a mac, but I don’t know how well it would perform when I am using an IDE.</p>
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<p>You can do it and it’ll work just fine.</p>
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<p>It’ll work perfect, but you won’t ever be using a windows IDE anyhow. CS courses here use linux environments and tools almost exclusively. In that respect, a Mac can be better than a PC. Overall, either way works just fine. CAEN and ITCS are pretty damn good at ensuring compatibility for windows, mac, and linux users.</p>
<p>Ahhhhh Linux <3 </p>
<p>tetrahedr0n, you have no idea how much that made me smile to hear the the CS department will be using linux. Thank you for your help. </p>
<p>One last question, does union basement sell PC parts?</p>
<p>If it’s a color printer, you’ll need it. If not, then for B&W you should be fine.</p>
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<p>What type of parts are you looking at? No, they don’t sell memory, or graphics cards, or processors, or anything of that nature. They might sell some type of accessories, maybe webcams or things of that nature. I think they sell software more than anything else, but I haven’t been there in a while.</p>
<p>Yeah, those were the parts I was talking about. I would like to upgrade my PC and it would be nice to get a huge discount on parts. That works though. Thank you for your help.</p>
<p>dude just go on ebay</p>