<p>Basically what the title says...I know Wharton computing is based around having a PC but if I have a mac with Windows will I have any trouble? Also what is the best as far as VMWare Fusion vs Bootcamp vs Parallels goes?</p>
<p>Bootcamp IMO is the best option. It basically turns your Mac into a PC and you will get full functionality with bootcamp.</p>
<p>Lots of Wharton people use Macs and just throw Windows on them for Wharton stuff. I myself did Boot Camp + Parallels. You can run Parallels and Mac OS X at the same time from the Boot Camp partition (say, for when you want to use iChat and iTunes in Mac OS but still work on some nasty Excel macros in Windows) and you also have the option of directly Boot Camp booting into Windows for a full-blown Windows machine when you want to play a 3D game or something…</p>
<p>You can easily use a Mac and operate your Windows programs using Parallels. Here is a MacTech article that compares parallels to its top competitor, vmware fusion. [Head-to-Head:</a> Parallels Desktop for Mac vs. VMware Fusion](<a href=“http://macte.ch/vmbench09]Head-to-Head:”>http://macte.ch/vmbench09)</p>
<p>There is only one course (Stat 434) that I’ve seen where the professor flat out says that you need Windows and cannot use any other OS. In the rare event that you take that course, you can always dual boot or use computers in Huntsman.</p>
<p>Do most of the professors at Penn allow laptops in class?</p>
<p>^Yes, I play poker during boring lectures</p>
<p>You can also use VirtualBox which is a free open source program from Sun (or Oracle nowadays) if you don’t want to pay for Parallels. You can find it here:</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.virtualbox.org/]VirtualBox[/url”>http://www.virtualbox.org/]VirtualBox[/url</a>]</p>