<p>So far I have had no problem. MATLAB runs fine. I haven’t had any problems with AutoCad. All running under parallels. YMMV I guess. (Note that I am using the 15" quad I7 with 8gb of ram. I can’t speak to the dual core performance.). </p>
<p>As for the heat problem. This has been fixed already. You need to install a program like MacFan or whatnot and adjust the fan speed. Windows 7 isn’t doing it properly.</p>
<p>You do have to buy a copy of Windows 7 but if you can afford the Mac I’m sure you can afford windows 7 at the student rate.</p>