<p>Can current UMass Amherst students please give their unbiased opinions of what laptop is better for a new student - Windows or Mac? My son wants a Mac, but I'm concerned that this may limit him if the school is very Windows centric - file sharing, typical applications used, email, browser, etc.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter. Many people own Mac laptops at UMass. I’d say the ratio is almost 50/50. As long as he will have Word/Excel/Powerpoint on the mac he will be fine. If his laptop breaks, OIT should be able to help him too.</p>