Computer requirements?

asherman13 · 02-27-2006, 09:15 PM

Does anybody know if any of the UC (specifically Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz, and Davis) engineering schools/departments require a specific computer or type of computer? I was going to buy a nice MacBook Pro, but my parents just asked if I might need a PC (I hope not...) and so I thought I'd check here.

Thanks!

BenedictChan · 03-02-2006, 04:54 PM

I you're electrical engineering and you need to take computer science, then yes, you do need a PC so that you can run a compiler. I don't think there's any compilers on osx that i know of.

Never mind, on second thought, there are a few out there.

asherman13 · 03-05-2006, 11:17 PM

Thanks for the info!

The Maverick · 03-06-2006, 12:37 AM

For the love of God... don't get a mac. PC FTW

Yen · 03-07-2006, 10:14 PM

Any will do with decent specs. Even if you don't bring one, they have labs with PCs/Macs/Linux boxes set up around campus that even provide a programming IDE to work with.

OSX obviously will have a compiler -- c'mon, it's based off bsd.

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Maverick

For the love of God... don't get a mac. PC FTW

I'm not speaking as a mac buff, i've been programming/developing on a PC for many years now. However, it may be possible that Mac's new intel based architecture systems will let users run os-x and windows. Mac may be "ftw" afterall.

klp141 · 03-12-2006, 10:09 AM

"I don't think there's any compilers on osx that i know of."

w.t.f?

Your mac should be fine.