Buying a computer for college.

BindersOpen
Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:51:52 +0000

What are you going to major in?

If you’re majoring in some sort of engineering, you may need a Windows-based PC for the Windows-only software you will use (Solidworks, etc).

If you’re doing something like broadcast production or art-related fields, you may need the Mac OS to run the preferred video-editing software and such.

Other than that, it’s really up to personal preference. My personal preference is the Windows PC, mostly because quite a few things I use run only on Windows, but there’s nothing I use that specifically needs Mac’s OS that would justify the added cost.