Dr G or Current Pratt students - PC or Mac?

deuxenfants
Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:45:53 +0000

I am told that either a PC or a Mac laptop will work for a Pratt student. But I’d like to get Dr G’s opinion as well as opinions from current Pratt students about which is preferable. I am comparing the new Apple MacBook Pro with a high-end PC (like the Dell Latitude 820). The MacBook Pro is a very attractive option (definitely sexier than a PC!) but I don’t know if the programs engineering students use run well on the Mac. I’ve read on Matlab discussion boards, for example, that there are problems running MatLab 7 on the new MacBooks. Am I asking for trouble to go with the Mac instead of the PC? What percentage of Pratt students currently use the Mac? Thanks for any help you can provide.