<p>DS has a Mac desktop. He enjoys the 24" screen. You can run the programs on the engineering dept. computers and use your Mac screen. You can load Windows on the hardware if you feel you must. I guess the specific software you use depends on your major.</p>
<p>You will find that Macs are competitive when you consider that they come with higher end hardware, and a .pdf creation software and other application software as part of the OS. If you don’t like Macs that is fine.</p>