07-18-2012 at 11:08 AM
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Mac Compatibilities
Hey everyone so i just bought a mac, will there be any compatibility issues? For example, will i be able to open and work with any files that the profs give out?? Is the school's printer compatible with a mac??
Also, im taking comp sci next yr, is a mac good for programming like java or adobe and all that stuff??
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07-18-2012 at 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by henry4399
Hey everyone so i just bought a mac, will there be any compatibility issues? For example, will i be able to open and work with any files that the profs give out?? Is the school's printer compatible with a mac??
Also, im taking comp sci next yr, is a mac good for programming like java or adobe and all that stuff??
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I can't speak for all files, because I don't know all of the file types professors use to hand out stuff to their students/classes, but I'm sure there is a Mac compatible program to open it up. I never used the school's printer with my Mac, so I can't help you there. What CS course are you taking next year? You could use Eclipse or another IDE on your Mac with no problems..though I haven't heard of programming in Adobe. |
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07-18-2012 at 12:03 PM
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Bootcamp is also another viable option, esp. with Windows 8 being released in October.
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07-18-2012 at 01:57 PM
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The only time I've ever had a problem with using OS X or Linux on my MacBook was for the stats course you take in second year CS (Stats 3Y03), which requires software that AFAIK only is available for Windows. I just ran Windows in a VM for that program when needed. Other than that, OS X should be perfectly fine.
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07-18-2012 at 02:03 PM
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You should be fine, 99% of documents are compatible. The only annoying this at the start is making sure you save the documents as word files if you use iWork  .
Also programming is no problem. I used to me in Computer engineering at Sheridan for a year and programmed in Java and C++. I used NetBeans as my IDE and it was awesome. |
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07-18-2012 at 02:04 PM
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The only time I've ever had a problem with using OS X or Linux on my MacBook was for the stats course you take in second year CS (Stats 3Y03), which requires software that AFAIK only is available for Windows. I just ran Windows in a VM for that program when needed. Other than that, OS X should be perfectly fine.
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What VM software did you use? I'll have to download one and install XP on it..
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I'll be trying VirtualBox  .
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07-18-2012 at 02:20 PM
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If you want 3D acceleration, get VMWare Fusion. It's easy to torrent and looks really nice in OS X.
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07-18-2012 at 02:49 PM
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If you want 3D acceleration, get VMWare Fusion. It's easy to torrent and looks really nice in OS X.
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I don't think I'll need 3D acceleration for a Stats course's program but thanks for the suggestion. |
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07-18-2012 at 03:49 PM
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Bootcamp is also another viable option, esp. with Windows 8 being released in October.
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But since Windows 8 is crap, the OP might as well use Boot Camp to dual boot with Windows 7. (That's what I do.) |
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