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legacytp
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I’m currently shopping for a new laptop (I’m going to be a college freshman soon). I’m going to be studying mechanical engineering so many people recommend Windows, but I’m in the Apple ecosystem (and I love it). Do I need a Windows laptop, or can I get by with a Mac?

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What programs do you need to use?

If you want macs, you should be able to do almost everything with a vm or bootcamp on a macbook.

 

You can always use a school computer or buy a windows laptop if its really needed, but id just try bootcamp on your macbook.

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You dont have steer away from Macs since bootcamp works ok, but you are getting inferior hardware for the money so in demanding projects, it will be slower than equally priced laptops with other OS (or even without an OS from the factory).

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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9 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What programs do you need to use?

If you want macs, you should be able to do almost everything with a vm or bootcamp on a macbook.

 

You can always use a school computer or buy a windows laptop if its really needed, but id just try bootcamp on your macbook.

 

10 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What programs do you need to use?

If you want macs, you should be able to do almost everything with a vm or bootcamp on a macbook.

 

You can always use a school computer or buy a windows laptop if its really needed, but id just try bootcamp on your macbook.

Probably Solidworks, Catia, Autodesk Inventor, Matlab, etc. 

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I would go with  a cheap Windows laptop. Get some free software. Just buy something that only need to last the time in school .

 

You may drop it, lose it, or have  it stolen . Dropping a 1200.00$ Mac is hard on the wallet .

 

Make sure to do lot's of backup.

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