![]() There is no speed hit at all running with boot camp. I am working toward a BS in Computer Science as well, and mostly using a Mac.īoot camp will enable you to run XP or Vista or 7 natively, that is just as it would on any PC with the same specs (You'll need the 64 bit versions to recognize all 4 GB of RAM). ![]() To be honest, learning to use virtual machines is another good skill to pick up. All of our developers use VMs to support multiple OSes on a single computer. We only support running on OS X internally. The company I work for develops software that runs on Linux, windows, and Solaris. A 4GB Mac will run either VM very, very well. That way you can learn to program on all three. I'd recommend sticking with the Mac and running virtual machines to experience windows and Linux. VMware Fusion can be purchased for $20 after rebate. Less of a hassle that rebooting to run Windows. You might also consider running windows in a virtual machine. ![]() It is a much more standards compliant implementation of C++ than Visual Studio. Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and other OSes use gcc. Much of the early coursework should be OS agnostic. I'd be a bit surprised if a CS program used windows exclusively. Are you sure that windows is required? The Mac comes with very capable development tools.
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