Mac Friendly Universities

Ryan1524 · Nov 15th, 2003, 05:47 PM

i'd like to know which universities accept macs as they do PCs. i'm planning to get a PB for college/univ, but i'm a bit worried if there will be any course specific programs that are incompatible with macs.

i'm planning to go to Uni. of Toronto for either Computer/electrical or mechanical engineering, Life Sciences, or Bio-Chemistry. Or Queen's for Biomedical Computing. so anyone who goes there...please comment.

i'd appreciate any advice or feedback. first hand experience is much appreciated. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Macaholic · Nov 15th, 2003, 06:52 PM

Have you not checked out the course curriculum/software, or even asked these universities, themselves??

jonmon · Nov 15th, 2003, 07:15 PM

U of T supports macs on their wireless network, so you're OK there. The labs are mainly PCs however, with a couple of macs in Robarts.

Script Kiddie · Nov 15th, 2003, 09:42 PM

I don't know about engineers, but theoretical/computational scientists have been, and continue to be pretty unix oriented, so Mac OS X and Linux get the thumbs up. During my 8 years at U of T (Ph.D. 1998 theoretical chemistry) we had loads of fun scoffing at the windowze. Now as a unix sysadmin/programmer I continue that fine tradition [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Ryan, the biomedical computing a Queens looks seriously cool. If I were to do-it-all-again that would be my choice. Cross discipline is way to go these days.

[ November 15, 2003, 08:52 PM: Message edited by: Script Kiddie ]

jsimard · Nov 15th, 2003, 09:58 PM

University of Waterloo support both Mac and PCEES.
My som is in Architecture there and he has a Power Book Titanium.

howing · Nov 15th, 2003, 10:49 PM

I'm at the UofT, and we have macs... our wireless network supports macs, are labs have macs (some), and our bookstore sells mac's stuff...

don't know about queen's.. they're not really into macs.

RicktheChemist · Nov 16th, 2003, 01:13 PM

UNB had a few Mac labs around the campus.. but most of the stuff was PC.. the libraries with Wi Fi supported Macs also after you registered your Mac address with Computer Services.

Cheers,

RtC

Nov 15th, 2003, 05:47 PM	#1
Ryan1524 Full Citizen Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 244	i'd like to know which universities accept macs as they do PCs. i'm planning to get a PB for college/univ, but i'm a bit worried if there will be any course specific programs that are incompatible with macs. i'm planning to go to Uni. of Toronto for either Computer/electrical or mechanical engineering, Life Sciences, or Bio-Chemistry. Or Queen's for Biomedical Computing. so anyone who goes there...please comment. i'd appreciate any advice or feedback. first hand experience is much appreciated. [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ Ryan

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Nov 15th, 2003, 09:42 PM	#4
Script Kiddie Full Citizen Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: kitchener Posts: 801	I don't know about engineers, but theoretical/computational scientists have been, and continue to be pretty unix oriented, so Mac OS X and Linux get the thumbs up. During my 8 years at U of T (Ph.D. 1998 theoretical chemistry) we had loads of fun scoffing at the windowze. Now as a unix sysadmin/programmer I continue that fine tradition [img]tongue.gif[/img] Ryan, the biomedical computing a Queens looks seriously cool. If I were to do-it-all-again that would be my choice. Cross discipline is way to go these days. [ November 15, 2003, 08:52 PM: Message edited by: Script Kiddie ] __________________ .o0o.

Nov 15th, 2003, 09:58 PM	#5
jsimard Full Citizen Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Brampton Ontario Canada Posts: 73	University of Waterloo support both Mac and PCEES. My som is in Architecture there and he has a Power Book Titanium. __________________ J. Simard<br />G4 MDD Dual 867 & 14" iBook 900 both Pantherized with 10.3.3<br /><br />The people you should get even with are the ones who have helped you

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Nov 15th, 2003, 07:15 PM	#3
jonmon Honourable Citizen Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,482	U of T supports macs on their wireless network, so you're OK there. The labs are mainly PCs however, with a couple of macs in Robarts.

Nov 15th, 2003, 10:49 PM	#6
howing Full Citizen Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 265	I'm at the UofT, and we have macs... our wireless network supports macs, are labs have macs (some), and our bookstore sells mac's stuff... don't know about queen's.. they're not really into macs.

Nov 16th, 2003, 01:13 PM	#7
RicktheChemist Honourable Citizen Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,510	UNB had a few Mac labs around the campus.. but most of the stuff was PC.. the libraries with Wi Fi supported Macs also after you registered your Mac address with Computer Services. Cheers, RtC

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