MAC or Windows laptop for MFE students?

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alain said:
Windows? Are you out of your mind? ;)

When I use excel, it is because I'm forced to do it and I refuse to do VBA.
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:)

I have been using MAC for the past 5 years (with additional access to a Linux server somewhere in the University) and it would be hard to switch to a PC ... but trying to make sure that I would not need a PC for the course! ;)

If I ever needed Excel, I used the MAC version of Excel... does that work well for the Excel computations done in the program?
 
Devdeep said:
If I ever needed Excel, I used the MAC version of Excel... does that work well for the Excel computations done in the program?
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Which program? Baruch? You will be forced to do Excel at some point.

You won't need Windows in the C++ class anymore. We are not going to be using VS.
 
alain said:
Which program? Baruch? You will be forced to do Excel at some point.

You won't need Windows in the C++ class anymore. We are not going to be using VS.
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Good to know! :)

Any comment on the 15" Macbook Pro vs the 17" ? The 15" should suffice, right?
 
I post this before and you will eventually get an email: at least 4GB of memory and support for 64bit Virtualization. If you have a MacbookPro with at least 4GB of memory, you will be fine.
 
alain said:
I post this before and you will eventually get an email: at least 4GB of memory and support for 64bit Virtualization. If you have a MacbookPro with at least 4GB of memory, you will be fine.
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Thanks! :)
 
alain said:
I post this before and you will eventually get an email: at least 4GB of memory and support for 64bit Virtualization. If you have a MacbookPro with at least 4GB of memory, you will be fine.
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I just wanted to make sure what you mean by "64-bit virtualization". I am assuming you are implying whether one can install 64-bit guest OS's on MacBook Pros (e.g. Windows 64-bit, Ubuntu x64, etc.)... right?

I am assuming that you do not mean installing 64-bit virtualization software (e.g. VMWare Fusion, Parallels, VirtualBox) on the machine.

Please correct me if I am wrong!
 
Devdeep said:
I just wanted to make sure what you mean by "64-bit virtualization". I am assuming you are implying whether one can install 64-bit guest OS's on MacBook Pros (e.g. Windows 64-bit, Ubuntu x64, etc.)... right?

I am assuming that you do not mean installing 64-bit virtualization software (e.g. VMWare Fusion, Parallels, VirtualBox) on the machine.

Please correct me if I am wrong!
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actually both. This is how is going to work. You will need to install Virtual Box and we will provide a 64bit Ubuntu VM that you will use as working environment.
 
alain said:
actually both. This is how is going to work. You will need to install Virtual Box and we will provide a 64bit Ubuntu VM that you will use as working environment.
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Can't the Virtual Box connect to an already installed 64 bit Ubuntu (I have a dual boot win 7 and Ubuntu)?
 
AlexandreH said:
Can't the Virtual Box connect to an already installed 64 bit Ubuntu (I have a dual boot win 7 and Ubuntu)?
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No. Run VirtualBox in your environment and run our VM there. I already do this at home. I think it's a great working environment because you can have full backups (snapshots) at anytime and if something goes wrong, it's just a simple click.
 
I think Alain means the following -

You will need a chipset that can handle 64bit (should not be a problem in most modern notebooks)
Your main OS needs to be 64-bit (You cannot virtualize 64bit linux in 32bit windows, for instance - this is why I needed to dual-boot and was unable to virtualize the blackbox provided. aka a total PITA)
 
amanda.jayne said:
(You cannot virtualize 64bit linux in 32bit windows, for instance - this is why I needed to dual-boot and was unable to virtualize the blackbox provided. aka a total PITA)
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No, that's not the case. As long as your CPU supports 64bit virtualization, you should be fine. I'm running today 64 bit Linux on 32 Bit XP at the office.
 
I was running into hardware errors and warnings in Win 7 Pro (x201 i5 M540 2.53) - eventually just gave up and dual booted.

Could have been VMware bugginess or Bios settings (or user ineptitude). When I was poking around user forums it was suggested that it could have been a support issue and 64 on 64 was preferred. Blowing out windows mid-semester wasn't going to happen ;)
 

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