MacBooks at St Andrews

I will likely be attending StA starting this fall and I'm thinking about getting a MacBook Pro. I grew up on the Windows OS, but I also now like Apple's OS and their laptops. The ability to run both Windows and Apple on one machine is very appealing. Nevertheless, StA appears to be very Windows/PC based, and I want to make sure that an Apple will happily work at StA and that there won't be any support nightmares.

Any comments on this would be helpful, especially from Mac users.

Thanks

Reply 1

joe8232

Firstly, let me congratulate you on your choice of university! Secondly, let me congratulate you on your choice of computer. I have a MBP and it works perfectly with the university network etc. IT services produce leaflets for both windows and Mac OS X on how to configure your computer for internet access etc.

I am in the Mathematics faculty and they have a microlab which consists of entirely Windows PCs but that has not been a problem; all my word documents / Maple docs are compatible. Computer science has a huge lab of made up entirely of iMacs.

The only problem I have had is getting internet access through Windows on my MBP. When you register with ITservices you have to give them your Ethernet ID and tell them the OS you use so when I use windows it doesn't seem to authenticate the computer but aside from that it is fine.

Hope that has helped a bit; any more questions don't hesitate to post.

Reply 2

waj

Thanks, I'm glad I can get a MBP!

I'll be studying economics and philosophy, I'd assume that there are no PC-only programs or any Mac problems relating to these subjects.