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[hermand]

quick question, i use mac computers, will i be disadvantaged because of software incompatibilities in COSC 1901 & 1902? i'm assuming you can learn everything you need while in lectures and practicals, but will i need software on my home computer to understand it better?

 

[ssglain]

quick question, i use mac computers, will i be disadvantaged because of software incompatibilities in COSC 1901 & 1902? i'm assuming you can learn everything you need while in lectures and practicals, but will i need software on my home computer to understand it better?

All the computers in the labs run Red Hat Enterprise Edition, which is a Linux OS. So compared to Windows, it will actually be a lot easier if you run Mac OS X, which is also Linux/Unix based - especially for the C course because you can compile everything from the terminal and you will just need to install a few things like gcc (the C compiler). For the Matlab course, the software is available for Mac.