[nfbcs] best computer for a CS student?

Tue Feb 24 02:16:09 UTC 2015

They no longer make a 17 inch macbook. Very disappointing. I am low vision
so screen size really helps when I zoom. I am due for a new macbook soon. I
have a 2011 17 inch and am being forced to go 15 inch

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Jorge Paez via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Thank you everyone for your suggestions and advice.
> As far as the specs, the first computer that comes to mind is the Mac
> Book Pro 15 or maybe 17 inch--purely because those tend to have the
> most CPU and ram.
> Question though, on the PC side, what would people recommend that is
> equivalently powerful?
>
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> On 2/23/15, Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO via nfbcs
> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Suzanne,
> >
> > I am interested in what computer courses you have taken and where you are
> > going to school. I am retiring this week from the USDA in Kansas City. I
> > started when we used punch cards, lovingly called IBM cards. My have
> things
> > evolved since then. Do you attend the NFB national conventions?
> >
> > Susie Stanzel
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Suzanne
> Germano
> > via nfbcs
> > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 10:46 AM
> > To: Louis Maher; NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [nfbcs] best computer for a CS student?
> >
> > I am a CS student I use a macbook pro with 16 gigs of RAM and 750gig
> > harddrive With the mac I can run in mac OSX which I needed for my mobile
> > development class in which we used objective-c. I run parallels and have
> a
> > windows 7 VM which I used when I am forced to used Visual Studio. I also
> > used virtual box and have a linux vm which was required for another
> course.
> > I have Eclipse on both my mac and windows environment. I also have
> Microsoft
> > Office in both environments. Mac's now come with iWorks in which you can
> > save everything in Office formats.
> >
> > If you are going to run virtual machines then get a much memory as you
> can.
> >
> > Suzanne
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 7:28 AM, Louis Maher via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Eden,
> >>
> >> Go to your college and ask the department what students use.  I am a
> >> fan of the Microsoft Surface Pro three computers.  You will have to
> >> use Microsoft Windows a great deal, and you can remotely login to
> >> other machines when you need those environments.
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Louis Maher
> >> Phone 713-444-7838
> >> E-mail ljmaher at swbell.net
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of eden via
> >> nfbcs
> >> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 7:39 AM
> >> To: Nancy Coffman; NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> >> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] best computer for a CS student?
> >>
> >>     I keep hearing people suggest switching to a mac, wouldn't it be
> >> hard to learn, and how hard is it to set up the vm for Windows 7?  I
> >> am not a computer techie just yet I'm pretty green.
> >>
> >> Eden
> >> On 2/23/2015 5:28 AM, Nancy Coffman via nfbcs wrote:
> >> > If you are considering running Windows on your Mac, I would go with
> >> > a
> >> MacBook Pro. The processor speed will help you in the long run.
> >> >
> >> > Nancy Coffman
> >> > Sent from my iPhone
> >> >
> >> >> On Feb 23, 2015, at 4:59 AM, Vincenzo Rubano via nfbcs <
> >> nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> Im studying computer science at university. I am using a Macbook
> >> >> Air
> >> >> 2013 to do just anything, from programming to studying Math-related
> >> >> subjects...
> >> >>
> >> >> I would suggest going for a mac: it has all the advantage of a
> >> >> unix-based system, but it gives you a great interface to use the
> >> >> system for everyday tasks. Also, if you would need Windows, you
> >> >> could always run it within a Vmware Virtual Machine...
> >> >>
> >> >> If I were you, i would consider a Macbook air (customized with 8 gb
> >> >> RAM
> >> and the I7 processor, which are must-have IMHO) or maybe a Macbook pro
> >> (even the base configuration should be fine, but if budget is not a
> >> problem switch to an I7 customized version). These are really great
> >> machines: I chose for the Macbook air because it's more lightweight
> >> and battery lasts significantly longer.
> >> >>
> >> >> HTH.
> >> >>
> >> >> Vincenzo.
> >> >>
> >> >>> Il giorno 22/feb/2015, alle ore 21:40, nfbcs at nfbnet.org ha scritto:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Hi all:
> >> >>> My name is Jorge.
> >> >>> I just graduated high school last year and had to take a year off
> >> >>> because my family and I moved to Florida from New York City, so I
> >> >>> was waiting for the residency rule to kick in college wise because
> >> >>> the tuition is about half or more of what out-of-state students pay.
> >> >>> At any rate, I've already got my acceptance letter to community
> >> >>> college, and I'm going to be majoring in Programming and Analysis.
> >> >>> My question is, what computer would be better for me in terms of
> >> school work?
> >> >>> I don't know what language my classes are going to use, but since
> >> >>> I'm also going to be doing a lot of work outside of class--I'm
> >> >>> going to be a freelance programmer on the side--I already know
> >> >>> HTML pretty well and I'm going to be learning other languages
> >> >>> soon, what computer has the biggest number of accessible
> >> >>> development environments for the most number of languages?
> >> >>> I have experience using both Mac and Windows, using Voice Over,
> >> >>> JAWS and System Access, so the screenreader isn't a problem for me.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thanks,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Jorge
> >> >>>
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