Mac for College?

Not really. With office for mac, compatibility is pretty good by now. You can program on a mac just fine, netbeans runs great and uh yeah. The battery last forever as well.

Also do not buy the office for students at the store. Order the academic version online http://www.microsoftstore.com/stor [...] csv8VNDhmq much much cheaper $99 instead of $270 (must have .edu email).

edit: Unless you need some really special software, mac should be fine.

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Although a lot of things are compatible these days, you need to make sure you're getting what you need for your classes. For example, in my engineering programming class, we got our programing software (Microsoft Visual Studio) for free, for Windows. You don't want to be in the opposite problem either.

Please make a note however, if you don't need a Mac for your classes, I can't recommend getting a Mac. The amount of overcharge for their hardware is over the top. If you just want the thrill of using an OS other than Windows check out Ubuntu or another Linux based OS. It will literally save you multiple hundreds of dollars. Or, if you wanted to spend the same amount, get you a MUCH better laptop.