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| An excellent gaming laptop are made by [[http://www.alienware.com/|Alienware]] (now owned by [[http://www.dell.ca/laptops |DELL]]). The Alienware laptops have top of the line components and they are PC-based. | An excellent gaming laptop are made by [[http://www.alienware.com/|Alienware]] (now owned by [[http://www.dell.ca/laptops |DELL]]). The Alienware laptops have top of the line components and they are PC-based. | ||
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| + | <note>Planning to enter the Robotics stream? A PC laptop will be the better choice!</note> | ||
| <note>There is no PC or laptop requirement when you enter the gaming stream, if need be equipment will be available for gaming students via the gaming lab.</note> | <note>There is no PC or laptop requirement when you enter the gaming stream, if need be equipment will be available for gaming students via the gaming lab.</note> | ||
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| Mac laptops are very popular as well and for good reason. Mac's are easy to use, known to be very stable, less susceptible to viruses and they look great. ((Be aware that MAC's typically run their own operating system and its not Microsoft Windows)) | Mac laptops are very popular as well and for good reason. Mac's are easy to use, known to be very stable, less susceptible to viruses and they look great. ((Be aware that MAC's typically run their own operating system and its not Microsoft Windows)) | ||
| - | <note>All students in the Mobile Computing Stream must have a Mac laptop for COMP 1601 for Winter | + | <note>All students in the Mobile Computing Stream must have a Mac laptop for COMP |
| - | 2012 term only. For COMP 2601, all students must have their own laptop but it can be either | + | 1601 for Winter 2012 term only. For COMP 2601, all students must have their |
| - | a Mac or a PC. Effective Fall 2012, students will no longer be required to have a Mac laptop | + | own laptop but it can be either a Mac or a PC. Effective Fall 2012, |
| - | for COMP 1601. You will be able choose either a Mac or a PC laptop.</note> | + | students will no longer be required to have a Mac laptop for COMP 1601. You |
| + | will be able choose either a Mac or a PC laptop. Please note that iPhone and | ||
| + | iPad development can only be accomplished using a software development kit | ||
| + | (SDK) provided by Apple running on Mac OS X. Therefore, if this type of | ||
| + | development is a goal of yours, a Mac laptop would be a better choice for | ||
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| - | <note>Planning to enter the Robotics stream? A PC laptop will be the better choice!</note> | ||
| === Intel vs AMD === | === Intel vs AMD === | ||