MAC vs WINDOWS PC for Mechanical Engineering Students
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Is Mac or Windows PC better for engineers? In this video, I share my experience with both operating systems, talk about the pros and cons of each, and recommend the best laptop specifications and models to get based on whether you are a mechanical engineering student or mechanical engineer working in industry. Timestamps are provided below.
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00:38 Mac VS Windows?
01:33 Why not Mac?
02:12 Parallels Virtual Machine
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05:28 What You Should Buy
05:48 Laptop Specifications
07:35 Which Laptop to Get?
07:59 Conclusion
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i’m a senior in high school interested in mechanical engineering and was just thinking about these two options perfect timing and big help
Thank you for sharing your experience, very helpful, appreciated!
I was definitely needing this video🙏🏽
Definitely agree with getting a gaming laptop bro. I use a MSI Stealth which is plenty for basic CAD
Nice video ! thx
Thanks for your content. About me, I choose to use Windows for my work and Mac to remotely control them
Just a note for anyone interested in a Mac + VM setup, UTM is free and open source and can do most if not all the things parallels can do. Setup may be more involved than Parallels, but if you're an engineer, you can figure it out.
get a razer blade 13 or 15 if you want build quality on a windows laptop
I am a senior mechanical engineering working in Analysis. If you are doing analysis, require mainstream CAD packages or analysis tools, you will need a Windows PC. The few classmates when I was in university who uses a MacBook had constant problems with not being able to run key software on their MacBooks. If you only require Maple, Matlab, or Scilab, and do not need CAD, you can get away with using a MacBook.
What about Lenovo ThinkPad P53 or P series
Please give me the suggestion
Solidworks work good on a bootcamp windows (macbook pro 2019 I9 32 gb ram Redeon 5530pro). He work good like a my job computer (with Nvidia A2000(like a Quadro series))
I asked this question to you a month ago thanks a lot bro I bought a intel gaming laptop after your comment :)
Great choice😉
The video is mostly right but I would like to give another perspective.
I am also engineer graduates 2-3 years ago with professional experience.
Basically he is right, for students, get a windows and more or less forget about having a mac for now. I also had a rog laptop and an iPad for taking notes and drawing.
However, I recently bought a m2 pro 14 laptop and it is a wonderful machine. First of all, as he said fusion 360 is there, but also there are a lot of other mechanical engineering software available: Openfoam, Matlab, Simscape(online), and so on.
Definetly if you just use soldiworks, there’s no way… 🙅♂️. But as someone who fly 4-5 times a year, I have an extremely powerful laptop that I can bring with me to the airport do my stuff there for few hours and forget about searching for a cable connection. It has a wonderful sound and screen so overall it can still make sense for an engineer (not for a student) since you can use matlab, python, fusion 360 and that could cover most of what you could use privetly for your own projects+efficiency.
I mean they are nice computers, i get sick of windows being windows sometimes. However it’s just stupid to get a mac for engineering. Sure, some cad runs, matlab, visual studio and arduino ideas (for programming microcontrollers if need be) but it’s not great. Their ecosystem is so closed that pretty much no engineering software runs on it. You never know when you may need to run external software, such as being in a senior project. For instance even though you’re mechanical, you could possibly be doing something with robotic software or plc programming, which literally none of those software runs on mac. I remember not having altium run which sucked so I had to use eagle. The engineering software that does run on it isn’t optimized either, it’s optimized for x86. They’re expensive computers, only come with 8gb of ram for 1600, no upgradable paths and it’s tough using outside vendors with their products. I mean 1600 for a windows will get you like a 4060 TI, 32gb of possibly ddr5, and 1TB of storage. Asus zenbook or dell xps.
@@seriessplayer62747 just install w11 as ur second OS on Mac?
Hi, how about using free virtual machine like UTM for running engineering simulation software? Do you have any experience?
Is this different for computer engineering?
I have a pc with 16gb ddr4 ram, a gtx 1080 and an i8700k, will that be enough for student CAD work? for notetaking and writing I plan to use my older macbook.
If these will not be enough then I wonder if I should upgrade the pc or just get a better laptop.
I think your PC is good enough. No necessarily upgrade needed. But if budget isn't any of your concern, upgrading isn't a bad decision.
My ryzen 5 5600 + 32gb ddr4 ram + rtx 3060 (roughly the same performance with your 1080) runs good on BIM softwares like Revit. Also, Autocad, 3Ds Max and Blender runs smoothly.
I have a powerful pc at home and a m1 macbook air. Do you think I could just parsec to my home pc and be able to do most things?
Yep that's exactly what I would do
Yes, this is what I do as well, I use Parsec.
Im able to do everything I want with parsec, only issue is the ratio of everything on my laptop being smaller due to the screen being smaller rip
Yeah maybe I'll trade for a bigger screen later on. Thats perfect because you get massive battery life benefits bc the mac wouldnt be doing any rendering and it already has fantastic battery. Besides that you could be more mobile bc you wouldn't have to be plugged in to an outlet, and you wouldn't have to be replacing laptops every few years due to poorer build quality and just wear and tear due to the heat density of windows laptops with dedicated gpus. Maybe in the future when they catch up on efficiency will it be as convenient. @@GabrielTobing
I’m in the same boat, use my pc at home but have a mac. For engineering usually, I wouldn’t recommend a mac. Most engineering software doesn’t work on it. I have to use altium and it doesn’t support mac. Anything stem is definitely windows
I'm planning on buying a macbook air m1 and also buying a PC or building one. I'm going into mechatronics engineering but I'm not sure if that's a good idea
I'm stuck between getting (a Mac and a PC)or getting (a windows laptop and an iPad) for note taking. Can someone please help me out.
After studying 3year I completely agree that you really need IPAD for touch screen to your computer. This saved alot of time and for drawing etc
Any recommendations?
Thanks for making this video! Macbook fanactics may not want to hear this, but it is true. Macbooks suck for non-software engineering.
They can still have an Macbook Air or Mac Mini if their job offers them a Dell XPS 17/16 or Lenovo ThinkPad P16.
As a mechanical engineer who probably works with openfoam, ansys, starccm+, I want to buy one of these two:
Dell xps 13 plus or 15. Surly the second one is more powerful but much expensive for me. Here is the configuration that I can afford:
Prozessor
Intel® Core™ i7-1360P der 13. Generation (18 MB Cache, 12 Cores, bis zu 5,00 GHz Turbo)
Betriebssystem
Windows 11 Home, Englisch, Niederländisch, Französisch, Deutsch, Italienisch
Grafikkarte
Intel® Iris® Xe Grafikkarte
Display
34,0 cm (13,4")-FHD+-Display (1.920 x 1.200), 60 Hz, 500 cd/m², reflexionsarm, mit Touchfunktion und InfinityEdge
Arbeitsspeicher
32 GB, LPDDR5, 6.000 MT/s, integriert, Dual-Channel
Storage
512 GB-M.2-PCIe-NVMe-SSD
The problem is with the graphics which is not Nvidia Gforce. Do you think that "Iric" would be enough in ME or we need more graphics?
Or do you recommend another one around 1500 euro?
Thank you in advance ❤
Ich studiere auch Maschinenbau und eine dedizierte Grafikkarte brauchst du nicht. Intel Iris funktioniert ausgezeichnet, sollte also locker reichen. Ist vielleicht sogar schon etwas Overkill.
Unfortunately the extreme 20 hour real world battery life and low power consumption of the Mac when doing word processing is too much of a quality of life improvement for me. Waiting for snapdragon and windows on arm just in time for uni next year. In the mean time onshape and fusion360 for the win.
For any intensive software Mac battery wont last not even 8 hours. Opening a small model just heats up the mac.
@@Teluric2 no it doesnt
Will a laptop with integrated gpu be fine for mechanical engineering apps?
(I already bought it and I'm a y1 mechanical engineering student)
Shouldn’t be an issue if you are just using it for excel or matlab. CAD might be a problem for parts with a lot of features or big assemblies
OpenGL is important!
I would vastly recommend laptop with discrete gpu but integrated gpu work just fine.
if i already have a windows pc at home, should i get a mac, or stick to a windows laptop
Same here 😅
@@rafeeq37769 what are you studying?
Ansys and some other stuff won’t work on parallels no matter what and are limited by parallels OpenGL 3.3
But Solidworks and many others work just fine for me
"most engineers are also hardcore gamers" :D
Except that CATIA on M2 Mac parallels lasts practically 4X longer on battery than a windows laptop……
I love the windows laptops, but it’s getting annoying seeing how efficient the Macs have come.
so would you still recommend macbooks then? i get a laptop thru the DSA for uni but the specs for the options for the windows aren’t very good but don’t have limited options for macs
@@Lena-yj1fb Gaming laptop with rtx 2060 and up better for heavy simulations and FEM analysis. Mac still don't quite reach that level. What I can give you is that the battery last way longer and with parraelel you can design simply assembly bit once you start doing FEM simulations, that where mac falls short. Window give power but at cost of battery whereas mac give efficiency and that you don't lose performance while on battery but it sacrifice much more needed power for STEM simulation. However, if you computer engineering, then mac is not a bad choice. It is great.
Windows, it's not a debate
"I don't even understand why is this a question"
Well, practically people that want justification for buying MacBook.
Yes.
You really need ipad or surface honestly. Because really need it for drawing
Is it really necessary? I contemplated this question so often, went to the store tried it out, but I usually came to the conclusion that it is not much better as paper and pencil. What are the advantages? Are these gadgets worth it?
@@Universal_Craftsman good luck carry all the paper with you. And PDF file
@@Universal_CraftsmanI would recomend you get it but especially if I have an iPhone
@@hongsethya4932 If that's the case it's probably a good investment. But most of what I do is studying for tests by working out practice problems, I later throw the papers away, so it probably doesn't make sense for me.
Do not get a surface!!! Get and iPad and use notability. You’ll thank me later.
I threw out my surface a year in, and switched to iPad. The surface is garbage!
me with a macbook air watching this video..
Hi, I need help with choosing my career path. I’m completely lost and I have to choose a college next year. Is there any way to contact you in a private message to ask about mechanical engineering?
Is the macbook is the best choice for mechanical engineers
Good for studying and taking notes
Bad for running industry relevant software tools
Windows are so trash. I honestly dont really “love” either but I bought a 1600 gaming windows laptop and it lasted like 1 years and was the loudest, worst investment ever.. im mac through and through for my engineering degree and have never not found a work around. And my new xbox runs better than my old windows. Was a rog zephrus
Well, your mistake was buying a gaming laptop 😂 You’re not making a fair comparison
I dont know any engineer doing serious work using a mac.
@@Teluric2 pulled from a group of the 2 engineers you know and are in either the same field/ study as you, good to know
Windows or mac the correct one to use is ...
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