What type of computers do computer science majors use?
We feel that it is important to be exposed to a variety of hardware systems. All students have the opportunity to use Unix and Windows systems. Many of our laboratory systems have multiple boot software systems so that they may be used as MacOS or Windows systems. Recently, the Linux operating system has been deployed in some of our laboratories allowing the same Unix based software to run on Macintosh and Intel machines as runs on our Silicon Graphics Unix machines. Since Linux, which is distributed under the GNU software license, is free, students can install Linux on their own computers and run the same software systems which the Department uses in its teaching and research.
