I can understand if the teacher wants to run a program that for some reason is Windows-only. But the idea of the students buying all new hardware because of this seems ridiculous and incredibly wasteful, Windows programs run on Mac hardware too. -- Darren Duncan

On 2021-02-27 5:07 p.m., May Kue wrote:
Oh, and Darren, the class only supports Windows so Mac users are on their own...even though this is a Data Analyst/Science program...I don't know, it...it's complicated. Maybe because of Tableau? It keeps me up at night thinking about it too....like, why? But for now, I'll go with Mac is unstable and paranoid...? If I ever find the answer, you'll be the first to know.

    On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 9:45 AM Darren Duncan wrote:

        On 2021-02-25 2:56 p.m., May Kue wrote:
         > I am a student and have been trying to install pgAdmin for two weeks
        now on
         > a MacOs BigSur (for personal reasons why I am using a Mac...I am an
        idiot and
         > will conquer this dammit!). My other classmates with Macs just went
        back to
         > Windows and have to buy new laptops - which is crazy. I am crazier by
        trying to
         > get it to work.

        Can you explain this?  Why would your Mac-using classmates suddenly
        switch to
        Windows en-masse?  What would that accomplish? -- Darren Duncan


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