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As a McCombs student you are required to have a notebook computer. Much of the software used in McCombs Business School courses is available for you to install on your own computer. The vast majority of this software is available to you for free from the software publisher or free to current students through some academic program. A handful of applications require you to purchase them, but they are still available at greatly reduced prices as long as you are a current student.
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If you are a Mac user, you can still install Windows only software onto your computer if you first install a Windows VM. If you already have virtualization software installed and run a Windows VM, you should just use that. Otherwise, we recommend you install Oracle VirtualBox software. This software is free, and you can find out how to install it at our Installing VirtualBox wiki page.
McCombs Computer Services also distributes three different Windows VMs for students who do not want to create their own VM:
- A Windows VM with Decision Tools and Excel 2010
- A Windows VM with Decision Tools and Excel 2013
- A Windows VM with Visual Studio and SQL Management Studio
These are minimal VMs designed to run specific applications. These VMs are distributed in OVA files that install the VMs into Oracle VirtualBox and other popular virtualization applications. For run Windows as a virtual machine. McCombs Computer Services distributes ready made Windows VMs to students that run inside an application called VirtualBox. For more information about obtaining these VMs please visit the Running MSB Student VMs in Installing OVA files using VirtualBox wiki page.