> System design, though, is the actual point of SW ENGINEERING Software Engineering is about problem solving using software and hardware (we'll just say comput

> System design, though, is the actual point of SW ENGINEERING Software Engineering is about problem solving using software and hardware (we'll just say computers for simplicity). Whatever solution system you propose has inherent constraints and tradeoffs. That's the Engineering. System design is a catchall phrase for a subjective problem scale.