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so, a laptop for college

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Valrus:
Anyway, the point is that Mac OS X is wicked sweet and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Seriously though: unless you're planning to use your computer for games or to become an "IT professional" or whatever, you'll probably have a good time with a Mac. No viruses. I cannot stress this enough. And the iBooks do seem to me like a pretty good deal, especially since they have the same chip as PowerBooks due to IBM's shafting Apple right in the processors.

ebullientsoul:
I've grown up with both macs and PCs.

I used to get lots and i do mean LOTS of crashes on macs, but they seem to be less frequent. that said, i actually want to be able to game on my machine, so I don't know if an apple is the right set up for me.

MilkmanDan:

--- Quote from: Ozymandias ---If you're going into any computing field, don't bother with getting an Apple, of course.
--- End quote ---


Why not?

Ozymandias:
With the exception of visual design, it's going to be worthless. You generally want a Windows platform for programming or maybe Linux for IT.

Valrus:
Not exactly true, since with the UNIX and all you can do programming in Java, C++ or Objective-C, Python, Perl, and myriad other languages. Since you can host web sites from your computer, you can get familiar with the Apache web server, write your own CGI, and use php and mySQL and other good stuff like that. And of course if you dick around with the Terminal, a lot of the UNIX stuff can transfer over well to Linux or any other *nix system.

Trust me on this; I've done it all myself.

That being said, though, it bears mentioning that most companies do use Windows, so there's a lot of stuff you won't be able to get experience with: IIS instead of Apache, C-Sharp or whatever the hell MS is making you write Windows apps in now, Microsoft SQL Server, Access, and plenty of other stuff I'm not familiar with since I'm a Mac user.

So, basically: If you want to go into a computing field, you can find an equivalent (often open-source) on the Mac for anything -- programming, databases, system administration, etc. -- you might do on the Windows side. But you won't be able to get familiar with the exact software that people use on Windows, and from what I've seen a lot of people look for that.

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