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Hello, everyone.
This upcoming fall, I will be attending a university and I plan to major in Information Technology. I will be getting a new laptop before I go and I have a question.
For a while now, I've been interested in macs. I was thinking about getting a new macbook for use in college. however, would it be more practical for me to get a pc laptop considering my major? does it matter?
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Posted 31 May 2008 - 07:22 PM
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It is a hard decision. Macs are great but so are PCs.
With a mac you can dual boot Windows or Linux. With a PC you can only boot Windows or Linux (there is a hacked mac but it isn't the same).
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With a mac you can dual boot Windows or Linux. With a PC you can only boot Windows or Linux (there is a hacked mac but it isn't the same).
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Posted 01 June 2008 - 09:50 AM
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I've heard windows doesn't run that well on macs. is there any truth to that?
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Posted 01 June 2008 - 10:03 AM
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Get a PC, you'll be best off getting as comfortable as possible with Windows and Linux especially as an IT major. Over 90 percent of the computers in the world run some form of Windows, so as an IT major you are definitely going to run into Windows more than any other operating system. Then running some linux will also help out because some companies will run their own custom distro of linux, which they have tailored for their needs. Get a PC.
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Posted 01 June 2008 - 10:17 AM
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For once, I agree. :)
Macs are expensive, and they don't do all this stuff Apple says it can. For example, it does crash very often, is subjected to viruses, and is incompatible with lots of stuff. It's just eye candy - just say no. PC, end of story.
Macs are expensive, and they don't do all this stuff Apple says it can. For example, it does crash very often, is subjected to viruses, and is incompatible with lots of stuff. It's just eye candy - just say no. PC, end of story.
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Posted 01 June 2008 - 10:18 AM
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Ha, yeah for once.
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Posted 01 June 2008 - 01:24 PM
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I say go for a PC. If you still want to try the MAC flavor you can run a hacked version of it... there are tons of hacked versions online, I'm not saying you should.. it's illegal, but you can make your own searches.
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Posted 01 June 2008 - 04:03 PM
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Salbert said:
I've heard windows doesn't run that well on macs. is there any truth to that?
I've seen several Macs running Windows and it runs fine IMO. I've never seen one running Vista, only XP. Mac uses the same hardware you will find in a PC now that their CPU is intel.
MeTh0Dz said:
Get a PC, you'll be best off getting as comfortable as possible with Windows and Linux especially as an IT major. Over 90 percent of the computers in the world run some form of Windows, so as an IT major you are definitely going to run into Windows more than any other operating system. Then running some linux will also help out because some companies will run their own custom distro of linux, which they have tailored for their needs. Get a PC.
I agree. It is very rare to see an IT shop full of Macs. Your main computer operating systems will be Unix, Linux and Windows.
Xav said:
For once, I agree. :)
Macs are expensive, and they don't do all this stuff Apple says it can. For example, it does crash very often, is subjected to viruses, and is incompatible with lots of stuff. It's just eye candy - just say no. PC, end of story.
Macs are expensive, and they don't do all this stuff Apple says it can. For example, it does crash very often, is subjected to viruses, and is incompatible with lots of stuff. It's just eye candy - just say no. PC, end of story.
I agree with this also. I have seen Macs crash fairly often. If you are a gamer there is a very limited selection of decent games for the Mac.
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Posted 02 June 2008 - 08:18 AM
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For something like this, the first thing I would do is contact your teachers/department. Usually, schools will have a policy for things like this.
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Posted 03 June 2008 - 09:07 AM
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Usually schools use a normal PC.... besides that most of the people own a PC.. not a MAC.
You better go with the mass :)
You better go with the mass :)
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Posted 03 June 2008 - 11:07 AM
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Many IT departments have *Nix machines that you need to submit programming work on.
