<p>Love intuitive aspect of Apples, less spyware/virus, Final Cut Pro. But PCs are much, much more common, Vista may make them more intuitive and lessen the gap (total guess). Love itunes and potential phone for Apple.
Will Leopard be able to differentiate that much from Vista? Dont know.
Major? Maybe math or neuroscience but really not sure. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>People at OIT know how to work with PCs alot better if you ever run into problems. PLus we have some sort of deal with Dell where they'll send a guy over to fix stuff for free... or something... I'm not really sure about that one.</p>
<p>iTunes works on the PC, at any rate.</p>
<p>Get the Mac. You can boot it up in Windows if you ever need to for some reason.</p>
<p>At least in my entry, the vast majority of freshmen brought Macs. The people at OIT also mentioned how they are seeing more Macs on campus than ever before. Just fyi, good luck with your decision.</p>
<p>I agree with szzl. I have a PC laptop here at Williams, and though it serves my needs, I have had problems with it before. The new MacBooks/MacBook Pros are very nice because they're self-contained systems and can now run Windows.</p>
<p>I didn't visit Williams, but at most LAC campuses we toured the tech guys said Macs were growing in popularity. At Wesleyan, for example, Macs exceeded PCs for the first time last year, they told us. I'm getting a Macbook for sure.</p>
<p>Yes... But people at OIT, from what I've seen, generally know how to deal with PCs much better than with Macs...</p>
<p>Like viruses? Get a PC
Like blank screens? Get a PC
Like lock ups? Get a PC
Like to store music on your computer? Get a ...oh, yea, get a Mac
Like an intuitive interface? Get a Mac
Like an extremely stable operating system that doesn't stop your system from operating? Get a Mac.</p>
<p>Macs are for people that don't actually know how to use computers.</p>
<p>... just saying...</p>
<p>Lol - oh yeah? Maybe PCs are for people who need grammar check -
Macs are for people WHO don't actually know how to use computers!</p>
<p>Anyway - no offense taken - GL with your apple, er, app.</p>
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Macs are for people that don't actually know how to use computers.</p>
<p>... just saying...
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<p>For the record, I can use a computer...and I use a Mac.</p>
<p>So there. :p</p>
<p>"Macs are for people WHO don't actually know how to use computers!"</p>
<p>So you've come to your senses, after all.</p>
<p>LOL ;)</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>I agree with ephryhmes but that's only because in the wider world, PCs rule. And there are several countries where people haven't touched a Mac but have used PCs all their lives. </p>
<p>At any rate, Macs are growing in popularity here among students. Most, if not all the labs in the science labs use Macs. Getting used to Macs won't be a bad idea at all - no better way to do that than to own one.</p>
<p>Macs are not just popular among students here, but even more among faculty. I've not been to many a professor's office, but the few whom I've visited [math and science] all have Macs in their offices. Macs are used in the science labs in the Bronfman Basement. My music prof and my bass instructor both have apple laptops...</p>
<p>For someone who's always used a PC, getting fluent with a Mac took a li'l bit. But now, I'm glad I'm comfy with both Windows and MacOS now. I miss Windows terribly; but Apple is beautiful.</p>
<p>It seems to be the trend that math/sciency places at colleges including (but not limited to) Williams tend to be more apt to use Macs.</p>
<p>As a prospective social science major, would it be fair to say that a PC would be better? I've always used PCs and quite frankly don't like nor want to use a Mac. I guess I'm just wicked closed minded on things like that.</p>
<p>I don't see why you'd preclude using a Mac. I'm a social science grad student, and my Mac serves me just fine.</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong - back in the 90's (i.e. before OS X and Windows XP), Macs were the way to go. However, Windows XP made PCs actually usable and OS X mostly sabotaged the Mac (I don't find it intuitive at all anymore...). Spyware has caused the only problems in my Windows computers, but these problems are easily rectifiable with anti-spyware apps.</p>
<p>Get a PC for video games, general college-type work (word processing, powerpoint, excel, etc), and widespread compatibility. Macs really aren't worth it anymore unless you have some special interest in multimedia projects.</p>
<p>Amwidkle,</p>
<p>Except that...like...you can do everything on the Mac that you can do on a Wintel.</p>
<p>The only thing I can't do on my Mac is play Oblivion without booting to Windows.</p>
<p>Imagine those Apple ads about Mr. PC v. Mr. Mac applied to colleges. To me, Williams, Bowdoin, Amherst = PC. Brown, Wesleyan, Haverford = Mac.</p>
<p>Macs are to Lexus as PCs are to Ford Taurus</p>