<p>More than once I have been assigned to use a program for class, and the teacher has said that it will not work on a Mac. Students that had Mac computers had to go to the computer lab to do their assignments. That would be a pain.</p>
<p>I also think that Macs are fine, they look cool and seem simple to use, but they are way too overpriced. In school laptops get beaten up pretty good (at least for me), they get carried everywhere, food eaten by them, filled with music and other crap. I would suggest buying a lesser expensive PC such as a Toshiba or HP, and upgrading in a few years to a nicer model (possibly buy a Mac then).</p>