Buying a computer for college.

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>lol.</p>

<p>I have friends that major in Comp Engineering that are Mac Lovers. it’s all good.</p>

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<p>I ended up buying a new Macbook Pro! hope this will work out with computer engineering!
anyone agree?</p>

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<p>You should only buy a Macbook if you’re too n00bie to use anything else => you shouldn’t be majoring in anything computer related. </p>

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<p>@HarryJones
you make me feel regretful for getting a mac over pc! :(</p>

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<p>Whoever said Ubuntu is not a stupid person.</p>

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<p>im not so sure about ubuntu, can macs bootcamp with ubuntu?
ubuntu seems like a scam, probably not wise for a freshmen at college to use such unpopular OS.</p>

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Lawl, how?</p>

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<p>What are you going to major in?</p>

<p>If you’re majoring in some sort of engineering, you may need a Windows-based PC for the Windows-only software you will use (Solidworks, etc).</p>

<p>If you’re doing something like broadcast production or art-related fields, you may need the Mac OS to run the preferred video-editing software and such.</p>

<p>Other than that, it’s really up to personal preference. My personal preference is the Windows PC, mostly because quite a few things I use run only on Windows, but there’s nothing I use that specifically needs Mac’s OS that would justify the added cost.</p>

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<p>Ubuntu a scam? It’s free, and you can customize it.</p>

<p>Apple makes a profit of ~$350 per computer, while a company like HP makes a profit of ~$50 per computer*. Mac OS is based on Unix (which is free) just like Ubuntu, except Mac OS isn’t free, and can’t be customized to the extent that Ubuntu can.</p>

<p>Now which is more like a scam, Mac OS or Ubuntu?</p>

<p>Source:

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Lawl, not what I’d consider a reliable source.</p>

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<p>The extortionate price to start with</p>