<p>What do students in SCA use? What about the university, in general?</p>
<p>Both actually. There's what I'm certain is an equal number of macs and pcs and sun workstations in the labs.</p>
<p>So really, it's whatever you're comfortable using. You might want to consider, though, using the platform that has the most applications that you'd probably use for your major. (i.e. the stereotypical pcs for engineers, macs for humanities and graphics designers, etc etc)</p>
<p>But really, it's just whatever you'd prefer to use.</p>
<p>MAC is easier for Final Cut pro. </p>
<p>i love final cut :]
& pc vs mac is like a no brainer. mac! no viruses, better graphics, better design. lol. (i can't wait to get one.)
i tried editing on windows today. i couldn't get ANYWHERE with it. </p>
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<p>i'll admit i'm biased towards pc, although I do use both pretty frequently. but i couldn't stand to let the mac having no viruses comment stand. Apple just recently announced that it is advising its customers to purchase antiviral software.</p>
<p>fortunately for you, USC provides antiviral software for free.</p>
<p>anywho, shameless plug: tablet pcs!</p>
<p>haha. i would so get a tablet if i wasn't such a bad drawer/ messy writer. </p>
<p>i use a pc/windows laptop now.
i just WANT a mac lol.
that's all just stuff i've heard. </p>
<p>and that totally screwed with my omggg macs are so cool!!1! thoughts in my head.
doesn't mean i still won't get one lol :)</p>
<p>Buy a mac and then you can run both Mac OSX and Windows</p>
<p>yeah. for the op, it seems like the best option. esp for sca.</p>
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i'll admit i'm biased towards pc, although I do use both pretty frequently. but i couldn't stand to let the mac having no viruses comment stand. Apple just recently announced that it is advising its customers to purchase antiviral software.
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<p>Actually, they immediately retracted that...but regardless, there isn't any "mac virus" that would spur such an announcement.</p>
<p>On a personal note, I like my mac :) It's served me very well so far.</p>
<p>USC provides free site license copies of Norton Antivirus (for both PC and mac)</p>
<p>The reason that there are comparatively fewer Mac viruses is that there simply aren't as many Macs as there are PC's. As a result, hackers get more bang for their buck for targetting PC's. As Macs increase in market share, they will be targeted more often.</p>
<p>And a relevant article:</p>
<p>Macs</a> no longer immune to viruses - Security- msnbc.com</p>
<p>I don't buy the whole "fewer macs ->fewer vulnerabilities" argument.</p>
<p>You just have to look at non-consumer markets. Unix-type OS's are far more dominant in, say, the server market (>50%) yet there are still far fewer critical vulnerabilities. The unix security model (from which Macs inherit) is simply superior to windows's, at least for right now.</p>
<p>And every computer system is going to have vulnerabilities, security flaws, and virus-type malware - but some systems are secure enough that you don't have to worry as much as long as you're careful as a user not to download suspicious stuff.</p>
<p>Fair enough. But it's a possibility that if Macs gain more market share that there will be more of an incentive for hackers to figure out a way (even if it's a bit harder)</p>