<p>I’m going to BUCOP (I’ll be entering the college of arts and sciences, but I’m also going to get a Communications degree)</p>
<p>I was wondering what the laptop requirement is</p>
<p>A friend of mine is going to Syracuse for journalism degree and her school requires that you get an Apple laptop</p>
<p>is there a similar acquirement for BU?</p>
<p>Don't think there is any specific requirement but most of the COM students I know do use apples. Generally, for their film editing software, but other reasons as well. I'm a PC guy and don't really see what the big deal is but I hardly use mine for school so I dunno.</p>
<p>No specific requirement.</p>
<p>DJglover16 what are the other reasons?</p>
<p>also does it make it more difficult (because of programs) and such if you have some other laptop?</p>
<p>i'm in com and i had a dell and chose to just buy a mac instead. in com you can deal a lot with photoshop and editing and stuff and i know you can do those on a pc too but i just prefer it on a mac. most people in com i feel like have a mac.</p>
<p>There isn't a reason to buy a specific model for film because you'll do your editing on a dedicated system, though first you'll be working with film in a can anyway. </p>
<p>I'm a mac user and am a big fan of the platform but I question any school that standardizes on a platform because that's not the way the world works. For example, UTexas business prescribed a specific Dell (surprise!) laptop and proclaimed that would allow its graduates to "parachute into" business prepared ... when of course real training would be more like "here's a bunch of incompatible systems, now decide how you can get your data out of here and over there so it can be used and cost out the alternatives for an investment decision." And not long ago, many schools were saying they wouldn't support Apple because the platform was dying and they wanted to standardize on Windows (then 98 or 2000). Now with Apple surging and Windows viruses and spyware wreaking havoc, those IT officers - including some of the most prestigious schools - appropriately look like morons.</p>
<p>The news business uses a ton of macs but not exclusively. If you work with photos, I'd consider a mac because I like Aperture, which is an Apple program, but otherwise there is no grand reason.</p>