Also, does the MacBook Pro come with an emulation program for Windows?
Emulation? No, use virtualization.
http://www.parallels.com/ ($80 for Mac, worth every penny)
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I copied each response and emailed them to her as well
as the recent Consumer Reports article.
Consumer Reports writers love to bad mouth the Mac. You have to dig into
their charts to see that it is consistently top rated in virtually every
category. The stats say one thing, the editorial copy
Also, does the MacBook Pro come with an emulation program for
Windows? If not, what is recommended (we have CDs with Windows ME,
XP Home, 2000, and XP Pro available to install if needed).
After a short time, she'll realize that she won't need to use Windows
programs. Until then, there's
About 6 weeks ago, I asked this listserv about a laptop for my daughter
in college, now a junior. She didn't know whether to get a Mac or a PC
laptop, and her friends were giving her dubious advice. Thanks to all
who responded -- I copied each response and emailed them to her as well
as the
On 5/3/07, Mason Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
MacBook is great. Get the one with the SuperDrive. Add:
$129 for the Student/Teacher edition of Microsoft Office for the Mac.
$249 for AppleCare. Particularly for a student, you will want the 3
year parts warranty. - You can find this for
Best to see what the professors are using. Ask what software they find
the most valuable and make sure she can run that.
My son, with a BFA and MFA in theater and a number of stage productions
to his credit, is a Mac user and is convinced that all the best software
for the stage runs on Macs.
I recommended a Linux laptop but given that she is studying
management, you really want something that runs Excel,
and unless you are going she is comfortable doing something
like Codeweavers to support windows programs (vmware or a
dual boot setup for the hard-core), you probably have to go
with
SSD is going to be expensive for a while.
HHD is more interesting in the short term. With memory prices dropping
the hard drive cache is increased to as much as 1 GB. This shouldn't add
much to cost. Of course the data loss will be much worse when computers
crash.
First, you may want to wait
PC-Pete, We are discussing pros and cons ...
Mark Snyder
If I am PC-Pete does that make you Mac-Mark?
PC-Pete
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MacBook is great. Get the one with the SuperDrive. Add:
$129 for the Student/Teacher edition of Microsoft Office for the Mac.
$249 for AppleCare. Particularly for a student, you will want the 3
year parts warranty. - You can find this for around $180-190 if you
shop Amazon/Froogle.
This
As always, the choice of computer should reflect the kind of software
that will be used. For people in the creative arts, most agencies and
video houses use Macs. Creative software, even when cross-platform, is
written better for Macs [fewer steps, more intuitive, with features
built into the
Daughter's friends tell her that Dell and Toshiba laptops are crap, the
only thing to have is a Mac because it will do multi-tasking, runs so
much faster than a PC
Both systems will mutli-task and have for years. Windows did this first,
but that's ancient history. Runs so much faster is
No Windows included, although if you know you want it, you can get the
Apple with it preinstalled at macmall.com. Parallels will let you run
any version of Windows in a Mac window. Dual booting requires XP or Vista.
Mason
Pete Rozanski wrote:
Can't they run both a Windows OS as well as a
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AmigaDOS did it before either, and OS-9 I think did it
before AmigaDOS. But that's ancient history :-)
Well, I just meant between the 2. And we're talking pre-emptive
multi-tasking, not that dressed up cooperative stuff.
Nice post Jeff, BTW. Very balanced and
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