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Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on Aug-11-2007 20:51:

Just get a PC and partition it... load Linux on the other side. Done and done.

Posted by bas on Aug-11-2007 20:51:

quote:
Originally posted by idoru
Why would you want to spend extra money on CDs to burn off for a couple of projects when you can just e-mail the necessary documents to yourself and access them that way?

Because people that hate Mac's will find any way to say they're shitty

Posted by Sunsnail on Aug-11-2007 20:52:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
Because people that hate Mac's will find any way to say they're shitty

Macintosh is such a stupid name

Posted by idoru on Aug-11-2007 20:55:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
Because people that hate Mac's will find any way to say they're shitty

Well even then, Macs are totally capable of burning data CDs. I mean seriously, that CD-burning argument is just terrible.

quote:
Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
Just get a PC and partition it... load Linux on the other side. Done and done.

Partition? Wipe Windows and go Linux-only if you're gonna do that.

Posted by Ian on Aug-11-2007 21:04:

come on guys, give the lady a proper answer. I'd suggest it depends on what you want out of things. Mac's aren't compatible with some stuff you may want/need, and windows can be a bitch to run other things.

Posted by bas on Aug-11-2007 21:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
come on guys, give the lady a proper answer. I'd suggest it depends on what you want out of things. Mac's aren't compatible with some stuff you may want/need, and windows can be a bitch to run other things.

THIS is your proper answer? At least the two guys that posted a thesis had valuable advice, even if they were bickering

Posted by iammesol on Aug-11-2007 21:15:

While macs are expensive... I would say that buying one has THE BEST investment I have ever made. The lack of freezing, viruses, all other CRAP that I see every ten seconds on Windows is non-existent.

Posted by shaw on Aug-11-2007 22:19:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
Because people that hate Mac's will find any way to say they're shitty

Posted by Ian on Aug-11-2007 22:34:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
THIS is your proper answer? At least the two guys that posted a thesis had valuable advice, even if they were bickering

yeah. i kinda started out trying to be useful, couldn't think of anything & left that deposited where something good should've been

Posted by SuspicionVandit on Aug-11-2007 23:30:

did anyone mention that each Apple comes an autographed picture from Steve Jobs?

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Aug-12-2007 00:51:

Re: mac vs pcy

just one point i have to add that i am surprised no one mentioned yet. what is the actual purpose for a cd burner for a student other than backing up data and making cds? if you want to save documents, you don't want to have cd-rws. Thumbdrives ftw here.

quote:
Originally posted by Spyder
macbook pro vs sony vaio pc

what are your opinions on them..
the good the bad and the ugly

this will most likely be a school computer and home recreation

i am not a mac basher. i am not a pc basher. i do know that mac is good for certain things, and pc is good for certain things. If you want a mac, it's cool, but you should be aware of certain software to have to be applicable with pc users such as (mac users can correct me or add to the list):

*Safari / Opera for webbrowsing
*Adium for instant messaging
*OpenOffice for word processing

I am sure the most frequent types of files being passed back and forth are picture files, document type files, and media files. If you're sending out executables to a mac user, that user is basically screwed.

Any mac users want to give their testimonies for/against thumbdrive/external device mounting on a mac os? i can't really say much about that, because i am a windows/linux hybrid guy. i guess that is important in the future.

i guess that covers "the good the bad and the ugly".

Posted by VAR on Aug-12-2007 01:03:

my advice;

get a dell xps 1710;
http://www.dell.com/content/product...=en&s=dhs&cs=19

with windows XP pro,
run;
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pr...pc/default.mspx

and live happy...

Posted by getfoul on Aug-12-2007 02:11:

I use a western Digital portable 160 gig hard drive, about the size of a deck of cards, on my Powerbook and my t60p. It goes back and forth no problem, and I am able to store files of both types on there with no issues either. Thumbdrives will be the same way.

I wish I had a mac book pro, a bunch of programmers from my school are picking them up now for personal use after they spent years bashing the Macintosh platform. They are really one of the best all around laptops out there now.

Posted by Ivand on Aug-12-2007 02:14:

what can you do on a mac that you can't on a pc

Posted by Sunsnail on Aug-12-2007 02:17:

Use the plethora of mac-only products.

Posted by idoru on Aug-12-2007 02:18:

Re: Re: mac vs pcy

quote:
Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
If you want a mac, it's cool, but you should be aware of certain software to have to be applicable with pc users such as (mac users can correct me or add to the list):

*Safari / Opera for webbrowsing
*Adium for instant messaging
*OpenOffice for word processing

Firefox runs on a Mac. Safari is a pos.

Posted by Spirit5 on Aug-12-2007 02:19:

quote:
Originally posted by idoru
School computers have internet access. Why would you want to spend extra money on CDs to burn off for a couple of projects when you can just e-mail the necessary documents to yourself and access them that way?

True, I forgot about that. But I always like to make sure I have a back up in case something happens to either the schools/my own computer. So having it on a CD is a good idea, but just to print something out...sending it to yourself is better. I've only lived a few minutes from all the schools I've been to so I don't really have to worry about that.

Posted by on Aug-12-2007 02:32:

Let's see...how can I explain it clearly so that you'll understand....well....hmmm.....a mac is a lot like a 20 something year old yuppie who goes to a local town college and binge drinks on the weekends....no wait...hold on...a PC is a lot like a white collar businessman in a suit who....

...ah to hell with it. Just buy yourself a gold plated vibrator.

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Aug-12-2007 02:52:

Re: Re: Re: mac vs pcy

quote:
Originally posted by idoru
Firefox runs on a Mac. Safari is a pos.

sorry. i didn't mean Safari. I meant Seamonkey(formerly known as Netscape Navigator) .. those were the days .

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Aug-12-2007 02:56:

man sometimes i do wish students would find out if universities gave out free web publishing accounts if registered as a student. i remember when i was in college, i had a regular college and cs web accounts, so i had a WHOOPING 200 mb of space to store my data (/sarcasm). the days before thumbdrives. i loved to ftp my stuff from home to school all the time. i would mention ftp to my non-cs classmates, but they looked at me weird.

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