Look at them apples! (Wide Photo)

mimo2005 · 10-02-2007, 06:10 PM

Think different

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Students are encouraged to acquire wireless laptop technology from Apple, which the School has designated as its preferred provider, but students also will have a choice of a Windows-based alternative.
Last year, 99.5 percent of incoming students chose the Apple option.

http://journalism.missouri.edu/under...uirements.html

Schools don't usually have OS requirements or restrictions, only recommendations.

**-=Rousseau=-** · 10-02-2007, 08:34 PM

Haha! Apple ought to like that school a lot! Their thing about it being about viruses was slightly funny though... if that's the only reason, it's not that great... Anyone smart enough to go to a university should have the brains to know how to avoid getting a virus. I've never gotten one... Or maybe it's something that a lot of college students are downloading...

The cost of software bit was also interesting... You don't have to buy any software with a mac??!!!

mimo2005 · 10-03-2007, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by -=Rousseau=-

Haha! Apple ought to like that school a lot! Their thing about it being about viruses was slightly funny though... if that's the only reason, it's not that great... Anyone smart enough to go to a university should have the brains to know how to avoid getting a virus. I've never gotten one... Or maybe it's something that a lot of college students are downloading...

The cost of software bit was also interesting... You don't have to buy any software with a mac??!!!

How many laptops you can see in this amphi ?

let say 200 X 1200$ = 240 000$
A quarter million dollar of laptops in one classroom .
Now multiply how many amphitheatres in that same college , and how many colleges and universities in the whole country .
Thats a bunch of money for Apple

**ashumann12** · 10-03-2007, 07:15 AM

With that many laptop sales, Apple should give substantial discounts.

Do Apples get worms, just wondering?

**TheAtheist** · 10-03-2007, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ashumann12

Do Apples get worms, just wondering?

Very clever

ebackhus · 10-03-2007, 03:45 PM

I'd love to walk in with my little ThinkPad T22.

**ashumann12** · 10-03-2007, 03:53 PM

Ihave never used a mac, I know nothing about them.

ebackhus · 10-03-2007, 04:18 PM

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Q. What if I prefer a Windows-based machine?
A. That's an option, but it's one we do not recommend unless you plan to make a career of computer-assisted reporting. By the time you purchase photo, audio and video software for a PC, you probably will have spent more than you would if buying a comparable Apple Computer. Buy a PC if you prefer to do so, but make sure it is wireless and has Microsoft Office. Almost 100 percent of last year's freshmen chose Apple computers.

Obviously this school has never heard of Open-Source. I'd insist on bringing my Windows-based laptops because it's an OS I know and hardware I can work with easily.

**-=Rousseau=-** · 10-03-2007, 10:56 PM

My main question with regard to their software cost proposition was how they thought you didn't have to buy such software on a Mac as well. How does third party software factor in as an additional cost with a PC and not a Mac?

**scathe30** · 10-04-2007, 03:26 AM

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Students are encouraged to acquire wireless laptop technology from Apple, which the School has designated as its preferred provider, but students also will have a choice of a Windows-based alternative.

There's a very good possibility to run windows on Macs using third-party software (I will not name it in this thread

) or via Boot Camp which is actually an Aplle app.

10-02-2007, 08:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
-=Rousseau=- Biker/Geek Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Nashvegas Posts: 881 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Look at them apples! (Wide Photo) Haha! Apple ought to like that school a lot! Their thing about it being about viruses was slightly funny though... if that's the only reason, it's not that great... Anyone smart enough to go to a university should have the brains to know how to avoid getting a virus. I've never gotten one... Or maybe it's something that a lot of college students are downloading... The cost of software bit was also interesting... You don't have to buy any software with a mac??!!!

10-03-2007, 07:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
ashumann12 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Longview, Tx. Posts: 3,959 OS: Vista Ultimate SP1 (64bit) My System	Re: Look at them apples! (Wide Photo) With that many laptop sales, Apple should give substantial discounts. Do Apples get worms, just wondering? __________________ Adam Sr.

10-03-2007, 03:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 15,082 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System	Re: Look at them apples! (Wide Photo) I'd love to walk in with my little ThinkPad T22. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

10-03-2007, 03:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
ashumann12 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Longview, Tx. Posts: 3,959 OS: Vista Ultimate SP1 (64bit) My System	Re: Look at them apples! (Wide Photo) Ihave never used a mac, I know nothing about them. __________________ Adam Sr.

10-03-2007, 10:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
-=Rousseau=- Biker/Geek Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Nashvegas Posts: 881 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Look at them apples! (Wide Photo) My main question with regard to their software cost proposition was how they thought you didn't have to buy such software on a Mac as well. How does third party software factor in as an additional cost with a PC and not a Mac?