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Is a Mac really all that it is made up to be?
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<blockquote data-quote="mongoloido" data-source="post: 435832" data-attributes="member: 33756"><p>To add a little to the discussion:</p><p></p><p>I'd call your school's bookstore (or whatever they have that sells computer supplies) and talk to them about software. At the Apple store, you can get hardware and software at a student discount. It tends to be a nice discount, but not the absolute best you can do. It's entirely possible your school has a better deal going on software.</p><p></p><p>At my school (University of Cincinnati), they have a separate agreement going where the student essentially just pays for the license of the software. The University winds up paying some additional money, but that never winds up in my lap.</p><p></p><p>Examples:</p><p></p><p>Windows XP cost me $5.87 at my campus computer shop.</p><p>Vista will cost me $10-12 when I choose to buy it.</p><p>Adobe CS2 retailed for over $1100, and could be had at "student discount" for about $500. It cost me $197 at my campus computer shop.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Call your campus computer shop (if you have one) and talk to them about your software needs. For me, the choice to go with the Macbook Pro was a no brainer. I bought the computer, and then went to the campus computer store and bought a copy of XP Pro for under $6. Bootcamp is free.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mongoloido, post: 435832, member: 33756"] To add a little to the discussion: I'd call your school's bookstore (or whatever they have that sells computer supplies) and talk to them about software. At the Apple store, you can get hardware and software at a student discount. It tends to be a nice discount, but not the absolute best you can do. It's entirely possible your school has a better deal going on software. At my school (University of Cincinnati), they have a separate agreement going where the student essentially just pays for the license of the software. The University winds up paying some additional money, but that never winds up in my lap. Examples: Windows XP cost me $5.87 at my campus computer shop. Vista will cost me $10-12 when I choose to buy it. Adobe CS2 retailed for over $1100, and could be had at "student discount" for about $500. It cost me $197 at my campus computer shop. Call your campus computer shop (if you have one) and talk to them about your software needs. For me, the choice to go with the Macbook Pro was a no brainer. I bought the computer, and then went to the campus computer store and bought a copy of XP Pro for under $6. Bootcamp is free. [/QUOTE]
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