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I’m a staff member at an educational institution (media centric) which has a weird policy when it comes to assigning computer resources. All faculty get Macs while staff get PCs. A few people on the staff have crossed over into hallowed MacBook land but I'm not entirely sure what in their job profile entitles them to one.
Recently I was told I could get a MacBook for myself but now the IT Dept. is backtracking asking me what exactly I need it for. I need to come up with some concrete reasons to push this deal through! I have been functioning pretty well with a cranky old Thinkpad, and to be honest the MacBook would just be upping the style and computing pleasure quotient. Unless you’re dong heavy graphics or video editing, I’m not sure there’s anything a Windows machine can’t do (albeit with a little bit of a struggle and hairpulling). So how do I explain to these people that I don’t need a Mac just for the warm computing fuzzies but for Important Reasons related to work productivity.
Here’s what I use my computer for - - I use Word processing, an email client, some very basic graphic design (Photoshop), lots of social media networking (Twitter, Facebook etc.) and accessing lots of video media on a central server (not to edit, just to watch and make notes).
Any good arguments?
Recently I was told I could get a MacBook for myself but now the IT Dept. is backtracking asking me what exactly I need it for. I need to come up with some concrete reasons to push this deal through! I have been functioning pretty well with a cranky old Thinkpad, and to be honest the MacBook would just be upping the style and computing pleasure quotient. Unless you’re dong heavy graphics or video editing, I’m not sure there’s anything a Windows machine can’t do (albeit with a little bit of a struggle and hairpulling). So how do I explain to these people that I don’t need a Mac just for the warm computing fuzzies but for Important Reasons related to work productivity.
Here’s what I use my computer for - - I use Word processing, an email client, some very basic graphic design (Photoshop), lots of social media networking (Twitter, Facebook etc.) and accessing lots of video media on a central server (not to edit, just to watch and make notes).
Any good arguments?