ugh....I’m sorry to hear it.
Insofar as the incoming freshmen are primarily artists and musicians, not engineers and scientists, I’m not surprised.
It’s the end of the world as we know it...
Seems like 62.5% know which end is up.
Macs are for kids.
Who wants to buy a computer with a pre-broken OS (i.e. Vista) installed? Aside from XP SP3, there are no versions of Windows I would today use for any purpose, given the contemporary alternatives available (some of them free, like Ubuntu and other Linux distributions). If Microsoft does not abandon lunacy like ever-expanding DRM “protections” and Driver signing requirements, it will be competing with boutique Linux distros for 8th place in market share by 2020.
After growing up on MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 through to XP, I went mostly to Mac for a period, and now settled on Ubuntu at the office, and Ubuntu/XP dual-boot at home (plus a Macbook that my wife mostly uses). If Wine (a program used to run Windows programs on Linux - I am able to run some Windows architectural software, many games, mathematics software, specialized software for lab equipment, etc) was less flaky, I’d jettison XP altogether. There is a version of Wine for Mac as well, although it is far less robust than the Linux version.
I use a PC, but think that the right tool should be used for the job. Anyone who has a religious fervor about a piece of hardware needs to have their head examined.
That, and I'd love to see whoever came up with that pompous, snarky, "Hi, I'm a PC / I'm a Mac" set of commercials get tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail.
College kids are susceptible to hip pop-culture trends and slick advertising. Surprise.
Speaking as a “Mac”, I hereby offer myself to any of the UVA sorority sisters who want to join the ranks of “Mac users”.You won’t be sorry.....
; )
I have NEVER had a PC/Win problem i couldn’t figure out in less than a half hour and really I have had 0 problems as far as i can remember.
But yes i know, PC’s aren’t hip.
Over the past year the company I work for hired 9 engineers almost directly out of college. Each one was given a stipend to buy a laptop of their choice. Every single one bought a MAC. Engineers, mind you.
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
My daughter works at HSU and she says the book store only carries Macs in stock and they sell a lot for a small school of 8,500 students...
I read the title as, “Mac explodes at University of Virginia...”
:-)