I'm about to go to college at Baylor (going to major in bioinformatics; a part of computer science), and I'm unsure as well as to which OS I want. Mac sounds really good, but I want the work I turn in to my teachers to be compatible with their systems. They use PCs, and I don't want to turn in a paper or a file that Windows can't read because the file is of a type that only a Mac can read. They told me that if they can't open a file to look at and grade then it is considered late, and I get a grade penalty. I'm good with computers so I don't think that I need all the training wheels that the Mac has with it. Also, I've used a PC all my life so I'm familiar with the OS. I'm not going to have time to play games often while I'm at college so gaming isn't that important to me. Also, graphics isn't too much of an issue either.
I've heard that Macs have a program called BootCamp that lets you switch between OSX and Windows. If this program guarantees that my work will be accepted by the teacher's computers, then a Mac is what I want. However, I'd rather be safe than sorry.
Sorry about the long reply...I have a bad habit of doing that :S
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