I was pissed when I found out. But I can always just borrow a friend's labtop or write it by hand (bad idea for me as I can't read my own writing). I'll buy a cheap PC labtop next semester. But overall, Macs are better than PCs.

Yeah I'm pissed that my Atari and Commodore 64 and Vic20 don't run that exam software. I think I can get it to run on a 286 if I overclock it and reduce it to subzero temperature.

-Rudey

Sounds like a plan. Let me know how it works out.

I just got a Dell Inspiron E1505. I heard, after I bought my laptop, that Dell is the way to go with Desktops (I love mine and that's the reason I went with Dell for my Laptop) but many people have had problems with Dell notebooks. However, I really agree that it's the service you really should be paying for, and Dell can't be beat for customer support/warranty services. Should my laptop ever crap out, I can just have them fix it for me, and quickly.

Everyone's right on the back up your files thing. I usually back up with network space, my hard drive, and a flash drive. That way, if the network is down, I still have it, if I lose my flash, I still have it, and so on. One of them is bound to work!

I did make the mistake of not getting a CD burner, though, so, if I get out of a network (and starting a 2 year master's program in August, so it won't be for a bit), all I have is hard drive and flash drive. That makes me nervous.

I have a Sony VAIO laptop. It is lightweight (people ask if it's a real computer, can they hold it, etc.) and so adorable, but it's fast and smart (Windows XP + pentium M). It is a great computer, and I highly recommend it! :cool:

I think I've said this before, but my school lets people take exams in the computer labs. Y'all who want Macs should check on this.

For all the retards that can't read, you can run Windows on an Apple computer.

You can also run Apple OS X on an IBM or an HP or a Dell.

Before posting, please read. There is zero confusion or room for argument on this. There are no shades of gray. Really, this is it.

-Rudey
--Thanks

Rudith, one of my classmates tried running the exam software on a Mac that was running Windows and it didn't work. However, our IT department also can't figure out wireless printing, so it could be that.

Running non-mac software on a Mac is very, very slow and cumbersome. It's not worth the effort. And yes.. I have the new Intel Chip Mac Powerbook.

Another caution-- if you run non-mac software on a Mac, you open yourself up to viruses.

Funny how benchmarks show you are completely wrong. Running windows on an Apple natively is the same as running windows on a Dell. They have the same hardware. In fact the Apple had the faster chips first.

Running windows through emulation software is not as fast as running it natively on a mac but it's also not "very, very slow and cumbersome" unless you are doing something incredibly processor intensive which most people don't do.

-Rudey

And funny how you presume benchmarks make me wrong. The fact is-- it is SLOW and CUMBERSOME on my computer. :D

OK let me get this straight. Fact based testing is wrong and you are right? And I am the one that is presuming?

And don't try and play it off as if it's a YOU thing when clearly you were giving advice to others.

It has been repeatedly tested with results to the contrary of what you said and you are wrong or not using it correctly.

-Rudey

Fact is that I own a new Powerbook with an Intel Chip.

Fact is that I tried to run some non-Mac programs on it.

Fact is that I found them to be extremely slow and cumbersome.

Fact: An Apple system running Windows natively using bootcamp has been shown to be very fast and actually beat similar Dells and HPs in speed tests.

Fact: What you are saying does not agree with a proven fact. It is similar to you saying that pigs fly in your opinion.

Fact: You should go and take a computer lesson or something to figure out what you are doing wrong.

Fact: The world is not flat.

-Rudey

Fact: You're a know it all that really knows not all