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Originally posted by AXiD670
Interesting point you've raised here.
My next question is this: the mister is a computer professional, and he pretty much doesn't want me to go the Mac route. I say this b/c even if I do decide on the Mac, he's going to make things difficult for me at home and be stubborn when I ask him for computer support.
At home, we've got a router, which my current PC is plugged into, and then the wireless router sitting on top, which he uses for his laptop. If I bring in a Mac, are we going to have to have two different router configurations for me to be able to use wireless? Please forgive me if this has already been answered, I may not be using the right "computer speak." 
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I'm getting really frustrated with the geek advice that's supposedly being given.
Donna, buy a macbook. It's cheaper than most other laptops out there for that performance level. Then install Windows XP on it. You now have a PC. Your husband can't say anything.
And I have never had an issue logging into networks around the world with my powerbook. I have done wifi off of a/b/g networks everywhere. Go to any starbucks and you'll see mac users on the web. I can log onto MS Outlook servers using just OS X and if I was worried about it, I could log in using Outlook since, once again, Macs run Windows. You do not need separate and special routers.
And to the guy from Marquette, your IT department makes no sense if they don't know what's going on. I even googled it and found support for Panther up on their site:
http://www.marquette.edu/pages/home/its/help/cm/datemac and I bet they are running macs in quite a few of their labs and I would almost bet that they are not running most of their servers off of Windows. If they are, then they are stupid morons. I don't know what files you and your friends send to each other, but I can open everything from Adobe files to music files to Word files to Quicken files without a single problem just like anyone else I know when going between macs and pcs. Also, running Windows on macs is not unstable or new or scary. Windows uses BIOS still and bootcamp essentially allows Window to run without that. Other than that, you have an Intel chip and the hardware is not different from any other PC.
-Rudey