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				How important is having a Macbook at a private school?
			 
 
			
			Im going to USC (L.A.) and I was wondering how nessesary a macbook is. I have a crappy HP laptop at the moment, and im worried that people will make fun of me/think i am poor at USC considering it is a faily wealthy school. The thing is, I love my computer and i only use my laptop for email and facebook. 
 I ALWAYS do school work on large screen school computers.....
 
 do you guys think i NEED a macbook?
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					Originally Posted by foonette  Im going to USC (L.A.) and I was wondering how nessesary a macbook is. I have a crappy HP laptop at the moment, and im worried that people will make fun of me/think i am poor at USC considering it is a faily wealthy school. The thing is, I love my computer and i only use my laptop for email and facebook. 
 I ALWAYS do school work on large screen school computers.....
 
 do you guys think i NEED a macbook?
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					Originally Posted by foonette  Im going to USC (L.A.) and I was wondering how nessesary a macbook is. I have a crappy HP laptop at the moment, and im worried that people will make fun of me/think i am poor at USC considering it is a faily wealthy school. The thing is, I love my computer and i only use my laptop for email and facebook. 
 I ALWAYS do school work on large screen school computers.....
 
 do you guys think i NEED a macbook?
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			i visited some friends at georgetown and it seemed like people without macbooks really stood out...in a bad way....    i just want to fit in haha
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			I just thought you couldn't live in campus housing if you have windows. You are kicked out if you have anything running vista.
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				08-01-2012, 07:40 PM
			
			
			
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					Originally Posted by foonette  i visited some friends at georgetown and it seemed like people without macbooks really stood out...in a bad way....    i just want to fit in haha |  I don't think it's your laptop that's going to make you not fit in.
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					Originally Posted by foonette  Im going to USC (L.A.) and I was wondering how nessesary a macbook is. I have a crappy HP laptop at the moment, and im worried that people will make fun of me/think i am poor at USC considering it is a faily wealthy school. The thing is, I love my computer and i only use my laptop for email and facebook. 
 I ALWAYS do school work on large screen school computers.....
 
 do you guys think i NEED a macbook?
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					Originally Posted by foonette  i just want to fit in haha  |  FYP for ya.    
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			Ok I will try and actually contribute something meaningful here    
I go to USC also. About 90% of people who bring their laptops to the classes I'm in have MacBooks, usually MacBook Pros. However, I don't think there's any discrimination against people who don't have Macs. Perhaps disbelief at how you can go through life without the wonder/beauty/etc that is Mac OS, but I don't think there's much judging. In fact, I'd almost say it's the opposite—some of my friends who are comp sci majors look down on me a little for having a Mac instad of a Windows computer!
 
Long story short, you should be fine with a Windows. I don't think anyone will judge you for having a PC, and if they are, you don't really want to be friends with them, do you?
 
p.s. Sciencewoman's gif it too wonderfully apropos! They are all "judging" Alexander Ludwig, a fellow USC Greek!
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					Originally Posted by kaeb  Ok I will try and actually contribute something meaningful here    
I go to USC also. About 90% of people who bring their laptops to the classes I'm in have MacBooks, usually MacBook Pros. However, I don't think there's any discrimination against people who don't have Macs. Perhaps disbelief at how you can go through life without the wonder/beauty/etc that is Mac OS, but I don't think there's much judging. In fact, I'd almost say it's the opposite—some of my friends who are comp sci majors look down on me a little for having a Mac instad of a Windows computer!
  
Long story short, you should be fine with a Windows. I don't think anyone will judge you for having a PC, and if they are, you don't really want to be friends with them, do you? |    |  
	
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