Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Journal 4
I was suppose to do my observation today, but my school was cancelled and had to search a while online to find the right number to call to find out whether they had school and at the same time I was listening to AM radio to listen to all the schools that were cancelled. How come Rutgers is always open when everyone else is closed!!? Not much new in terms of technology, but soon I will have to prepare a PowerPoint presentation for my seminar class. I'm interested in purchasing a new computer sometime in the future and although I do not know MACs very well, I would like to know the pros and cons of a MAC vs. a DELL and how easy are MACs to use if you have never used one formally before. Also, trying to think of utilities I can use to for my presentation on Electrochemistry, so if anyone has any ideas...feel free to shout them out!
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I've used both Macs and PCs, and to tell you the truth, they're really quite similar. Years ago, there were perhaps issues of incompatibility to consider, say with Word documents or connecting to a network. But now, all of that stuff is pretty much standard across both platforms. Hell, Microsoft makes an Office suite for Macs. Most important and often used programs are offered for both Mac and PC. What it comes down to, in my opinion, is personal preference. There's certainly the Mac image to consider. But as far as use goes, learning the ins and outs of Mac OSX is real easy once you start doing it. I mean, how long did it take you to learn to use Windows XP? The only thing you might want to consider is customer support and service. In my experience, the people at Apple have their heads up their asses and would rather blow you off than help you. If you go out of store, Apple repair is not as common as PC repair, but certainly incredibly easy to find. Next time you're at any of the computer labs, give a Mac a try. Feel the waters.
The bottom line on computers is this:
if you are not computer savvy, get a PC. There are far more experienced PC users out there than Mac users. So, you will have access to people who can help you, and you have access to more free software than you can shake a stick at. Also, PC's are cheaper, and Windows is a more logical choice from a compatability perspective. My friend got one of those fancy Macs a couple years ago and it came with the latest OS. Unfortunately, none of her graphic design software was compatible with the new OS, so she had to upgrade everything. IMO, it's very user-UNfriendly to make a new OS that is incompatible with all previous software.
Here's my gross oversimplification. If you are particularly attached to neither Windows or Mac to start.
If you need to interoperate with people using PC's and if you have people who can support you with a PC, buy a PC.
If you can't count on help from anyone else, don't particularly need to share work with anyone else, and just want to get basic tasks done, buy a Mac.
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