<p>the point of the myNotebook program is that by requiring the computer, the cost can be accounted for in financial aid. W&M is a fairly small school and cannot have computer help for every single kind of computer. It would be nice if they had a mac person on staff, but reality is there is not demand for it. So, if you get a mac, you are more “on your own”, but like I said, there are a lot of people that have them, and there is an Apple store in Richmond that is full of professionals that will fix your problem in no time. Of course, I would question why your computer has serious problems in the first place. I would think that most people know how to take care of their computers. The classes of students coming to college have had computers in their homes their entire lives. Personally, I cannot remember living at home without a computer, we had an Apple II. Countless computers have gone through my house, and I have NEVER spilled a drink on them. I’m not super careful with my computer, but I am very confident that I will never drop a laptop onto the floor.</p>
<p>Like I said, there are very simple ways around the “I can’t print” issue, and I don’t know anyone, with any type of computer, that has printed from their personal computer to a campus printer.</p>
<p>I have used macs my whole life, and W&M’s myNotebook program would not keep me from getting one if I was coming to college in fall 2007.</p>