Good laptop computers/software for MT majors???

MichaelNKat
Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:00:05 +0000

Until November of '07, I used only Windows based PC’s and laptops. I also serve as the IT administrator in my office running Microsoft Server on a network of 12 PC’s running Windows XP Pro. I have switched to Macs for all of my personal use outside of the office. The operating system is more stable, far less prone to virus and other malware attacks and runs faster, without resource robbing add ons running in the backround all the time. In addition, media and presentation software written for the Mac OS integrates much more seamlessly with each other. Music, photos, video, burning cd’s and dvd’s can all be merged with basic drag and drop techniques. What convinced me to make the switch is that all the new Macs have Intel processors so that it is easy to set up dual partitions on a Mac hard drive, using Apple’s Boot Camp application that comes with the Mac OS, so that you can also run Windows in a native environment. All of my Macs at home are configured this way and as a result I have the best of both worlds - including the ability to run all of my office specialty Windows applications on my Macs.