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I'm a vegan. I like glam rock and androgynous males. I have two cats. they're mystical beings. I'm going to college in less than a month.

advice

so i'm going to college next year and i currently have a fairly new toshiba laptop with windows...i was wondering if a mac would be better for college? i know they're better with graphics and such and i can use both but i've been using a pc longer. are there any college students who have an opinion on this?
please no answers from 13 year olds

I'm not in college, but I'm in a demanding high school program. I don't do anything special on my computer beyond word processing (not using microsoft word, but using appleworks) to take notes and write papers and scheduling and media related things, but I'm not a heavy user of graphic software.

that said, I have a macintosh computer. I've had the same one since august of 2005 and I've had absolutely no problems with it. it took me fifteen minuets to figure out how to use it once I got it out of the box. I still discover new things that are completely interested and streamlined with the rest of the computer. Everything works like one package because it is ONE thing. every program has the same layout and uses the same hotkeys which are easy to get the hang of. buying this laptop was the most genius move of my life.

if you're frustrated by windows or if you just want a new change buy a mac. go to an apple store and see if it works for you. it worked for me a year and a half ago when I made the switch.

in short:

no virii.
everything matches.
long battery life (mine is 6 hours).
fantastic media apps.
all-inclusive packages.
nifty widgets.
shiny white pretention in computer form.

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