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In reply to the discussion: Someone please tell me this is photoshopped. [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)21. Easy. Macs are for people who want quality and are willing to pay for it.
There are a few exceptions but most of the researchers and engineers and designers I meet use Macs.
And now that there's bootcamp, they aren't stuck with PCs.
Now there are some decent PC based laptops, and I own some of the older ones (Toshiba Tecra, for example) but they cost as much as Macbook Pros.
And they aren't even sold in regular stores...
http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/tecra/R850
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I think the University of Arizona provides Apples. I bet it's a competitive contract...
MiddleFingerMom
Jan 2012
#19
Easy. Macs are for children & others who can't be trusted with a real computer.
baldguy
Jan 2012
#20
Oh YEAH? Oh YEAH! Well, well, well, I hand-coded machine code using a hex keypad.
HopeHoops
Jan 2012
#24
Schools up here give the kids Mac laptops with most of their texts already loaded.
freshwest
Jan 2012
#40