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Apple or PC?

I am in the market for a notebook computer to use for University. I will be using it for research, writing papers (word/excel), sometimes taking notes in class, music, some photo editing, the odd DVD on trips, and internet surfing. It must be around a 12" and under 5 pounds with good battery life. I have been reading and it's my understanding mac OS X is a more stable operating system and that it is more secure from spy-ware and virusus. They also have 128Bit enscryption I hear as well. The powerbook 12" model looks perfect for my needs but my buddy who is a computer guru says macs are only good for photo editing and I will run into compatibility issues with the mac becasue they dont use a system registry or something like that. What should I do?
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kennyt
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I agree wth all the above, I bought a MAC when XP came out as my old PC was shot, I have never looked back! I just ordered the 12" Powerbook fully decked out, and you as a student can go to apple's website, or likely an Apple store and get the student discount, it took off ~10%.

I also use Microsoft Office, and if you want to take notes, the new Office 2004 will allow you flexibility to record and take notes at the same time.... would have been great for med school!

I guess my final thought is just buy it, spyware won't slow you down, viruses are almost non existatn on MAC, and let's face it, they even look cooler!
kennyt
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FWIW I just got my new Power Book 12" with 8x superdrive, 1.25 Gigs RAM and 100GB hard drive, using student discount, it came to $1900, a lot of computer for that, and I couldn't be happier with it!

I must admit with some of the other posters, depending on your career, you might have to deal with PC's.... I hope for you that isn't the case, if you have the choice, go MAC!!!
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