Originally Posted by bingle

Actually, I think modern Macs are fantastic. OSX is a fantastic blend of the security and power of BSD with the beauty and ease-of-use that only Apple can devise.

However, I'm also a big fan of Linux, and I would never tell someone to use a Linux PC at college. (Unless they're going to be doing Comp. Sci. at Berkeley or someplace) There's a grim reality that people have to face: you're going to have better luck with a Windows PC at college because that's what everyone else will be using, all of your software will be available for it, and when you play games you won't be stuck with a 6-year-old copy of Starcraft while everyone else is playing UT2k6. Trust me, I had friends who were Mac people in college, and they suffered because of it. It's not like it's a 50/50 split, remember - it's something like 2 percent vs. 95 percent.

This isn't a discussion about which is the better platform overall, it's a discussion about which one you should buy for your first year in college.

Bingle