The days of being able to make it without a college education are soon to be over. More and more positions require at least an Associates Degree in some field. The only issue with this new education requirement is that it’s very expensive. One of the biggest upfront costs a college student must endure is the purchase of a computer. With all this money being spent on one item it is easy to understand why the pressure of finding the perfect one can sometime push people over the edge. While the price tag on a Macintosh computer may seem to rich for your blood, the computer will pay for itself within two years of use.
As a student attending a university right now, I can truly say that without my computer I would be lost. When you are in college your computer is essentially as important as breathing and eating. For me the choice of what computer to buy was very clear. I knew that I wanted a Mac. I have used them all my life alongside PCs. I just couldn’t purchase a PC, it felt like the cheap alternative to a Mac. Why is this? I knew that when I was up at school working diligently on term papers and research projects I would not want to have to fuss with an unreliable computer. Now, I am not slamming PCs, for many they get the job done. But that is all that they do, there is no room for outside of the box thinking when you are working with a PC. In college you have to be able to do whatever it takes to get what you want. I did not want a computer that I paid a good sum of money for holding me back. So I went for the MacBook with 2.4Ghz. As soon as I received it and started exploring the limitless capabilities, I fell in love. I couldn’t believe that I had ever laid eyes on a PC. Oddly enough it was almost like I had been cheating myself by using such an inferior piece of technology for so many years. The feeling only snowballed as I began using this beautiful machine to accomplish the never-ending pile of homework everyday.
