There is a long list of Mac systems that you can choose from when deciding what kind of computer will fit you best. As a college student I can say from experience that you are going to want a laptop. A desktop is nice; it’s got a lot of power and usually costs less then a laptop. But a laptop has the portability that your education experience will demand.
The downside to a laptop is the cost. Because of the necessary technology and development that it takes to fit an entire desktop into a portable computer that is only an inch thick, the consumer pays more. As I said earlier, your purchase of a Mac laptop will pay for itself in no time so do not fear spending the extra money on that sleek portable power station. Now that we have established the family of computer you are going to want to buy we need to specify a model. I personally have the MacBook, it is the version that is just under the MacBook Pro in computing power and on average hard drive size. As alluring as the MacBook Pro is, there is really is no need to purchase that much of a computer unless you plan to use it. Unless you are going into fields that deal with video editing and music manipulation you really don’t need that much of a computer. Recently Apple has lowered its prices of MacBook Pros, essentially phasing out the MacBook series. It is still there but the price difference between the two is starting to become slim to none. So basically if you can spend the extra couple of dollars to buy a MacBook Pro, be my guest. For everyone else that does not see the point in spending more money for computing power that you may not use, stick with the MacBook. The software is exactly the same for all Macs that are released at the same time. Currently if you buy a Mac it will come loaded with Apple’s latest OS, Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.
