Start the School Right with the Right Computer

Desktop vs laptop? That is the question. It think it is a question of mobility or stability. If you are more stable and sit at your desk to do most of your work in one place and or not in college, graduate school, law or medical school, a desktop is the thing for you.
Most people who regularly use desktops do their work in one place print it out and send it out. They usually have in-home offices and transfer data from their at-work office to their in-home office and use by flash drive or portable hard drive. Stability is the the goal of desktop users.
Now laptop users are a different breed. They are people who are always on the go and need a computer wherever they are . Laptop users would use their laptops in the shower if they could. The people who fall into this category are usually students of all ages, travelers who need to bring their homes and offices with them. They have a desire to check their email, make online purchases and find out a little bit or a great deal about where they are. Laptops have become the filofax, Franklin planner, reference library and personal assistant all rolled into one.
Students use laptops to take notes, do research, download music and movies and it is a must for success in college. I has replaced the calculator, encyclopedia and numerous trips to the library. Since most universities have online access to the library, students can research and write papers without leaving their dorm rooms.
Now that we have established who uses what type of computer and why, we must answer another question, MAC or PC?
That is a matter of preference. The official line is that macs are for the artist, writer ,designer, musician and the PC is for the accountant, scientist and engineer.
Those descriptions are not fair to either computer. There are people from all disciplines who use both Macs and PC's but I will admit that you find more musician, film makers and artists who use a Mac and many scientists who use PC's . It usually comes down to costs .
For a long time many students used PC's because the price was affordable for them. When Apple dropped the price of their laptops and desktops and created the ibook and now the under $1,000 Macbook plus the $100 student discounts you see more Macbooks in the hands of students at all universities. More students are now purchasing Macbook for another reason most schools also use a majority of Macs . This encouraged students to also use Macs as well.
But as Macs have gotten cheaper so have PCs . One can purchase a PC laptop for as little as $200 so as you probably realized they are more PC users that Mac users.
So what is the answer to the question, PC or Mac? The answer, whatever.