Am I crazy to buy a mac for UCD?

[nyc_ranch]

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I see that they have a deal with Dell, but I'd rather have a mac. Is having a mac going to be a pain or not so much?

Thanks!

 

[PaddyofNine]

Doesn't make a bit of difference! Go with whatever you feel most comfortable, make sure you have a wireless card and you're off!

 

[whuds]

I see that they have a deal with Dell, but I'd rather have a mac. Is having a mac going to be a pain or not so much?

Thanks!

First I don't like apple.
Second When there are docs and or programs to share, USMLE, class, ect it's all windows based. I had one student complain that an EKG program a professor gave me to copy and give out was not "Apple friendly". Lastly you will pay a lot more for an APPLE.

End of soap box.

 

[indiegirl]

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[roo]

The guy that does the healthcare informatics bought all Macs for the medical department (about 100).

So the hardware you can use easier if you had a laptop (printer, firewire drives).

Most of the med stuff you would use is internet based anyway so platform doesn't matter.

Extra cost of a mac laptop offset by no time spent chasing down viruses, losing data (in my opinion).

 

[lvspro]

Hey man
I love my mac. It never crashes, runs all the programs I need, and looks cool. I have yet to have a problem (knock on wood).
If you really can't live w/o pc apps, then you could always get virtual pc. I got this program, and used it plenty at first. Now that I know how to use my mac, I rarely ever turn it on.
My $.02