Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 23, 2006 12:37 AM
Yeah, those eye candy from OS X really improve your performance! Really, really...
How do you know their Macs came with the iLife suite? Maybe they ALREADY OWN the Macs.
Maybe it's better to use free software, than to be stuck on the upgrade cycle of proprietary software vendors. Or be stuck with outdated versions of the software.
Maybe it's better to use software that isn't "industry standard" so that students can legally install it on their own computers without paying money. Something good, something bad. You can't just look at the upsides of using Mac OS without looking at the downsides.
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Re:Poor students =(
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 23, 2006 12:37 AMHow do you know their Macs came with the iLife suite? Maybe they ALREADY OWN the Macs.
Maybe it's better to use free software, than to be stuck on the upgrade cycle of proprietary software vendors. Or be stuck with outdated versions of the software.
Maybe it's better to use software that isn't "industry standard" so that students can legally install it on their own computers without paying money. Something good, something bad. You can't just look at the upsides of using Mac OS without looking at the downsides.
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