Re: Mac vs. PC choice for college.

From: Ted Goranson (tedg_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 09/04/03

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    In article <bgrghg$5fs$1@bob.news.rcn.net>, Orhan Ayasli
    <orhan@rcn.com> wrote:

    > I am a freshman CS major and I am looking for a computer to buy before going
    > to college. I've narrowed it down to these two notebook computers:

    Orhan ‹ you left out the key information: what school and what are your
    own personal interests?

    If you are going to one of the top research universities (MIT,
    Stanford, Berkeley...) things will be a whole lot different. If you
    truly believe that Linux is the ³future² that says a whole lot.

    Because you asked, I assume you donıt have any particular interests or
    insights and should go with the flow, meaning wintel.

    It is my impression that the future is denominated in different
    platforms: Java, AMP, OTP are the big ones for an entry-level student.
    Make your choices that way.

    So far as special interests and larger futures, you should be playing
    with hybrid kernels, metastate management and higher order models.
    Semantics and choreography models are the next big thing. All of these
    would argue for a Mac (for real research) dual with with YDL (for MAP,
    maybe Python depending on the school).

    Your first step should have been to ask about which editor (editor
    philosophy) you should spend the rest of your life in.

    Best, Ted

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