Lecture hall photo shows widespread Mac use

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A lecture hall photo taken recently at The Missouri School of Journalism is worth a thousand words:

MacDailyNews Take: How do ya’ like them Apples?

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  4. The picture is obviously a fake. You see MAC lemmings, there’s a little program available for lucky Windows users called Photoshop which can do some pretty fantastic things with images. Clearly someone performed a little magic on their PC as a joke on you MAC dorks. I almost feel bad for you.

    Maybe Adobe will port Photoshop over to the MAC if Apple’s market share cracks 4%, which should happen… never. Losers.

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  9. Buy AAPL now!

    (MW: future. Just ironic. These kids are our future.)

    Just think, a good percentage of these kids will get into some major decision making role for their own company or another’s and start the adoption of Macs company-wide because of their success and joy using Macs throughout college.

    Heck, that’s why my company uses Macs, the owner had a great experience using them in college.

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  11. Oh, this is just beautiful:

    “Q. What brand or model should I buy?
    A. The faculty has designated Apple Computer as its preferred provider for two primary reasons: (1) Apple’s OS X operating system is based on Unix, which makes these computers far less susceptible to viruses than other computers. Viruses are a serious problem on university campuses. (2) Apple iBook and PowerBook computers come bundled with iLife, a suite of applications ideal for learning the basics of photo editing, and audio and video editing. We’ll use those programs in several classes. Incoming students will receive information on recommended models and pricing in February of each year.

    Q. What if I prefer a Windows-based machine?
    A. That’s an option, but it’s one we do not recommend unless you plan to make a career of computer-assisted reporting. By the time you purchase photo, audio and video software for a PC, you probably will have spent more than you would if buying a comparable Apple Computer. Buy a PC if you prefer to do so, but make sure it is wireless and has Microsoft Office. Almost 100 percent of last year’s freshmen chose Apple computers. “

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  13. Actually, as a alumni of a Journalism School (Drake University, woot!), Macs are the norm there. If this were an acturial science class…. That’d be something, but as a J-school, it’s nice, but certainly not expected.

    However, that’s a lotta new hardware there, so go AAPL, go!

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  17. For the last time…

    (not really, there will always be idiots out there)

    ZUNE TANG IS HUMOROUS. HE WRITES EXAGGERATED STATEMENTS. HE WRITES LUDICROUS STATMENTS TO BE FUNNY. IF YOU DON’T GET IT, YOU ARE ONLY PROVING YOURSELF TO BE A MORON.

    Keep in mind that I only use “he” in the formal sense here, for all I know, it could be C1 or something. I dunno.

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  19. WOW!!!
    I LIKE IT!

    i don’t recall seeing a single laptop in my lecture classes when i was in school… and that wasn’t that long ago. of course i wasn’t in journalism, but still. we were all to broke for laptops, lol… we kept it old skool with pen and paper, lol. even after i got into my graphic design classes i still didn’t see many laptops… but you better believe the ones i saw were apple!

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  20. Are there any other campuses which designate Apple as their _preferred_ platform? This is an encouraging trend, if so, as well as being not shortsighted. The other problem, of course, is their requirement for Office- these days, there are alternatives, which should also be encouraged.

    MDW word- ‘corner’ – as in turning the….

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  22. It’s pointless to point that out to most people on these boards. I’ve tried several times in the past to elucidate the same point…. but got plenty of flame from the ignorant here.

    Just let them keep flaunting their inability to recognize the humor and wit in the real ZT’s posts (there are several ZT wannabe’s, as is painfully obvious from their lack of wit and humor) while we chuckle at their flaunting.

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