I have to go to work soon, and I hope to make a post with stuff in a bit, but today I got a letter from the university saying "Hey, you got accepted to take the Intro to Vis Comm class!"
Except that I knew this yesterday because I randomly decided to see if I could register for it. And I could. So yay!
But along with that acceptance letter, I got one talking about computers. And as we all know, the graphic design world is odd and still holds to the standard that Macs are superior despite me and the rest of the PC-graphic-designers saying "NUH-UH". So the letter talked about what the "Good, Better, Best" Macs are, and I ran Piers against them.
For reference, this Piers cost me $529.
Piers beats the "Good", which is a MacBook. AND IT COSTS $949 WTF. For 13", 2 gig of Ram, and a 250 gig harddrive?! My God, my soul just died!
Piers is fairly on par with the "Better", a MacBook Pro. Same Ram. ...Actually, hang on. (This costs $1599.)
Piers is better on par with the "Best", a more spiffed version of the MacBook Pro, which has a 17" monitor, 4 gigs of Ram, and a 500 gig harddrive. (Piers has a 320 gig harddrive). My lappy has an odd widescreen of 16" (so it's longer but shorter in dimensions than a typical widescreen - 1366x768 versus 1280x800), but hey, I'm not a huge freak on screensize.
Also, "best" costs - wait for it - $2299. OW, MY SOUL.
The back of the letter has an FAQ,and the first question is "What if I have a PC?" And the response is very snooty - "Well, it'll work I GUESS but the professional standard is a Mac."
Here's the thing - Mac interface and PC interface, when it comes to Photoshop, IS NOT DIFFERENT AT ALL. I can work on both machines, I'm just more comfortable on a PC. They continue to say that if you have a PC, you won't have the staff support, and I'm thinking, the hell? I know my way around Photoshop like the back of my hand, why would I need your help?
Yes, it is so jerkassish of me to say so, but honestly, it's ridiculous. I'm still going to fire an e-mail at the prof, just to ask him s'more questions and get on better terms with him. Yes, I will be polite, so you don't have to tell me that.
Though - I feel silly asking this - can someone explain exactly how processors work? 2.53 GHz versus 2.5GHz, and the latter is on the "best" laptop? Explain plz kthnx.
