[Ryan Dognaux]

The real question should be - What is your major and what programs / applications do you envision using your potential computer for?

Macs are said to be better for graphics applications, I personally don't think this is the case as you can get any Adobe product on a Windows machine as well. If you can work photoshop in Windows you can easily do it on a Mac.

The only reason I would buy an Apple computer is for Final Cut Pro. It's a great piece of video editing software. However, Adobe Premiere will work just as well.

I've gotten a lot more bang for my buck by purchasing a Dell Studio 15" laptop last Christmas. It was several hundred dollars less than buying an 'equal' laptop with the same specs from Apple. Absolutely no problems with viruses and whatever else the mac fanboys above stated.

I'll echo what mostly everyone else has said - Do your research and find what fits you. If you come back with some computers, specs, etc. to this thread, I'm sure people could comment to better help you choose.