Continuing a yearly tradition, Apple once again is running its yearly Back To School Campaign, allowing students, faculty and staff to get a free iPod with a Mac purchase. This year, it's an iPod Touch, which when combined with its applications available for free and for purchase through the iTunes store is a lot more appealing to students than previous years. Not to mention the additional discount on Macs through the Apple Store for Education...
Some things to mention to those of you looking to take advantage of this. First, both the Mac of your choice and the iPod Touch needs to be purchased at the same time. You can't purchase one and then the other.
Second, while the iPod Touch does have wireless capabilities, at this time our wireless network does not support them (nor do we support the iPhone). It may be an option in the future, but at this time they will not be able to access wireless on campus. However, there are places in Salisbury, including many restaurants, that do offer free wifi.
Third is that while the Macintosh computer is gaining support and more applications, there are many applications that require Windows (XP, Vista, etc.) to run. However, Macintosh computers can run Windows XP if you have a disk (which you can purchase through the MSELA) either though the built in Boot Camp or through a virtual machine program such as Parallels or VMware. So while it works, it is an extra step to set up as well as potentially added cost, so something to be aware of when shopping for a new system.
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Monday, June 1, 2009
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