![]() MacBooks are and always have been prohibitively expensive for many people, and I’m generally on board with calling those “butterfly switch” keyboards on recent models a crime. (There are Chromebooks as well, but given their focus on cloud applications and lack of a robust desktop environment, I wouldn’t particularly recommend them for archivists or students looking for flexibility in professional and personal use)Įach of these options have their drawbacks. ![]() There are essentially three options here: 1) some flavor of MacBook, 2) a PC running Windows, or 3) a PC running some flavor of Linux. I was and still am conflicted by this question. ![]() Often they’d used both Mac and Windows in the past so were generally comfortable with either. Maybe their personal one had just died and they were shopping for something new. A couple of times at NYU, a new student would ask me what kind of laptop I would recommend for courses and professional use in video and digital preservation.
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