Going off to college.. really want a macbook

The college I am going to this fall requires every student to purchase a notebook. My school currently has a contract with dell and gives its students a discount when purchasing one and the IT department also fixes your dell for you for free. This seems like the smart way to go but I really want a macbook because i love the OS and just style of apple. I currently have an apple iPhone and an iPod and am very satisfied with apple's products. I am wondering however if it is a good idea to risk my schools insurance policy on dell laptops and get a macbook. I am wondering how satisfied everyone is with their macs and if anyone has experienced a lot of problems with them.

Greetings,
I have had one or more Apple computers, since the 1977 Apple II, for my personal and professional use. I currently own several Macs, including 2 MacBooks and have never had an issue of any kind, so far. I see a lot of posts for this and that, but none have ever affected my equipment, like I said, so far. They are used hard and put away wet most of the time, as I'm always on the go to meetings, lecturing, on site servicing, etc.
I have PeeCees as well, due to my Job as a Network Engineer, where we use both platforms and more, and I have always been grateful to have the Macs on my desk and console to help relieve the stress that the PeeCees tend to bring out in me.
The Mac is the way to go for a stress free smooth functioning environment to work and play in. I can't think of a thing that you can't do with a Mac, except for some of the games out there that are made for a PeeCee, only, but there are more and more out all the time for the Mac that look and play better than their counterpart in the PeeCee world.
The MacBook video card doesn' t lend itself to very many games, especially high end games, so if high end gaming is something you need to do, I'd consider the MacBook Pro as it is well equiped for most gaming.
If you need Office to be able to work with the PeeCees folks, currently there is Office for the Mac 2004, and the soon to be available Office 2008 - both by Microsoft for the Mac platform to be compatible with most of the world. Neo Office is pretty much compatible, as well, and it's free, but I'd go with the Office 2004 for Mac if it's at all economically possible.
Good Computing with your new Mac.
Have Grand Day,
M.

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