Posted on 10/02/2007 8:04:39 PM PDT by Swordmaker
A lecture hall photo taken recently at The Missouri School of Journalism is worth a thousand words:
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It means that people like their iPods, heh. I recently took an engineering course over the summer, and saw a large ratio of Mac users (I’d like to believe they were using it because of the OS and some of the specialized software, but chances are they were using them because they were “cool” ).
I don’t know about Mizzou, but here at OSU the JB school itself is Mac. It would make sense that the kids in the program would want to match up what they use at home with what they use at school.
And yes it is nice firing up the top of the line Mac Pros. Although it can be a little disorienting sometimes having it react so fast.
As a journalism student I have to stand up for the profession. It isn’t the profession that is bad, it is many of the people who do it.
Reporting the news is something that is important. The problem is it is very hard to keep bias out of any contentious issue.
Journalism isn’t bad, giving the news your own personal spin is. Well, that and the AP Style guide which is very liberally biased. Even the most conservative writer has to come off somewhat liberal if they follow that.
Here’s a FAQ from their computer requirements:
http://journalism.missouri.edu/undergraduate/computer-requirements.html
Q. What brand or model should I buy?
A. The faculty has designated Apple Computer as its preferred provider for two primary reasons: (1) Apple’s OS X operating system is based on Unix, which makes these computers far less susceptible to viruses than other computers. Viruses are a serious problem on university campuses. (2) Apple iBook and PowerBook computers come bundled with iLife, a suite of applications ideal for learning the basics of photo editing, and audio and video editing. We’ll use those programs in several classes. Incoming students will receive information on recommended models and pricing in February of each year.
Q. What if I prefer a Windows-based machine?
A. That’s an option, but it’s one we do not recommend unless you plan to make a career of computer-assisted reporting. By the time you purchase photo, audio and video software for a PC, you probably will have spent more than you would if buying a comparable Apple Computer. Buy a PC if you prefer to do so, but make sure it is wireless and has Microsoft Office. Almost 100 percent of last year’s freshmen chose Apple computers.
Q. What brand or model should I buy?
A. The faculty has designated Apple Computer as its preferred provider for two primary reasons: (1) Apple’s OS X operating system is based on Unix, which makes these computers far less susceptible to viruses than other computers. Viruses are a serious problem on university campuses. (2) Apple iBook and PowerBook computers come bundled with iLife, a suite of applications ideal for learning the basics of photo editing, and audio and video editing. We’ll use those programs in several classes. Incoming students will receive information on recommended models and pricing in February of each year.
Q. What if I prefer a Windows-based machine?
A. That’s an option, but it’s one we do not recommend unless you plan to make a career of computer-assisted reporting. By the time you purchase photo, audio and video software for a PC, you probably will have spent more than you would if buying a comparable Apple Computer. Buy a PC if you prefer to do so, but make sure it is wireless and has Microsoft Office. Almost 100 percent of last year’s freshmen chose Apple computers.
http://journalism.missouri.edu/undergraduate/computer-requirements.html
It was a nice story, though...
ditto.
i worked at a university and the lowest sat or act scores came from education, physical ed, journalism etc.
j-schools appeared in the 1960’s. they’re separate colleges at most universities, meaning that they do not take rigorous courses,
such as: calculus, physics, biology, electrical engineering, history, latin, classical greek, etc.
a friend of mine majored in journalism. he partied all week long—no late nighters for him.
yeah, yeah, i’m aware that the missouri j-school is at the top of the pile of j-schools.
Hey! :-)
What do they know? They are journalism students. Heaven forbid that Mac is helping to spread the left wing agenda.
:-)
Cool. BTW, I have found one thing wrong with OS X so far. It has the same problem XP does when the connection to a network drive gets dropped. I think it’s constantly retrying and failing. It would be better if it just quit, or spun the retries off onto another thread. As it is Finder is useless for a minute or so after that happens, although all open apps work fine.
Otherwise, it’s still going awesomely. I’m crunching a three-hour DVD with iDVD and a video file right now (VisualHub is nice, well worth the price) at the same time (I have my reasons). The system is still perfectly responsive for everything else, almost like I don’t have two separate apps wanting 100% of my CPU.
One interesting UI observation. I’ve been using Windows for almost 20 years now, and have gotten very used to the control buttons on the right of the title bar over that time. I still use Windows at work more than I use the Mac at home. That’s a LOT of motor memory for OS X to overcome.
But whenever I’m on Windows I find myself looking to the left on the title bar for the minimize button, and never find myself looking to the right on the Mac. I guess it’s the more natural location.
Thanks - I didn't have time to research it.
I am quite sure I am lucky going to school at Oklahoma State. Not only am I in a very conservative state, I am at the more conservative of the two major universities.
In my experience, the J-professors are the best ones I have had. They are far less likely to voice their own personal political opinions in class then some other professors I have had. Political Science has been the worst for that.
The nice thing is that all of them have real world experience instead of just being professors all of their lives. For the most part they still do a lot of work in the field and not just research.
And I also disagree with the concept of J-schools, but I disagree with the concept of most schools in general. I am all for returning to apprenticeships. Learning how things are done in reality makes way more sense to me than learning someone’s idealized version of how it is done. Not to mention the first day of class usually involves the professor saying, “don’t get too attached to any of this, it could be much different in just six months.”
I think that's been handled in Leopard...
Pretty much everyday during the summer I would start getting IMs from one of my friends because it was right when he got to class.
Anytime someone is typing away furiously in class it is a sure sign they are IMing or surfing the web and not taking notes.
Good news. I'll wait a week or so after it comes out to see the reactions, then get my copy if there are no show stoppers. Probably less than a month to wait! Damn iPhone screwed up the timeline; otherwise, this iMac would have come with Leopard.
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