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September I - 7,2010
4 BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY
Geek Squad Moment: Apple’s Mac vs. Windows’ PC
Charlston Manning
Staff Writer
cmanning89@gmail.com
A re you a Mac or a
Windows PC? While
other competitors have
come, gone and tried to
stay relevant, this has been
the biggest debate in com
puter history and the ques
tion people have constantly
asked themselves. Experts
also ask whether the Mac or
Windows PC outperforms
the other one in the com
puter world. For their dif
ferent reasons, like Mac's
extensive music and pho
tography software or a PC's
ever-changing Windows
software, these two titans
have been dueling for the
last 15 years. Steve Jobs
and Bill Gates, the CEOs
of these two companies re
spectively, have been pull
ing the strings as the power
giants in the industry, and
are showing no signs of
slowing.
While the two seem com
pletely different in compar
ison, Apple’s conception
was similar to Windows.
Two men, Steve Wozniak
and Steve Jobs, started the
multi-billion dollar com
pany out of a garage. From
researching Apple. the
known pros and cons with
the computer and its OS are
easy to target. Most of Mac
computers and their com
ponents are built and pro
duced in-house, like other
companies such as Dell. HP
etc. They are a proprietor
of all the equipment com
panies that go into the com
puter from the hard drive to
the screen. In the past, Mac
has outsourced the proces
sors to Intel but now cre
ate them in-house as well.
Since this change in manu
facturing, the processor is
now said to handle 24 GB
of ram in a laptop, which
has been unheard of thus far
in technological history.
Another pro that Mac
computers have is the abil
ity to run a boot camp or
“parallel." This ability al
lows you to run more than
one OS. meaning Mac OS
and Windows OS can run
on the same hard drive
without performance loss.
Running this parallel gives
you a chance to run Win
dows programs. Also, a
more common reason peo
ple have chosen Mac over
Windows PC is because of
its lower susceptibility to
viruses then PC. An Ohio
article "The Pros and Cons
of Apple" states “There are
about 60.000 viruses known
for Windows. 40 or so for
the Macintosh.”
For all of its greatness,
nothing in life comes with
out flaws and Mac is no dif
ferent. The average price
range for a Mac is $300
to $500 dollars more than
its competitors. Also, you
cannot run very many pro
grams on Mac 0$ because
the way it is compiled for
the OS (meaning that the
code used to run the pro
gram on the Operating Sys
tem: Java C++ etc.). This
disability of running some
programs on Mac hinders it
so people are forced to run
the parallel.
Mac’s rival began with
Bill Gates in the basement
of his mother's house. He
has grown an empire that
has pushed him to become
the richest man in the world.
Even though by popular de
mand. most people in the
world prefer Mac. there are
still some that like the con
sistent revolving PC evolu
tion from DOS prompt to the
new Windows 7. Even with
the multiple problems that
plague the PC world in the
past has become more of a
faint pass. With all the tech
nological developments by
Windows PC programmers,
they were able to prevent
most of the damages to the
computer its self.
One of the pros about
Windows PC computers is
that they are very afford
able. Most lower class or
middle class people can
even afford a laptop mini
for about 300-plus dollars.
They are just as efficient
as the bigger three pound
laptops that most people
carry around. Another pro
that Windows PC have are
the endless programs that
are made for the Windows.
This gives the user the abil
ity to have many different
programs at their disposal.
While PC programs are
more accessible, the com
puters themselves are more
susceptible to viruses from
outside hackers. Windows
PC are also more prone to
crash it not treated properly,
meaning that it needs to be
powered down on a regular
and defragged a few times a
month.
All in all. the computer sys
tems do not matter. An anon
ymous author once said. “No
computer system matters;
it has been and will always
be the user that causes prob
lems." meaning people need
to watch what they down
load. keep their anti-virus
up to date, and watch what
emails they open. Despite
outperforming Windows PC
in hardware and abilities,
Mac or any computer will
work fine if you just protect
it like you protect your body
from outside harm.
The Rise of Technology
and Cyber Bullying
Khalea Lester
Staff Writer
khalealester@ gmail .com
B ullying was something
believed to have oc
curred in elementary, middle
school and even high school.
Through the development
of technology, it has moved
into another dimension: the
cyber world. “Cyber bully
ing" is when a young person
is tormented, threatened, ha
rassed, humiliated, embar
rassed or targeted by another
young person through the use
of the internet or other digital
technologies, with the use of
mobile phones included. With
social networking sites like
Facebook. My space. Form
Spring, Twitter and others, in
timidating or harassing others
without reaping any repercus
sions have grown easier.
One of the first major cases
of cyber bullying was seen
back in 2006 with the case
of Lori Drew, a woman from
Missouri who bullied 13 year-
old Megan Meier through a
fake Myspace page; resulting
with Megan committing sui
cide.
In 2009, a ninth grader was
arrested for creating a website
that highlighted a classmate.
The site included photos and
anonymous insulting com
ments. While schools have
become active in using their
authority to punish cases of
cyber bullying, there is no
federal law that would deem
such cases to be criminal.
However, cyber bullying is
not only limited to our youth
today. We can even see cyber
bullying as adolescents and
young adults. In the sum
mer of 2007, a music pro
fessor was shocked to And
that someone had created a
counterfeit Facebook page,
defacing his name, aiming
countless insults at him, and
heavily criticizing his teach
ing style.
The professor said that the
content on the page was "un
pleasant. ugly, and imma
ture.” The student was never
discovered.
Lawmakers are currently at
tempting to pass a new legis
lation that will address cyber
bullying. The new proposed
federal law is said to make it
illegal to use electronic means
to "coerce, intimidate, harass
or cause other substantial
emotional distress." Just last
August California was the
first sate to pass a law that
directly dealt with cyber bul
lying. Assembly Bill 86 2008
gives school administration
the authority to discipline stu
dents for bullying one another
both on and off the Internet.
There are ways to stay cy
ber safe through forms of
education. Schools can assist
the issue of cyber bullying by
working closely with parents.
Our communities can help by
providing people with aware
ness, protection and recourse
for the problem. A number of
organizations and businesses
have joined into a coalition to
provide prevention, and even
tually. termination of cyber
bullying and cyber harass
ment.
Join us for our first General Body
Meeting on Thursday, September 2,
2010, in Nabrit-Mapp-McBay Lecture
Room I at 5:30pm.
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