Andrew L. Perito '0lis one such demanding user. A Macintosh devotee, he avows the superiority of the Apple over the PC.
And by using a PC emulator, Perito can make his computer run PC programs just as a PC would.
"I can't see anything that would make me change over to PC. I use a PC at work if I have to, but I'd rather my MAC and run a PC emulator," Perito says.
But in spite of such options for MAC diehards, Apple's foothold among Harvard students has been slipping.
PCs offer a wealth of software that may not be initially written in MAC language, and for Christina Yoon '01, the wide choices were enough to win her over to PCs.
"I wanted to get a laptop," she said, "and researching between G3 and all the other PC laptops, and it ended up that the PCs were a lot cheaper and had a better variety--more companies to choose from, better styles, better options."
But as the recent success of the iMAC shows, there's little can be said certainly about the future of high-tech business.
"Of course, years down the road, it's entirely possible that just the opposite could happen," Osterberg says.
"Macintosh could prove to be a very dominant player in the market, and Windows could be the one to phase out," he adds.