Each February MICA hosts Parent Weekend -- a time for parents to visit their children at the school, sit in on classes, participate in workshops and meet faculty and staff. This year, Ted and I represented the department by staffing a Technology Systems and Services table at the resource center. Since I don't get out of the office much, it was a great opportunity to meet parents (and students) and find out what kinds of questions they were asking.
The top question was:
MAC or PC?
I'm not sure if this is a bit unique to MICA (as an art school); but nearly every parent wanted to know if the pc or mac that they just bought their child would be sufficient for their education at MICA. Some lamented that they had purchased one system, but due to a change in major by their son or daughter; they were considering purchasing a new system (the
