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I'm neutral on the Mac vs PC laptop. However I disagree that Mac's have better asthetics. The new ultrabooks are just as nice.
And it really depends on what applications are being used in school. Sure iwork can save in office format but what if they're teaching specific features from Word or Excel? One can easily recommend OpenOffice as well. Just because it's compatible doesn't mean it's the same. Recommending a novice user for VM/Bootcamp is just going to cause problems an added cost. Not to mention battery life in bootcamp is worse.
Most users don't even care about the itunes/icloud stuff. My friend bought a Mac and she doesn't even use any of that stuff.
Basically I'm saying that the Mac is the recommended solution for a university student regardless is flawed. It really does depends on what they're doing/learning in school.
If it's business apps/office/financial I'd tend to lean towards an Ultrabook. Oh and regarding resale value. I compare what they're actually worth and not some inflated price that users on Craigslist are asking.
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