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Originally Posted by Ivy
Speaking of not displaying our tech things in public...
My friend just bought a MacBook and he wants to install a word processing program so he can use it for university. He's asking me to skip class tomorrow to meet with him and help him install it (because he needs it the day after tomorrow). He would be embarrassed to actually bring the computer to class* and do it there, because nobody carries their laptop to class around here. We use old-school notebooks. 
I did a semester in Madrid and I took my laptop to class there instead of a notebook. Everybody did. It was normal. Here... it's seen as sort of pretentious. 
*I mean it, embarrassed, even though it's new and he adores it and he spent a year gathering the money to buy it so he's pretty proud of it now. |
Yes, in 5 years of school in Croatia I've seen laptops in actual university classes perhaps once. Here coffee shops are full of Mac laptops. In Croatia I know quite a few (fellow) Mac users, but I've only seen someone using a Mac at the library once. That's it! I expect to see more, though, now that T-Mobile has some sort of deal on them when you get a 3g internet plan. your friend shouldn't feel embarrassed - but he should keep a close eye on it when he has it out so that it doesn't get stolen.