>I checked the Bureau of Labor and Statistics for Graphic Designers in various regions, and they were projecting upwards of 60K a year in some of the larger cities, but surely t…

Moving to a big city is not a problem. When I graduate from my undergraduate in a few years, I am planning on going to law school in a big city. Possibly Minneapolis, Chicago, DC…

Unless she really really needs the portablity i would say now. most classes are going to have the macs in them if they are design oriented. luck.

She will not need a Mac or any computer at all her first few semesters. Most BFA GRD programs require a grounding in fine arts courses ( which she may already have taken based on y…

1. Yes, she needs to switch to a Mac. While most of the software she'll encounter runs on both systems the industry standard is Apple. 2. Despite what people on the outside might …

I'm just graduation right now, literally in 2 weeks. I'm a broadcast and motion graphics major. While i was in school i producted better than average work and it got me freelance …

In my opinion, a 17" Powerbook would be fast and very nice, but also pricey. The Mac Mini is good, but perhaps a little underpowered if she's used to a fast PC. In my mind, the id…

I was an art major and then a graphic designer for 6 years. The economy did hit that industry pretty hard and I was downsized and had hrs cut, etc. So I ultimately got my teachihng…

tgags is right, it's a rough business. Make sure your fiancee knows that going in. She should also be aware that she's not going to get rich in a hurry, and perhaps not at all. Dep…

I did Pre-press and design for years at local printing companies... I quit in 2001 and went back to house painting as I can make more money and have LOTS less stress. In my area …

I'm really surprised that so many people recommended the Mac Mini. I would have thought you would have all run away from that machine in a flash. I guess the upside to the Mini i…

It goes without saying that the bigger the machine the better. But, for a student, the Mini seems like a good buy. 'Course, it would choke on the files I'm working on now. Heck, my…

mini is fine for the inevitable intel update...makes no sense for you to spend upwards of 2k on a computer just to update it 1 year later. id go with either the next update to a m…

My 2¢ 1) She should switch to Mac immediately. Professional designer use Macs. 2) Don't expect her to make 60K unless she has a solid portfolio and solid work history. When worki…

Seems some things are different here in Europe. Knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign/Quark are REQUIREMENTS. You won't get anywhere if you don't know your way around wi…

Tell her she should become a painter. And I don't mean a house painter. Not that there's anything wrong with that. If she's going into graphic design because it seems like a more …

I worked in the Graphics Design field for a lot of years - last job was Designer/Pre-press in a 3 man Art Department of a large commercial printing company where we turned out ever…

anyone else unable to connect to AIM with iChat this weekend? iChat was working fine Friday -- but yesterday and today I can't log-on. any suggestions?

I just tried and it worked for me.

thanks. maybe I left my work PC logged into AIM and its preventing me from connecting. usually when I lock the work PC & go home my iChat works fine.

i am having trouble connecting also. for some reason i have no issues if I am using ADIUM or the AIM program itself, but with iChat if it keeps disconnecting, it will work again i…

I rebooted my Powerbook and that seemed to solve it for me. I was not connected at the office so I tried the PB while at the office and still no luck. My PB had not been restarte…

I have an iPod Shuffle and had by the pool on the weekend (I know...not real smart). Anyway, it got a little bit wet and now won't work and doesn't want to charge. Has anyone else …

Did you plug it in soon after it 'got wet' ? Sounds like you did. You should have given it at least 72 hours to dry out. What do you mean by 'wet' by the way? Did it fall in th…

Pool? Right... You had a date with Fergie didn't you.