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School May Turn Down $43K In Free Macs

Posted by timothy on from the hobgoblin-of-little-minds dept.

Longfeather writes "Tukwila, Washington's cash-strapped Foster High School may have to turn down US$43,000 worth of free Macs because of a PC-only IT policy already in place. Read here(1) and here(2)." Surely some school would be willing to bend (or rethink) policy rather than turn away new computers.

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  1. Re:This doesn't make sence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    You're either fooling yourself or you just don't understand how much training costs a company.

    Dude, we're talking about Macs here. There's no training to speak of. Spend ten minutes in front of one and you'll know everything you need to use one. Spend half an hour and you'll know everything you need to know to administer one. Spend another half hour and you'll be a troubleshooting genius.

    That's 90 minutes per technician. In return for $43,000 in free computers AND the option of buying or accepting more Macs in the future.

    Money well spent.

  2. Re:hypocrisy by phillymjs · · Score: 3, Informative

    and how is this different than the Ballmer going to Europe to pursuade people to use windows?

    RTFA, dummy. This grant is coming from a nonprofit organization, not directly from Apple. Ballmer's "persuasion," on the other hand, comes directly from a Microsoft slush fund.

    The $43K grant was presumably open to all qualified schools, with a single winner. The Microsoft slush fund only comes into play when a subsidy is needed to block non-MS products from being purchased somewhere, with a single winner: Microsoft.

    ~Philly