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Apple Tests Well in Education

Posted by pudge on from the gaining-market-share-good dept.

wongaboo writes "Business Week has some interesting insights into Apples in schools. I remember when I was in K-6 an Apple was about the only computer you could find. Then in high school there were some PC's around but it was still mostly Apple. In college is was just the reverse: all PC's and no Apples. Now they are giving kids in high school a laptop when they show up; will it be an Apple? Either way, it makes me want to be a kid again."

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  1. Re:Around here.. by pvt_medic · · Score: 4, Informative

    I remember in high school all the student computers were Macs, all the administrative computers were PCs. A couple of the students who complained about the enequalness of this were allowed to help out the computer dept with keeping computers running. The arguments ended quite quickly when they saw how easier it was to maintain the macs despite the heavy abuse they took from students.

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  2. Re:Around here.. by tverbeek · · Score: 3, Informative

    Um, much of OS X is open-source (it's called Darwin)... especially the most security-vulnerable parts: those exposed to the network.

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