Apple Surpasses Dell in EU Education Market

wackymacs writes "According to a report from Macworld UK, Apple has confirmed it has taken the number one spot in the Western European education market. The company's education market share in the region is now 15.2 percent, placing Dell, with 14.7 percent, to second place. Gartner analyst Isabelle Durand confirmed: 'During the fourth quarter 2005, Apple became the number one PC vendor in the Western European Education market. The company has continued to grow very strongly (+22.4 per cent) and achieved a 15.2 per cent of market share in Q4 2005.'"

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Macs on Campus

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At the higher education school where I currently am in the UK, we have a split 50:50 Mac:Windows ratio. It's very hard to get a PC, but there are always Macs available. The general consensus around the campus is that "Macs suck" and while the Windows PCs aren't exactly amazing, the Macs are the bottom of the pile. It's not like they're using legacy OS9 Macs either; these are flat screen 17" all in one iMac G5s.

If anything, putting their computers in an environment like a school to show young people that Macs *do indeed actually crash quite a bit, even under OS X* is a bad idea.