I am an admin in very large private high school, and ~90% of our network (~200 machines) are running OS X 10.6. We do have a small presence of XP machines floating around in the building, but they will be phased out this fall. Our tech staff is also under 10 people (4), and because we are using 10.6 we are able to manage our network just fine. We have yet to run into any problems involving malware, and Apple has one of the best ed channels out there. The representatives are very knowledgeable and always willing to help. To address software compatibility issues, because let's face it... it is a school and some people refuse to switch from their old and crumby PC software, we will occasionally run XP inside a VM for them.
When I was in school, (1 year ago) obtaining my BS in Computer Science, I also used an Intel-based Mac, and it was a common trend amongst engineering students. The machines are extremely reliable, and IMHO the quality outweighs the cost.
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I am an admin in very large private high school, and ~90% of our network (~200 machines) are running OS X 10.6. We do have a small presence of XP machines floating around in the building, but they will be phased out this fall. Our tech staff is also under 10 people (4), and because we are using 10.6 we are able to manage our network just fine. We have yet to run into any problems involving malware, and Apple has one of the best ed channels out there. The representatives are very knowledgeable and always willing to help. To address software compatibility issues, because let's face it... it is a school and some people refuse to switch from their old and crumby PC software, we will occasionally run XP inside a VM for them. When I was in school, (1 year ago) obtaining my BS in Computer Science, I also used an Intel-based Mac, and it was a common trend amongst engineering students. The machines are extremely reliable, and IMHO the quality outweighs the cost.