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Why do most schools use Macs?
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Quote: from dougalmcflurry at 11:01 pm on Feb. 25, 2008

Our school is sponsored by Apple, and yet all of the computers are Dell.  

Their logic fails.



Was sponsored. Not anymore.

Anyways schools get huge Apple educational discounts.

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My high school doesn't, but my middle school did and still does, but only in the library there.  The Windows computers were up in the Computer Lab and in the classrooms.

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I don't know; i just remember that paint program with the bomb that everybody liked... and some baking program and some detective program solving a murder or solving something...

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My school has all three - Unix, Windows, and Mac.  Macs are only found in the gay faculties (Education, Music, Art, etc.).

Even the NMR lab here in the Chemistry department has moved from Unix to Windows!

Windows rules all.

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Our school uses PCs for desktops. We got a huge discount for laptop Macs, so we use them for laptops.

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Quote: from Jazmosis06 at 6:11 pm on Feb. 25, 2008

I don't know; i just remember that paint program with the bomb that everybody liked... and some baking program and some detective program solving a murder or solving something...

I think that is KidPix!! :)

The best software app EVER!

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Large educational discounts.  

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My school uses all Mac's.

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Quote: from ElfQrin at 4:00 pm on Feb. 25, 2008

Why do most schools use Macs?

It seemed like a lot did back in the day and still do.

What makes totem so geared towards education? Discount?


Must just be your school. Most schools I see use PCs.

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my college uses Apple for the Graphic Design program..and random computers on campus..but they maily use dell fro computer labs..

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my school only just now replaced the library PC's to windows 2000 Pro.

And we have tons of money. but all of our comps. suck!

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my school does too but for photography lab and some in the technology building main lab. they don't cost less and we have mostly ibm pcs used by the school. i wish they had linux computers and yes i know os ten is based of off unix.

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Because they can network almost effortlessly.

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Cheaper in the long run.

Apple offers seriously favorable lease contracts with schools where schools can often trade up to the newest desktop mac for either nothing as that is included in the lease contract or for very little. Plus Apple either has huge discounts for the software or simply includes it. Not having to pay large amounts for various forms of software (think anti-virus liscences for an entire school district) and the ability to rapidly trade up and get rid of obsolete tech is a huge benefits to schools. You can't get that kind of education lease contract with PC dealers.

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My school uses Windows, and actually has quite decent computers.

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