Although the Mac maker said its U.S. educational channel sales increased by approximately 16 percent during the first quarter of 2006 compared to the first quarter of 2005...
More evidence of the increasing marketshare of Macs...
16% of 2% isn't very much...
when Apple allows motherboard makers such as ASUS, Abit, EPOX, DFI, ASROCK, GIGABYTE, MSI and yes.. ECS.. to manufacture and sell motherboards for them(even if the design has to be approved by Apple) then the price will be acceptable to most users...