I’ve found that old-school IT types are very diehard in their dislike of Apple even in the face of there no longer being any appreciable functional divergence as far as software and network connectivity. So, I’d lean toward thinking it’s error, but depending upon his planned course of study, crossing the poo-bahs might not be the wisest thing to do, just has so often been the case in the corporate world.
Look, I'll finally admit it right here. I despise Apple because it is the liberal socialist's choice. The invasive and surreptitious way they inculcated themselves into the young minds in elementary schools across the country. The "1984 Apple's First Macintosh Commercial", raging against "Big Brother" yet the Apple culture actually embracing every tenet of Big Brother Socialism. The bewildering idolatry for Steve Jobs.
But back to practicality, in over 30 years at Verizon Business, I worked with hundreds of PC's, a couple of OS2 platforms, some Linux/Unix systems for special platform access, but zero Apple products. Apples are for children, artists or dreamers with their heads in la-la land.
In 1982 I got a TI-99/4A and since then I have had at least seven PC's as they have gotten better and more powerful. When Windows first came out we had to boot up the PC to the DOS prompt and then load the .EXE file to launch Windows. My wife has an iPad which she stopped using when the novelty wore off. She has an iPhone but is envious of my Droid and will change to that in the next few weeks.
At the end of Kelly's Heroes, Oddball trades with the Germans for their Tiger Tank. Moriarty, tells Oddball he's crazy for making that trade! Oddball says, "it's a mother beautiful tank", and Moriarty replies "it's a piece of junk!" "The fuel system leaks all over the place, it's a piece of junk!" Then Oddball replies, "always with the negative waves, Moriarty." "Always with the negative waves." Apple is that Tiger Tank, all hype and no substance but seems cool to a crazy person.