I could never figure out why schools would buy Apple computers for the students when the high-90% of industry uses PC-compatible computers. Isn’t the idea supposed to be to get them ready for the working world. This puts them at a disadvantage when they look for a job knowing Apple rather than PC.
I KNOW...I KNOW...the Apple faithful will remind me that Apple is far superior in many aspects to the PC Compatibles (or at least they once were...I’m not as sure of that anymore)
It’s like I always advize kids when they aspire to be good at a sport. I always tell them to play with and handle ONLY a regulation football, basketball or baseball because everytime you play with something other than what you’ll be using in your sport, you stunt your growth in that sport even if it’s only for a few minutes.
Same with computers. I believe that rather than an advantage, this will put them at a disadvantage when they get out into the real world.
I’m not familiar with the specifics, but I would assume based on their success in education that Apple has a very good sales force. Whether their techniques are 100% ethically above board is anybody’s guess. Do you see a lot of your school board members and administrators buzzing around with iPods, iPads, Mac Airbooks, etc?