Comments on: What happen to Apple in Schools? http://www.johnmurch.com/2007/10/26/what-happen-to-apple-in-schools/ John Murch Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:04:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sjc http://www.johnmurch.com/2007/10/26/what-happen-to-apple-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-4611 sjc Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:12:18 +0000 http://www.johnmurch.com/2007/10/26/what-happen-to-apple-in-schools/#comment-4611 There have been several news stories this semester about the resurgence of Macintosh on campus - at least on University campuses. E.g. Doug Eshleman, On-campus Mac users quadruple, Princetonian Staffer, The Daily Princetonian, October 5th, 2007. http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/10/05/news/18871.shtml . Mac users at Princeton makeup 40% of the total community. Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Mac goes back to school - Ipod fever fuels Apple's resurgence on campuses across Minnesota, Pioneer Press, October 25, 2007 01:24:30 PM CDT. http://www.twincities.com/ci_7277845 . At the University of Vermont during the fall back-to-school sale, Macs took just a bit under 50% of the on-campus sales, outselling Dells and Gateways, but not quite both together. The main contributing factors seem to be, on the plus side, the iPod halo effect, and the notebook price points; on the negative side, Vista has not been good news for Windows users. If you have to learn a new system, might as well as learn one that is relatively virus free. Notebooks made up 100% of the back to school sale. There have been several news stories this semester about the resurgence of Macintosh on campus - at least on University campuses. E.g.

Doug Eshleman, On-campus Mac users quadruple, Princetonian Staffer, The Daily Princetonian, October 5th, 2007. http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/10/05/news/18871.shtml . Mac users at Princeton makeup 40% of the total community.

Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Mac goes back to school - Ipod fever fuels Apple’s resurgence on campuses across Minnesota, Pioneer Press, October 25, 2007 01:24:30 PM CDT. http://www.twincities.com/ci_7277845 .

At the University of Vermont during the fall back-to-school sale, Macs took just a bit under 50% of the on-campus sales, outselling Dells and Gateways, but not quite both together.

The main contributing factors seem to be, on the plus side, the iPod halo effect, and the notebook price points; on the negative side, Vista has not been good news for Windows users. If you have to learn a new system, might as well as learn one that is relatively virus free. Notebooks made up 100% of the back to school sale.

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