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Apple Spotlighting Teachers and Students Using Innovative Tech in Schools

I sold my MBP 2009 for $250 and bought an ASUS Chromebook for $220 Amazon. My budget for a new MBP was $2400 just couldnt do it. Saved over $2100 which I might use for a new phone. Maybe Samsung.
Apple has pissed me off. However I still use an iMac at the desk in the office.
 
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mrgraff said:
Just look at the dock on the Mac in that photo. Chrome is running and Safari isn't on the dock; I'd bet the school IT folks removed it to "hide" the app from being preferred.
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Unlikely any IT department removed Safari. More like the kid installed Chrome and decided to customize his own dock. Can't imagine any IT guy worrying about the Mac base (from experience) as they're always running around rebuilding PCs it seems. Notice the Photo Booth in the dock ... 100% kid's choice there and iMessage, presumably attached to a personal iCloud.
 
magicschoolbus said:
Google has managed to replace MS in classrooms, hardware, and even in business with their G Suite.

For Apple being such a hardware-focused company - they sure do like to release underpowered, lackluster, and overpriced updates. Their competition is simply providing better services at a more affordable pricepoint.
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??? Did you mean to say MS, as in Microsoft? Because they don't even sniff Microsoft's trail in business with G Suite... 65% share against 19.2% just comparing 365 to it, not the classic programs at all. And it does so with providing superior services at a higher price point.
 
mrgraff said:
Just look at the dock on the Mac in that photo. Chrome is running and Safari isn't on the dock; I'd bet the school IT folks removed it to "hide" the app from being preferred.
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That is a good point. If IT did it, hiding Safari is just shortsighted. If the student did it, it also seems like a poor choice given the integration between Safari and iCloud keychain etc.

I had thought Apple would've learned with the Mac in the 1980s and 1990s that you need to get kids started on the platform so that they'll keep using it.
 
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bbplayer5 said:
Apple is failing in education, chrome has taken over. Not a single district in my area has an abundance of Macs anymore.
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Same here, with the exception of iPads for special-ed kids and Kindergarteners. Everything else is Chrome.
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centauratlas said:
I had thought Apple would've learned with the Mac in the 1980s and 1990s that you need to get kids started on the platform so that they'll keep using it.
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I think that the underlying problem is that Apple is behind on the Cloud game when compared to Microsoft and Google. Without a good cloud service Apple can't deliver underpriced Macbooks similar to Chromebooks. I think that Apple is stuck at this point.
 
bbplayer5 said:
Apple is failing in education, chrome has taken over. Not a single district in my area has an abundance of Macs anymore.
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I guess it really depends on the school system, in my area, Apple was not relevant to begin with (at least in recent times). For the last 15-20 years, it was always Windows and PCs. Windows had the bigger ecosystem, easier to find IT resources, more widespread suppliers.

Since iPad came out (due to strong IOS ecosystem and selection of software), there was maybe a small dent for K to 6, but most of it has been in Windows. Chromebook in recent years has gained some relevance due to tightening budgets... everyone wants Macs, but they are just too expensive for school budgets to afford.
 
BuffaloTF said:
??? Did you mean to say MS, as in Microsoft? Because they don't even sniff Microsoft's trail in business with G Suite... 65% share against 19.2% just comparing 365 to it, not the classic programs at all. And it does so with providing superior services at a higher price point.
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G Suite is just taking off.

The core office products will die off as Google continues to integrate business files into the cloud.
 
Remember back in the better days, when the 2nd gen iMac with the LCD was too expensive for schools, so Apple made a cheaper mac with a CRT display specifically for the education market, and even called it the eMac?

Those days seem to be long gone.
 
magicschoolbus said:
G Suite is just taking off.

The core office products will die off as Google continues to integrate business files into the cloud.
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G Suite took off many years ago and peaked around 25%. 365 is the one just taking off and is growing and quickly displaced them as the leader, while G Suite's cut of the pie is shrinking. Enterprise went with the service that worked, at a higher cost, because reliability and function aren't replaceable... especially when you're talking the productivity suite of apps and Outlook, which can't be matched.
 
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robjulo said:
Your system is in the vast minority. Money is extremely tight and Apple's pricing has basically made them a non-starter at most schools. Chromebooks is where most schools are headed, if they aren't already there.
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Well, the last 20 iPads we've bought, including the recent 10 I mentioned, are 6th gen models which were made and priced with schools in mind. $300 USD per unit isn't bad.
 
My grade school in the 80s had enough Apple IIe's to fill a computer classroom. We learned typing, practiced math, and learned some basic coding on them. My own kid has been using the Google suite in elementary and the entire high school works with Chromebooks.
 
centauratlas said:
I had thought Apple would've learned with the Mac in the 1980s and 1990s that you need to get kids started on the platform so that they'll keep using it.
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I've been thinking about this a lot since watching my nephews (7 and 3 yo) learning about computers and tech.
They learn on Phones and iPads. Touch touch touch touch touch. Grubby fingers all over the screen.
There is one platform that cuts off touch when it comes to a "proper" computer. Going forward you can't have it both ways and Apple has chosen the wrong path. (IMHO).
 
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I'm a teacher and an apple fan (use all apple products at home) but when I have been pricing up hardware for our school. Small semi-private school in Norway we didn't even consider Apple because of their cost. I would love to but instead, we are pushing for Microsoft. (Our district is very google Chromebook heavy which leads to Microsoft being very very competitive with pricing among other reasons.
 
Even Apple knows the new keyboard and touchbar is ****, so they used a picture of a proper pro laptop.
 
What school is going to buy $1000 laptops and $600 iPads? At the same time they can get $250 Chromebooks with all free software?

They sure don't have BMW buses or attend in Louis Vuitton uniforms.
The bean counter does not really care about the whole MacOS platform...let poor education market.
 
No, not bad at all....that's a good deal for the school.

joeblow7777 said:
Well, the last 20 iPads we've bought, including the recent 10 I mentioned, are 6th gen models which were made and priced with schools in mind. $300 USD per unit isn't bad.
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