More Evidence of Apple's Massive Marketshare Growth in Higher Education

[DELLsFan]

My school went 100% Mac after the vista lunch. All the PC then to the garbage.

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LOL! There was a time several years ago, when the early Apple iMacs were stacked in the utility room much like those CRTs when the Apple education thing wasn't quite working.

Most of you younguns here probably wouldn't know about that.

I think cheap-ass schools and banks are probably the last places that grudgingly give up their CRT Monitors. Give PC users a little credit now ... just about everyone else is using an LCD display or two. I can remember hurting my back coming home from a PC show with a 21" CRT!

 

[mousouchop]

I am never leaving XP lol. if your all wondering why i am even here its because the moment this pc flatlines i am going mac =)

Hahaha. BSOD in:
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[mmacc]

Will BMWs lower its standards to meet the price of Pontiacs, Fords or Chevys? I think not! It’s the performance, technology, quality and reliability with style that sets the BMW apart from the rest. Not everyone can afford a BMW and that’s the way it is and probably will be. The same goes for Mac vs PCs. It’s nice to have a dream and actually achieve it. Success does come with a price.

 

[*LTD*]

I think in California this statistic would look even better. My (public) high school recently got rid of all their old pcs and got macbooks / iMacs with smartboards!

I'm sure it is. California is fairly progressive when it comes to tech, for obvious reasons, I suppose.

 

[jpyc7]

I wonder what UVA's computer lab division is now, if they even still have them. When I went to school there, I think only the Education school had a Macintosh lab, but it was open to all students (as were all the undergraduate computer labs). The College of Arts and Sciences and the Engineering school had IBM PC-compatible labs. Back then, most students did not own personal computers (which were still very expensive) and only a few universities were requiring their students to have one.

Now I see from the chart (following the link) that nearly everyone enters university with a computer and some people with two. I was surprised how few Other OSes were represented (< 20 in most entering classes). I would have expected Linux to be gaining share.

 

[*LTD*]

I wonder what UVA's computer lab division is now, if they even still have them. When I went to school there, I think only the Education school had a Macintosh lab, but it was open to all students (as were all the undergraduate computer labs). The College of Arts and Sciences and the Engineering school had IBM PC-compatible labs. Back then, most students did not own personal computers (which were still very expensive) and only a few universities were requiring their students to have one.

Now I see from the chart (following the link) that nearly everyone enters university with a computer and some people with two. I was surprised how few Other OSes were represented (< 20 in most entering classes). I would have expected Linux to be gaining share.

Well, from what I see in the Humanities/History lectures at the University of Toronto (and I'm assuming the same for York U.) you still get a lot of Mac users that represent the average user. And for that matter, PC users that represent the average user. So I think it also depends on which field we're talking about. I'd expect to see more Linux in comp. sci classes than humanties.

 

[pimentoLoaf]

Jump to page 4, scroll-down 'til your past the teacher retirements, and read how a prestigious prep school in New England has finally seen the light in switching from Lenovo to Apple.

(And, of course, these students will want Apple in college ...)

 

[Eidorian]

*LTD* how isn't the public playing with Windows 7 right now?

 

[Veri]

University today, unless you go to one of the better schools, is just a way for middle class parents to keep their kids out of unemployment for 3-4 years. It's not surprising, then, that so many kids are messing around on laptops during lectures. Macbooks are bought because they're hip, not because they reflect the specific needs of uni students.

Anyway, good unis do their teaching via small tutor groups. I've never understood the point in live lectures - why not just read at your own pace from a book?

 

[dmmcintyre3]

Update....I just looked at the stats for this month.
Unique Visitors about 25 Millions..... Mac OS 4.8%, Windows 84.3%

Any Questions ???

I have more people visiting my site on PowerPC Macs than any version of Windows. XP is still doing better than Vista

 

[SpitzerCR]

I had an elementary school that used apples back in the day

 

[gkarris]

LOL at many of these posts.

I'm starting to love Dell - makes you really appreciate Apple....

Gee, I wonder what the next "Laptop Hunter" commercials are going to be about...

I'm more an IBM/HP kinda guy when it comes to Windows...

 

[LagunaSol]

360 has a fair share in the console market. Wii only dominates due to the casual gamers, remember that. "Hardcore" gamers buy the 360 normally. PS3 if they want a paperweight for when they don't wanna play MGS4 or watch a Blueray movie.

Wow, talk about "fanboyism." Casual gamers? Paperweight??? What the heck is a "hardcore gamer" and who cares anyway? Nintendo sells far more consoles (and a profitable price point since Day One) and more games than MS, despite the lack of hi-def graphics, digital surround sound, and legitimate online play. That must drive James Allard (oh wait, it's "J" now, you know, for hipness) crazy.

Xbox has been a money pit since the beginning. Selling at a loss for much of its life, an epic hardware failure rate (30%+?), and now its only claim to fame is its popularity among this mystical "hardcore gamer" group everyone refers too. Sadly for Microsoft, they're not "hardcore buyers." There aren't enough "hardcore gamers" on this planet to deliver Microsoft its white whale. Now they're working on their own "waggle" system to remain competitive. Following the real innovator - it's the Microsoft way.

The only thing Xbox had going for it was Halo. A game I played like 15 years ago. Only then it was called Marathon.

If Microsoft wasn't so desperate to become one of the "cool kids at school," they would have killed Xbox and Zune long ago. Both are complete flops using any business definition (unless your business definition of success is "losing money indefinitely"). Maybe their new hipster t-shirt business can give them the street cred they crave?

Microsoft's "Dell Optiplex in white with a joystick" is a failure. Period. At least Sony has the Blu-Ray thing going for them. Microsoft has...Halo 4?

 

[22Hertz]

Macs are plentiful at my university too.

I'm a recent switcher (about 1.5 yrs now) and I love OSX however I dont know If Ill buy another laptop from Apple. I got the SR MBP and am worried about my GPU dying on me prematurely. I cant afford to buy >$2000 laptops and not be able to use it for at least 4 years.

Also I tried Windows 7 and dont see whats so great about it. Its more of the same old thing IMO. I never used Vista so maybe thats why Im not impressed. Little things on OSX like widgets I can bring up and hide, expose and spaces are things that I find I now cant live without. Apparently I must be alone.

I have noticed other little things too like when I set my monitor to sleep in OSX I can set the amount of minutes to anywhere in between a certain range, where in Windows the options are 5,10,15... There are many little things like this that keep me liking OSX for the quality OS it is.

 

[gkarris]

Microsoft's "Dell Optiplex in white with a joystick" is a failure. Period. At least Sony has the Blu-Ray thing going for them. Microsoft has...Halo 4?

LOL...

XBox 360 uses a PowerPC....

 

[LagunaSol]

XBox 360 uses a PowerPC....

I was talking about the case design...

Spray paint this white. Look familiar?

 

[3D-Troll]

There are still a lot of software packages that require Windows to run. Unless these companies start porting their software to OS X Windows will live.

Interesting case: Autodesk ported AutoStudio to OS X, but with version 2009 removed their support for MotionBuilder on the Mac.

Steffen

 

[*LTD*]

The only thing Xbox had going for it was Halo. A game I played like 15 years ago. Only then it was called Marathon.

Simply glorious.

You have made the S'Pht'Kr proud. All other shooters can drink vacuum. Halo is but a poor shadow of Marathon.

 

[LagunaSol]

Halo is but a poor shadow of Marathon.

There are many legitimate reasons to despise Microsoft. But their assimilation of Bungie (and killing their stellar Mac gaming development) may be one of my personal biggest.

 

[r00fus]

Netbooks aren't really comparable to full laptops

But every Apple laptop - even the MacBook Air - is morbidly obese compared to a typical netbook.

So why aren't netbooks taking the colleges and university by storm then?

Maybe it's because netbooks are unusable? THey're cheap, have horrible trackpads, and for those of us with large hands, are too small of a surface to rest our wrists. I know, I bought a fairly high-end netbook, and it's a very disappointing purchase (even when I replaced XP with ubuntu/OSX dual-boot, neither OS really shines on that brick).

My netbook is now repurposed as a media server to play ripped dvds on our TV.

 

[*LTD*]

There are many legitimate reasons to despise Microsoft. But their assimilation of Bungie (and killing their stellar Mac gaming development) may be one of my personal biggest.

Bungie used to be the kind of company you could love. Just look at the way they did the manuals for the Marathon series, never mind the sheer genius (and that's putting it lightly) of the games themselves.

There's one other first-person shooter I cared about (which makes two in total, since 1994): AVP2.

 

[dsnort]

My netbook is now repurposed as a media server to play ripped dvds on our TV.

I've had one for about three months. Getting it ready to sell!

Sounds like a good idea, but sucks in any kind of practical use.

Of course, YMMV.

 

[vipergts2207]

Edit: Something i want your opinions on; I find that i don't actually need a laptop, most my lecturers don't allow them, so it just sits in my room all day. Why is there this theory that students need a laptop?

Haven't you ever taken your laptop to a group meeting for a project? Or say you're going home for a weekend or over break. No need to pack up the bulky desktop.

 

[hugodrax]

Those future grads will eventually end up working in companies and recommending macs.

I remember when the SNA/3270 graybeards thought thought those young folk toying around PCs were wasting their time with those toys.

Of course PCs rule and you dont see those green terminals anymore.


Its the next generation that comes and shakes things up and keeps innovation moving.

Microsoft is just sitting on its laurels, big fat and happy and content enough to just collect service revenues.

 

[Pika]

Wow, talk about "fanboyism." Casual gamers? Paperweight??? What the heck is a "hardcore gamer" and who cares anyway? Nintendo sells far more consoles (and a profitable price point since Day One) and more games than MS, despite the lack of hi-def graphics, digital surround sound, and legitimate online play. That must drive James Allard (oh wait, it's "J" now, you know, for hipness) crazy.

Xbox has been a money pit since the beginning. Selling at a loss for much of its life, an epic hardware failure rate (30%+?), and now its only claim to fame is its popularity among this mystical "hardcore gamer" group everyone refers too. Sadly for Microsoft, they're not "hardcore buyers." There aren't enough "hardcore gamers" on this planet to deliver Microsoft its white whale. Now they're working on their own "waggle" system to remain competitive. Following the real innovator - it's the Microsoft way.

The only thing Xbox had going for it was Halo. A game I played like 15 years ago. Only then it was called Marathon.

If Microsoft wasn't so desperate to become one of the "cool kids at school," they would have killed Xbox and Zune long ago. Both are complete flops using any business definition (unless your business definition of success is "losing money indefinitely"). Maybe their new hipster t-shirt business can give them the street cred they crave?

Microsoft's "Dell Optiplex in white with a joystick" is a failure. Period. At least Sony has the Blu-Ray thing going for them. Microsoft has...Halo 4?

I can't comment on anything else due to lack of knowledge, but when I read this I cannot validate anything else you have just posted. Seriously, you have no idea what the hell you are talking about. Microsoft has turned around their "money pit" and are now making profit on the 360. The original Xbox debt was required to jump into the console market dominated by Sony, and now they are getting cash out of it with the 360. And falling back on the old Halo bashing eh?