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Survey Finds Apple Most Popular Notebook Brand Among U.S. College Students
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Not one windows manufacturer has a majority. The Apple laptop has a decent plurality.
As far as computer manufacturers go, over 20% of a large market is excellent in terms of profit.
No major surprises there as Dell improved their products from looking cheap to still just looking cheap. The only exception there is Adamo, which at least looks decent.
Another appropriate headline would be "Over 70% of college freshman do not choose Dell." Or pick any one of the manufacturers.
Not one (regardless of OS) is over 50% or anywhere near it.
I'm using my macbook right now
After getting a dell desktop that blue screened every few days or so right after getting it, seeing how thick other labtops are, and the fact that pcs become slugs after a year of use, I just screw it and went with apple, its been 4 months since I got my macbook and it runs like it did when I first got it, I also got windows 7 on bootcamp.
I'm never going with dell, hp, or sony again
After getting a dell desktop that blue screened every few days or so right after getting it, seeing how thick other labtops are, and the fact that pcs become slugs after a year of use, I just screw it and went with apple, its been 4 months since I got my macbook and it runs like it did when I first got it, I also got windows 7 on bootcamp.
I'm never going with dell, hp, or sony again
Great news...
Too bad the all-mighty Steve Jobs decided all computers are "trucks" and has stagnated OSX development since 2007. I love how the fan-boys haven't even noticed.
Hardware since the Macbook Pro unibody introduction has also been pretty unremarkable too in my opinion
Oh well...have fun with dumbed-down crap apps and locked-down iTunes shopping-cart devices (ipad)
Too bad the all-mighty Steve Jobs decided all computers are "trucks" and has stagnated OSX development since 2007. I love how the fan-boys haven't even noticed.
Hardware since the Macbook Pro unibody introduction has also been pretty unremarkable too in my opinion
Oh well...have fun with dumbed-down crap apps and locked-down iTunes shopping-cart devices (ipad)
Sure, but it still means that 73% of the students use Windows and a PC Laptop
And over 70% use computers other than Dell. And over 90% use computers other than a Sony. And ...
Another fanboy remark? ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Show us something original if you can.
No ****, Sherlock. Has anyone been to a college campus lately? They're covered in Macs. The only time I see more PCs than Macs is when I'm in a lecture full of computer science majors. I still don't get why anyone would take a computer to a lecture without tutorials, it's much better to take notes on paper...
I think the option of running windows in bootcamp or parallels/VMware has been helpful in getting people to try Mac OS.
Switching platforms can be painful for some who have spent a lot of time in one environment. Bootcamp is like a security blanket for many. Once they get comfortable with the new OS, they can let Windows go.
Switching platforms can be painful for some who have spent a lot of time in one environment. Bootcamp is like a security blanket for many. Once they get comfortable with the new OS, they can let Windows go.