Apple is number one laptop supplier in higher education.
A Computerworld.com blog
http://blogs.computerworld.com/apple_passes_dell_marketshare_higher_educ
ation reports on an interesting comment by Apple COO Tim Cook during
last week's Goldman Sachs Investment Symposium.
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/02/28/apple-coo-discusses-iphone-exclusivi
ty-sdk-and-unlocking/ Cook revealed that Apple has edged past Dell and
is now the #1 laptop supplier in higher education:
"We just received word on Monday that Apple surpassed Dell as the number
one supplier of portables to US higher education for 2007," Cook
claimed. "The ceiling for the Macs is nowhere in sight. Even if the
market itself isn't growing, for us, switching Windows users is an
enormous opportunity," Cook also added.
This finding corroborates an increasing number of anecdotal reports
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/10/05/mac-marketshare-at-universities-boom
ing/ that Apple's popularity has been booming in Universities settings.
Apple's success is even more striking when compared to 2006 numbers.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/10/25/macs
At that time, a
survey across 100 college campuses showed that 40% of students were
planning on buying a Dell laptop, while only 21% were planning on buying
an Apple laptop.
Apple has also started efforts to integrate the iPhone
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/02/26/apple-working-to-deploy-iphones-at-u
niversities/ into university settings with pilot programs expected to
start shortly.
Thank you,
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Ron Freybler
Director of Technology
Graland Country Day School
303-336-3718
rfreybler@graland.org
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Lisa Sjogren
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:44 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Required Computers for college
I haven't done any real research on this topic. However, I can comment =20
as a recent college graduate. There was never really any mandate in =20
Minnesota schools- just recommendations of speed, RAM, etc. My alma =20
mater switched to mac this past summer and began running Boot Camp and =20
Linux on their computers as well. I had MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint =20
and I did fairly well with my mac.
--Lisa
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Lisa Sjogren
Director of Technology
St. Raphael's Catholic School
763-504-9450, ext. 311
763-504-9460, fax
lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org
My Blog: http://lisasjogren.srsmn.org
On Mar 4, 2008, at 9:22 AM, David Held wrote:
> Next September we are starting a 1:1 laptop in our upper school. We =20
> have
> made the program optional for seniors. The thinking is that some
> colleges require a Mac or PC, or even specific makes and models. Has
> anyone done research into this question of what hardware colleges are
> mandating, if any?
>
> David Held
> Director of Technology
> Poughkeepsie Day School
> 360 Boardman Rd.
> Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
> 845.462.7600 x299
>
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