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It's only rich schools that buy them, and most places that do would be better off without them.

briandear 6y ago
Until you have to manage a lab full of Windows, then MAC becomes a much better value. With a Mac you don’t have to buy MS office, you get iWork. You also get iMovie, GarageBand and other Apple software that covers almost everything a typical school would need. And you never have to buy updates for either the OS or the other Apple software. You also have less malware to deal with. Having worked at a school with labs full of Windows machines, the real cost of IT support is not to be discounted. Maybe a Mac isn’t the best solution for everyone, but in the school environment, they’re great. Most schools have kids doing video projects, presentations, desktop publishing, etc. —- tasks for which an out of the box iMac can handle with aplomb and with minimal hassle or additional expense. Sure there are probably FOSS alternatives, but if you are the computer lab teacher, the last thing you have time for is managing a lab full of temperamental Linux boxes and the multiple flavors of FOSS software alternatives that frankly, aren’t that good compared to what Mac gives you included. For example, what’s a FOSS version of iMovie that works so powerfully and intuitively?
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- firekvz 6y ago
  Whole MS 365 suite is free for schools, even the windows licenses are free, so... What are you talking about?
- damnyou 6y ago
  I'm imagining this being said to the principal of a local rural school in, like, Ghana.
  - reaperducer 6y ago
    Spend $x now on Macs, or spend more later? I should hope that the principal of any school would understand basic math.
    - Krasnol 6y ago
      Spend later like looking for the one guy who has a Mac in the region and knows how to fix problem x? Or spending later like sending kids to extra courses because they have no idea how to operate the most common office suite on this planet? Spend later like taking that one broken device for a xxx km tour to the next Apple store? And so on... I wonder how people here are unable to understand basic reality. Especially in third world countries.

Until you have to manage a lab full of Windows, then MAC becomes a much better value. With a Mac you don’t have to buy MS office, you get iWork. You also get iMovie, GarageBand and other Apple software that covers almost everything a typical school would need. And you never have to buy updates for either the OS or the other Apple software. You also have less malware to deal with. Having worked at a school with labs full of Windows machines, the real cost of IT support is not to be discounted. Maybe a Mac isn’t the best solution for everyone, but in the school environment, they’re great. Most schools have kids doing video projects, presentations, desktop publishing, etc. —- tasks for which an out of the box iMac can handle with aplomb and with minimal hassle or additional expense. Sure there are probably FOSS alternatives, but if you are the computer lab teacher, the last thing you have time for is managing a lab full of temperamental Linux boxes and the multiple flavors of FOSS software alternatives that frankly, aren’t that good compared to what Mac gives you included. For example, what’s a FOSS version of iMovie that works so powerfully and intuitively?

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firekvz 6y ago
Whole MS 365 suite is free for schools, even the windows licenses are free, so... What are you talking about?
damnyou 6y ago
I'm imagining this being said to the principal of a local rural school in, like, Ghana.
- reaperducer 6y ago
  Spend $x now on Macs, or spend more later? I should hope that the principal of any school would understand basic math.
  - Krasnol 6y ago
    Spend later like looking for the one guy who has a Mac in the region and knows how to fix problem x? Or spending later like sending kids to extra courses because they have no idea how to operate the most common office suite on this planet? Spend later like taking that one broken device for a xxx km tour to the next Apple store? And so on... I wonder how people here are unable to understand basic reality. Especially in third world countries.