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Apple also had a good market share in education. The first Mac I used was at the university, and many schools had Macs even when it was viewed as a very niche s
by coliveira 2y ago
Apple also had a good market share in education. The first Mac I used was at the university, and many schools had Macs even when it was viewed as a very niche system.
- Arrath 2y agoI remember learning how to type and work the macintosh version of Paint on some Macs in 1st/2nd grade computer lab in 1995/96/97 somewhere. We even had crusty old Apple II's or the like hiding in corners.
- Gormo 2y agoThe Apple II was very dominant in education, but Apple never managed to retain that dominance through the migration to the Mac. Schools started moving to Wintel boxes in the mid-90s as the Apple II was becoming obsolete -- Macs were present in schools, but had stiff competition by that point. I recall my elementary school (1985-1991) exclusively having Apple IIs, my middle school (1991-1994) having a mix of Mac LCs and IBM PS/2s (along with lingering Apple IIs), and my high school (1994-1998) having all of the computer labs stocked entirely with Tandy 486es, with a handful of Macs in specific classrooms for particular use cases.