Should Our Schools (or Anybody Else) Have Macs or PCs?

**hulkaros** · February 19th, 2003, 08:58 AM

A Mac versus PC study (115+ web pages!)

Browse here:
http://macvspc.info/

I want to add to the whole subject the Linux case too so this could really be:
A Mac OS (versus Mac Linux) versus PC Windows (versus PC Linux)

Hey, read the whole think as it really offers soooo much! Read, read, read...

HINT:
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Read some more

Oh and a hint for moderators:
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Don't remove this for a few days, pretty please

and thank you in advance

**cfleck** · February 19th, 2003, 11:06 AM

i'll admit i didn't read it very thoroughly, but what i did read seemed incredibally biased to the point of just using statistics that backed up his claims. while i'm not doubting that there is some truth in there, it is just as easy to prove the opposite about some of his points.

**senne** · February 19th, 2003, 12:01 PM

we have pc's at school, but macs in the Graphics Education

**binaryDigit** · February 19th, 2003, 12:09 PM

Didn't read everything, but I totally lost interest when he brought out the Mercedes vs Escort example. It is waaaay off and as such, causes him to lose all credibility in my eyes. I get what he's trying to say, he should have come up with a significantly better example though. The problem is that if he loses someone like me (typically pro Mac), then he'll completely lose anyone who is pro-WinTel, and that would be a shame since that would be the point of the entire website and their entire efforts.

**MisterMe** · February 19th, 2003, 12:49 PM

Originally posted by hulkaros
A Mac versus PC study (115+ web pages!)

Browse here:
http://macvspc.info/

I want to add to the whole subject the Linux case too so this could really be:
A Mac OS (versus Mac Linux) versus PC Windows (versus PC Linux)

Hey, read the whole think as it really offers soooo much! Read, read, read...

HINT:
--------
Read some more

Oh and a hint for moderators:
---------------------------------------
Don't remove this for a few days, pretty please and thank you in advance

Flash! The Japanese have surrendered. World War II has come to an end!

In other words, this site has been around for several years. It makes the simple point that your local school board may be wasting scarse resources to provide employment to the new IT staff required to facilitate a switch from Macs to Wintel. The site provides important information, but this is the wrong audience for it.

**j79** · February 19th, 2003, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by MisterMe
Flash! The Japanese have surrendered. World War II has come to an end!

In other words, this site has been around for several years. It makes the simple point that your local school board may be wasting scarse resources to provide employment to the new IT staff required to facilitate a switch from Macs to Wintel. The site provides important information, but this is the wrong audience for it.

Who cares if the site has been around for a couple years? Personally, I've never heard of the site, until I read it here, just now.

There are A LOT of interesting articles in there, some from Oct. 2002 - so, if the site is a couple years old, atleast its not filled with out of date material.

**JetwingX** · February 19th, 2003, 11:03 PM

my school uses macs (except in the drafting building and a few teachers
) so i am happy

**Cat** · February 20th, 2003, 06:49 AM

My faculty uses macs. We have 17" iMacs all-round and some PowerBooks and iBooks. Many students & staff bought macs for home use due to this setup (me included).