outlawauron said:
Not entirely. Apple has a grant program and gives out macs to certain high schools. I know my siblings school was a part of that program and they all had their own macs starting at 5th grade. |
Usually, even in predominantly Mac environments, there's a copy of Windows lurking around somewhere. Perhaps on a server or a virtual machine.
His point is that the stat is misleading. kowen's 100% figure might even be accurate, but that wouldn't mean Microsoft has total control of the education market.
Similarly we see a headline boasting about 22%, when the article admits ChromeOS's real share is actually 3%. Just because one in five schools have deployed a trial Chromebook lab doesn't mean Google's now a big playa in educational platforms. It just means that schools have been given enough subsidies and promises that they're willing to test the waters.
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