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To: isdsms who wrote (1059)	8/15/1998 9:16:00 AM
From: Bill Gizzo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

"The intuitiveness, ease of use, stability of system,and reliability of unit" Although these are major advantages the bottomline is availability of software, and there isn't much available vs. wintel. The imac system needs to be a hybrid system capable of running Mac & IBM/PC software before it could hope to regain a presence in schools or homes. Until this happens it'll remain a niche product. Cheers Bill

To: isdsms who wrote (1059)	8/15/1998 12:00:00 PM
From: Michael M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

".....I'm Sure he will tell you that it was pressure exerted by board members who know next to nothing about Macs." Ira, shame on you..... expressing an opinion while knowing 'next to nothing' about the facts! That was the most presumptuous post I've read in a good while. My son is with a private school (you would recognize half the students' last names) where he is the #1 Fair-Haired-Boy. The school is oozing $$$ and decisions are made by the owner/Head Master.....there is no over-the-shoulder looking and no red tape. The decision to go PC was a decision to go Real-World.....a refreshing development in academia, if you ask me. BTW, my son still loves his Mac. And, I still enjoy and welcome your comments.....didn't realize I was poking a stick into a nest of dozing Mac Maniacs with my earlier post. :-)

To: isdsms who wrote (1059)	8/15/1998 3:32:00 PM
From: Alan Rosen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Ira, I get into a lot of schools during the course of various construction projects I participate in. Ten years ago all you saw in elementary and secondary schools was Apple product, now its' PC! At the 2 year college I'm working with now there is a pallet of Apple product waiting for the scavenger service every month (they are almost all gone now). Apple has lost the battle in the schools because they lost the battle in the marketplace. The schools and the school boards do not see value in training students in a technology that too much of the rest of the world is not using. Apple may be the better product, but they don't have the market share and business doesn't use their product. archcc