Number of students with Apple computers rises to 40 percent
by Anya Bergman
News | 9/2/08
Posted online at 10:19 PM EST on 9/1/08
/ Last updated at 12:16 AM EST on 9/1/08
This year 60 percent of the first-year class brought Apple computers to school, bringing the school total to 40 percent Apple and 60 percent computers with Windows based operating system, a Library and Technology Services staff member said.
The LTS Web site says that for the 2003 to 2004 academic year, about 79 percent of students had Windows operating systems and 20 percent had Apple computers with one percent of students using the Linux operating system.
Information on the proportions of students who had computers with Windows and Apple computers last year is not available.
"Apple has a fantastic ad campaign going on," LTS Director of Networks and Systems John Turner said, suggesting that this could be a reason for Apple's recent success.
The free iPod that students can receive when they buy an Apple computer for college is an incentive, he said.
Dan Gutman '12 said he liked certain programs Apple computers offer, such as GarageBand to record music.
"I kind of felt like [Apple computers are] the future," he said.
Turner said that Brandeis works carefully to be "very Mac friendly" and "as agnostic as possible" when it comes to students' computers. He said that originally Sage only worked when it was opened in Internet Explorer, but LTS pushed for the program to work on the Safari Web browser for Apple users.
He said the school does not accept computer program vendors if their programs do not work on Apple computers.
Turner added that most administrative programs also work on Apple computers, but for those that do not, a program called Parallels allows users to run the Windows operating system on an Apple computer.
The University uses Parallels software to operate the magnetic locks that open with swipe cards.
Chet Berman '12 said his family always used computers with Windows but found the new Windows Vista operating system "horribly incompatible" with certain applications, so he purchased an Apple MacBook for school.
The LTS Web site says that for the 2003 to 2004 academic year, about 79 percent of students had Windows operating systems and 20 percent had Apple computers with one percent of students using the Linux operating system.
Information on the proportions of students who had computers with Windows and Apple computers last year is not available.
"Apple has a fantastic ad campaign going on," LTS Director of Networks and Systems John Turner said, suggesting that this could be a reason for Apple's recent success.
The free iPod that students can receive when they buy an Apple computer for college is an incentive, he said.
Dan Gutman '12 said he liked certain programs Apple computers offer, such as GarageBand to record music.
"I kind of felt like [Apple computers are] the future," he said.
Turner said that Brandeis works carefully to be "very Mac friendly" and "as agnostic as possible" when it comes to students' computers. He said that originally Sage only worked when it was opened in Internet Explorer, but LTS pushed for the program to work on the Safari Web browser for Apple users.
He said the school does not accept computer program vendors if their programs do not work on Apple computers.
Turner added that most administrative programs also work on Apple computers, but for those that do not, a program called Parallels allows users to run the Windows operating system on an Apple computer.
The University uses Parallels software to operate the magnetic locks that open with swipe cards.
Chet Berman '12 said his family always used computers with Windows but found the new Windows Vista operating system "horribly incompatible" with certain applications, so he purchased an Apple MacBook for school.
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Palluxo! Editors
posted 9/02/08 @ 3:03 AM EST
Perfect! That's one of those news we could never get tired of!
Losing Weight
posted 9/02/08 @ 11:27 PM EST
We are not going to be seeing ads for PCs since there is no one company that owns PCs. But I see the Apple ads all the time. The guy playing the Mac computer is thin and relaxed. (Continued…)
Partners in Grime
posted 9/14/08 @ 4:39 PM EST
The difference in purchase price between a Mac and a comparable Windows machine is more than made up with the rock solid Unix Mac operating system and bundled software. (Continued…)
laptops
posted 11/05/08 @ 5:19 AM EST
Interesting I never knew there was a program to run windows operating systems on an apple computer. I think the real reason for apple's recent success is the disappointment of vista and basically everyone wants to try something new after windows has been dominating the market for so many years. (Continued…)
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