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I assume you fankids know that there is no such thing as a free anything?

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"I laready know something free can't really be free."

Have you not heard of Linux?]]>Mar 2nd 2008 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/
Yes, a machine with "Vista Home Basic Edition" (crap), a Celeron processor (crap) and a 28W battery ("up to" 2 hours, lol)]]>Mar 2nd 2008 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/If you smart enough to figure out how to turn off the security prompts, put command prompt back in the start menu and... use the internet? then you obviously shouldn't be talking like you know anything about computers. did you just not get a good vibe from the colors of the package or something?]]>Mar 2nd 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/
in was bad to have a typo in this comment. damn it. i blame it on vista...or something like that]]>Mar 2nd 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/
Apple is the Bose of computers. If you don't know what I am talking about--get a Mac, you're their target audience.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Sure you could do a Windows based solution that might be cheaper per student up front, but over four years that price will soar over the Mac solution.
The only reason large businesses will not do this is because the software they have invested in restricts them to the Windows platform. Apple has been in education since its inception.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/
"no more spyware and virii taking down whole network segments"
This would never happen with even the least bit of network security. Maybe at some high school, but universities usually have professional IT staff.

"The second issue - you can keep hardware in stock because everybody is running the same brand of machine and you know exactly what it needs."
This is pure facepalm. Getting the parts is never the problem when repairing computers, and your campus IT is going to send it off to an Apple repair shop anyways if it's under warranty and is a hardware problem. Also, Apple and PC are pretty much the same minus motherboards, and getting a replacement MOBO from Apple is a hell of a lot more expensive then buying a retail replacement MOBO for a PC.

"Finally, the iPhone as a smart communications device coupled with a Mac a better and easier experience to deal with. If you are requiring your students to have a smart phone, the iPhone's data + voice plan is cheaper than Blackberry plans of the same type."
Thanks for the buzzwords and opinions, now tell me how an iPhone, or any smartphone for that matter, will actually benefit someone's education.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/
Usually that's a fairly safe assumption. Ask ten nerds (aka Engadget readers) what the cmd prompt is, and I'd be willing to guess 8 would know what it is and 5 would know how to use it.

Try asking the average "Joe" or "Jane" on the street, and your numbers would be much lower. The average consumer does not know what the command prompt is, nor how to use it. People want a computer that is easy to use, yet powerful. Other than a glitch with hibernating/sleep (hopefully fixed w/ SP1...we'll see) I've had no problems with my Vista machine that I built myself.

so yeah, flame off dude....not everyone is an expert computer enthusiast as you obviously must be for having read about the cmd prompt in PC World last week.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/
That is all.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/
Whatever percentage of Windows users know how to use the command prompt, I'd bet every nickel to my name that the same percentage for Mac users is about a quarter as much.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/
I weep for humanity]]>Mar 2nd 2008 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Second, Yale and Harvard don't have to resort publicity stunt, and really only compete with each other (plus MIT and Caltech for science people).
Also, Yale and Harvard don't compete with each other that much, as many people only want to go to or only get into one of them; the common accpetance pool isn't huge (and splits ~60-40 towards Harvard).
Finally, I don't know much about Harvard for this one, but here at Yale, most of us are smart enough to use Windows. Sure, there are plenty of liberal arts types who are no better at computers than the genreal population, and some of the use MacOS for reasons that escape me, but most people are on Windows. If i was given a mac book, I would sell it, take a nickel, and buy myself a real computer.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/
Well, there is always China or some South America university....

Nimrod.
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Get back to me when either a decent public school, or any decent school for that matter, employs the same kind of cheap tactic and I will join your weeps.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/Mar 2nd 2008 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/
It's a one-time purchase the school can use for years to come.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/university-jumps-on-even-bigger-bandwagon-free-iphones-and-macb/
So a private university decides to standardize on a mobile computing/learning program based on apple technology to better meet the needs of the students and faculty. Great. I hope it works out for them. If it doesn't the market will have spoken.

If you don't like it great. Don't go there/don't donate money to them. Attend/support a school that supports Wintel, a hybrid, or no mobile elearning program if that's what you believe in.


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