iMac in SchoolIt's the hottest computer Apple's ever
come up with. Same "up to twice as fast" G3 processor as the
business models. Same Macintosh operating system Microsoft
keeps trying to copy. But a great new design and very
reasonable price. - The
future is now for new high-tech
school, Orange County
Register, 8/1.
- Apple
gains despite low-cost
competition, c|net, 7/22. "For
the month of June, Apple Computer maintained its No. 3
ranking in the retail and mail-order market with strong
sales of the iMac...." And, by the way, the iMac was #1
in June.
- Laptop
experiment turns freshmen on to
learning, Star Tribune,
6/1.
- Macs
dominate wired Hong Kong
school, CNNfn, 5/26
"They are very user friendly. They are quite versatile --
children take to them quite instinctively, and they
require far less maintenance time than PCs
do." - A Macintosh
Summer Vacation, Steve Wood,
MacInSchool, 5/24
A short list of Mac educational software to check out
this summer. - What's
in a number?, Applelinks,
5/5
"Why should I pay over a thousand dollars for a 266 speed
[iMac] when I can get a PC at 350 for
less?" - iMacs
in education, No Beige,
5/3
"All in all, the iMac is a great educational
machine...." - New G3
All-in-One in the works?,
MacOS Rumors, 4/23
"...the company may be working on a version of the C2
iMac which will fill the space left by the now-defunct
G3
All-In-One (AIO)." - Schools
going Mac in a big way,
MacCentral, 4/23
Willow School District (Ann Arbor, MI), East Noble School
District (Noble Co., IN), New York City "between 20,000
and 30,000 iMacs" - Willow
Run (MI) board OKs lease of 183
iMacs, Ann Arbor News,
4/16
That's one per classroom in the school system, and all
because of Y2K! - Which
is really cheaper, iMac or $299 Webzter
Jr.?, MacTimes,
4/9
- Help
a teacher obtain an iMac, Mac
Madness
"[My teacher] is on an LC, and it is slow and
crashes all the time and can hardly run anything. My
school did buy 22 new Apple desktops this year.... She
even had to resort to putting a Macintosh SE in the
corner of her room because people ... need to type
reports and other things." - School
goes iMac, MacCentral,
3/2
- University
of Queensland iMac lab, Choice
Connect, 2/23
- Superintendent
bashed for buying iMacs,
MacCentral, 2/4
- UK
teachers vote for iMac,
JeMacUse, 1/17
- Apple's
answer to the NetPC, Internet
Week, 12/14
- $999
iMacs for schools, MacCentral,
12/5
- Review: iMac,
Revision B, Don Crabb, Fresh
Crabb, 12/7
- A
prodigal son returns to the
Mac, Douglas Rushkoff, Globe
and Mail
- Why
I've gone back to Mac, The
Guardian Online
- iMac
lives up to buzz, Federal
Computer Week
- iMac
labs to reduce waits,
University of Minnesota
- iMac
special seport looks at Griffin
iPort, MacNN
- iMac
as a business tool, The iMac
512
- iMac
moving into federal
government, Federal Computer
Week
- Should
schools use Macs or PCs? --
results, ZDNet
- Virtual
PC and the iMac, MacOS
Daily
- Back
to school PCs, ABC
News
- iMac:
hottest computer in the dorm,
the iMac
- iMac impressions: a
teacher's perspective,
a
kid's perspective,
a
dad's perspective,
MacCentral
- iMac
now Apple's featured education
product,
MacCentral
- iMac
review, Henry Norr,
MacInTouch
- Switching
to Mac -- iMac, even, the
iMac.com
- iMac v.
the "Top Ten," the iMac
channel
- Apple
bites back at PC with iMac,
Australian Financial Review
- Ojai
Digital Arts Center in Ojai, CA, to use
iMacs
- The
iMac: Perfect for Schools, the
iMac channel
- Cost
clouds iMac's savior status,
Los Angeles Times,
"For
schools--which need networked
computers and can easily live without
floppies--it's
a sure bet."
- iMac sites: the
iMac channel /
iMac
iNfo iMac2Day
/ The
iMac.com / The
iMac NewsPage
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