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The Pine Tree State orders 64,000 MacBooks, with more to come
The Associated Press released an article today noting that the Maine Department of Education has placed an order for more than 64,000 MacBooks. The MacBooks are being purchased from Apple as a part of Maine's Learning Technology Initiative, which has provided MacBooks to all middle school students in Maine since 2002.The new order expands the program to high school students who did not receive a MacBook in middle school, and also provides the laptops to faculty for grades 7 through 12.
Maine is expected to place an additional order for about 7,000 more laptops within a few weeks. The laptops can also be used as an economic development tool for parents as well, providing software that links the computers to the Maine Department of Labor resources, including career centers.
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Good news, Mainers! The long wait for an Apple Store is about to end.
The Maine Learning Technology Initiative has 30,000 iBooks that the state has mostly paid off, and they are looking
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