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Owensboro, Kentucky students to receive 2200 MacBook Airs

by Chris Rawson (Jul 27th, 2011)

Man, talk about lucky in Kentucky. Students and staff in the Owensboro, Kentucky district will all be issued Apple's newest ultraportable MacBook Air thanks to US$5 million in stimulus funding, Electronista reports. The MacBook Air's small size and increased durability compared to the plastic ...

Schools: Get your discount at the App Store (some day)

by Steven Sande (Aug 9th, 2010)

Students and educational institutions already get some nice perks from Apple in the form of hardware discounts, and from some development firms (such as Microsoft) in software discounts. Imagine being able to get an educational discount when you buy an iOS app in the App Store. Developers are ...

NYC Dept. of Education suspends Mac orders pending wireless issue fix

by Mike Schramm (Apr 18th, 2008)

Apple Insider is reporting that the New York City Department of Education has put all shipments of Macs to schools on complete hold while they're apparently waiting for Apple to fix a Wifi connectivity issue with OS X (which should be fixed with the 10.5.3 update). And Apple is apparently scrambling ...

Iowa school district to use iPods for standardized testing

by Erica Sadun (Feb 28th, 2007)

The Muscatine Journal reports that the Louisa-Muscatine School District in Iowa will start using iPods as part of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. Special-education students will use the iPods to allow them to work on their tests at different rates, while still providing a standardized administration ...

The Real Reason Behind Apple's Boot Camp

by Damien Barrett (Apr 5th, 2006)

I think I've realized the real reason why Apple has released Boot Camp, and why it'll be part of Leopard when it's released. As C.K. suggests, it's a move to be more competitive in the desktop PC market, but it's more than that. Apple's marketshare in some of their traditional strongholds (like ...

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