MacInSchool

iMac in School

It'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, Cnet, 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."

Join us on Facebook!

Links for the Day

Mac of the Day: Mac IIfx, introduced 1990.03.19. This 'wicked fast' 40 MHz Mac trumped the 33 MHz DOS world.
Support Low End Mac

Recent Deals

About LEM Support Usage Privacy Contact

Low End Mac is an independent publication and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc. Entire Low End Mac website copyright ©1997-2012 by Cobweb Publishing, Inc. unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, iPad iPhone, iMac, iPod, MacBook, MagSafe, Mac Pro, Apple TV, and AirPort are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks and are hereby acknowledged.
Advice is presented in good faith, but what works for one may not work for all. Please report errors to .
LINKS: We allow and encourage links to any public page as long as the linked page does not appear within a frame that prevents bookmarking it.
Email may be published at our discretion unless marked "not for publication"; email addresses will not be published without permission, and we will encrypt them in hopes of avoiding spammers. Letters may be edited for length, context, and to match house style.
PRIVACY: We don't collect personal information unless you explicitly provide it. For more details, see our Terms of Use.

Custom Search

Follow Low End Mac on Twitter
Join Low End Mac on Facebook

Low End Mac Reader Specials

TypeStyler 11 is now in the Mac App Store!! -- Special Introductory Price of $59.95!! -- To Buy From The Mac App Store Click Here Now!! Or buy direct from Strider Software.

Don't install Parallels to play poker online! Poker Mac will show you how to download and install a native Mac poker and Mac Casino applications in minutes.

Affiliates

Amazon.com
The Apple Store
The iTunes Store
PC Connection Express
GainSaver
Parallels Desktop for Mac
eBay