PCs are cheaper but schools buy Appleshttp://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/hooksett_editor/archive/2008/12/23/PCs-are-cheaper-but-schools-buy-Apples.aspxBY LAUREN SAUSSER Popular ad campaigns aside, if 13-year-old Aidan White had his pick, he said he would choose a Mac. “I think it’s a little bit easier and quicker,” Aidan said, discussing the pros and cons of PCs and Macintosh computersenCommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)re: PCs are cheaper but schools buy Appleshttp://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/hooksett_editor/archive/2008/12/23/PCs-are-cheaper-but-schools-buy-Apples.aspx#12406Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:11:17 GMT7b375189-dcc7-4af7-b4d3-2fc751a0220e:12406kevin stalli think were missing the piont, why do elementary school kids need lap top computers anyway. is this reporter a teacher all she ever say's is how great the schools are.... there eating up my tax money close the schools.re: PCs are cheaper but schools buy Appleshttp://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/hooksett_editor/archive/2008/12/23/PCs-are-cheaper-but-schools-buy-Apples.aspx#12409Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:07:07 GMT7b375189-dcc7-4af7-b4d3-2fc751a0220e:12409Mike BFor years Apple has had a marketing plan to get the machines into the schools. This way kids get use to the Mac and in future years when they are potentially decision makers, they will buy Apple. I am an IT Director for a company and would never consider them for any of my departments other than maybe marketing as the business applications software market also doesn't take them seriously. The problem is Apple based machines aren't exactly the best business machine used in running a corporation. Ok, they're great for artistic types, but if you are crunching numbers, running manufacturing process etc they fall real short. re: PCs are cheaper but schools buy Appleshttp://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/hooksett_editor/archive/2008/12/23/PCs-are-cheaper-but-schools-buy-Apples.aspx#12428Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:24:23 GMT7b375189-dcc7-4af7-b4d3-2fc751a0220e:12428John DI have read various articles and heard differing points of view on this issue, and I would like to offer my own personal point of view. It appears to me that what people are talking about is their personal preference-PC or a Mac, and that this has gone on for quite some time now. What really is important here is not what I may personally want, or what David Pearl personally wants. What is important is the education of the children of Hooksett. Many years ago the school board made a decision to have a Mac platform, which tends to be more user friendly for educational purposes. The kids are in school to get an education, and our teachers and students need equipment that is most compatible so that can be achieved. What is important is that our children get the education they need, and that as a community that we make decisions that achieve that purpose without a negative impact upon student learning. That is what is important here, not a few adults acting childish.