Arlington, VA public schools move away from Macs
updated 07:35 am EDT, Mon May 3, 2004
Schools standardize on PCs
A memo from the Office of the Superintendent of the Arlington Public Schools says that the company will , while "Macintosh computers will be retained for specialized applications such as the Arts curriculum, the iLife suite including iMovie and Special Education. I found persuasive the conclusions that in the absence of any particular advantage or disadvantage to instructional effectiveness or to teaching staff, the move to one predominant platform will result in lower costs (both in direct outlays and in opportunity costs to enhanced services) and to more effective and efficient technical support services."



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I.T. Shills for Dell?
Ah yes, the same old saw and ignorance of the lower costs for a unified platform. We KNOW it's the IT drones pushing for job security and the ignorant (or paid off) and clueless administration falling for the con job.
In these days of falling education budgets, it makes SO much sense to steathfully triple your IT budget.
The question remains: Where is Apple through all this?