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Tables May Be Turning (6/30/98)
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Apple may have lost a little ground in its struggle to maintain its hold on the education market, but it looks like things may be turning around. In two separate and unrelated stories on MacCentral, we see evidence that Apple has a chance to stay on top in higher education.

First, Dartmouth has announced which computer it officially recommends to this fall's incoming class of 2003. Guess what? It's the iMac. And why not? It'll cost students only $1264 complete, it's fast fast fast, it's got a tiny footprint ideal for a dorm room, and it's wired to hook straight into the campus network. And if Apple manages to ship the things by August 19th as expected, they'll just barely beat the deadline for the back-to-school rush. In fact, we bet that the iMac will be a relatively popular choice among students even at schools who don't recommend it as the "blessed" system.

And secondly, if you were all worked up about how the California State University System was not renewing its Mac OS license, it appears that you can relax now; that decision has been reversed, following uproar among the campuses in the system. See? Good news does strike every once in a while. We could get used to this...

 
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The above scene was taken from the 6/30/98 episode:

June 30, 1998: Apple's unsheathed its lawyers in an attempt to make would-be service cheats think twice before committing fraud. Meanwhile, one of the authors of a key treatise used in the recent Microsoft decision says the judges got it all wrong, and Apple's slipping hold on the education market shows signs of potential strenghening...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 819: It's Payback Time (6/30/98)   Last year, Steve Jobs reportedly sent undercover Apple reps into the field to examine first-hand the sorry state of Macs in the retail space. A few months ago, Apple announced it was pulling its products out of all national retail chains except for CompUSA...

  • 820: Lagel Dyxlesia (6/30/98)   Microsoft may have won the first round of "Redmond Justice" last week, when a three-judge panel struck down the preliminary injunction preventing them from forcing PC manufacturers to preload Internet Explorer on every Windows 95 system shipped...

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