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UVa First-Year Student Computer Inventory: 1997-2008 Comparison

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Re: UVa First-Year Student Computer Inventory: 1997-2008 Comparison

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Post by wallflower »

kailoa wrote: post #2

That last graph is one of those "holy shit" types of revelations. MS should be scared spitless.

> scared spitless

If the infamous 2007 Missouri School of Journalism lecture hall photo has not already:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/psiko/1473644932/

http://blogs.eweek.com/applewatch/content/macbook/is_apples_...

Re: UVa First-Year Student Computer Inventory: 1997-2008 Comparison

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Post by nop »

I'm surprised by the operating systems graph, I didn't think Mac OS would have gone up that much and I especially thought "Other" would be much higher or at least increasing by any amount.

I wonder how that relates to what type of school University of Virginia is as I know nothing about it. It would be interesting to see how that compares to Stanford, MIT and the like.

Re: UVa First-Year Student Computer Inventory: 1997-2008 Comparison

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Post by schleyfox »

nop wrote: post #4

I'm surprised by the operating systems graph, I didn't think Mac OS would have gone up that much and I especially thought "Other" would be much higher or at least increasing by any amount. I wonder how that relates to what type of school University of Virginia is as I know nothing about it. It would be interesting to see how that compares to Stanford, MIT and the like.

As a student who is in that dataset, I think it makes sense. Basically, UVa is a pretty preppy school and Macs are really trendy right now. From my friends and what I see on grounds, I'm surprised that the Mac ownership is not numerically higher. We also focus on the liberal arts, which helps Mac. Linux is a real pain to get to work on the network. The decline in "other" is probably in a large part the result of Mac OS providing a very decent Unix/programming environment. I do see CS professors pretty split between Mac and Linux.

I'd imagine that schools that are more engineering focused schools would probably use more Linux, but I would not be surprised if Mac has converted a lot of them as well.

For the record, I had three computers windows, linux, and mac for most of last year, and I was one of the 8 "others" on that chart.

Re: UVa First-Year Student Computer Inventory: 1997-2008 Comparison

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Post by omarish »

schleyfox wrote: post #5
nop wrote: post #4

I'm surprised by the operating systems graph, I didn't think Mac OS would have gone up that much and I especially thought "Other" would be much higher or at least increasing by any amount. I wonder how that relates to what type of school University of Virginia is as I know nothing about it. It would be interesting to see how that compares to Stanford, MIT and the like.

As a student who is in that dataset, I think it makes sense. Basically, UVa is a pretty preppy school and Macs are really trendy right now. From my friends and what I see on grounds, I'm surprised that the Mac ownership is not numerically higher. We also focus on the liberal arts, which helps Mac. Linux is a real pain to get to work on the network. The decline in "other" is probably in a large part the result of Mac…

"UVa is a pretty preppy school"

I'd give you +20 karma if I could.

Also a member of the dataset.

Re: UVa First-Year Student Computer Inventory: 1997-2008 Comparison

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Post by scott_s »

schleyfox wrote: post #5
nop wrote: post #4

I'm surprised by the operating systems graph, I didn't think Mac OS would have gone up that much and I especially thought "Other" would be much higher or at least increasing by any amount. I wonder how that relates to what type of school University of Virginia is as I know nothing about it. It would be interesting to see how that compares to Stanford, MIT and the like.

As a student who is in that dataset, I think it makes sense. Basically, UVa is a pretty preppy school and Macs are really trendy right now. From my friends and what I see on grounds, I'm surprised that the Mac ownership is not numerically higher. We also focus on the liberal arts, which helps Mac. Linux is a real pain to get to work on the network. The decline in "other" is probably in a large part the result of Mac…

I think you're remiss in not mentioning that UVA has very strong science and engineering programs.

(This is a bit surreal, as I did my undergrad at Virginia Tech, my Master's at W&M, and now my PhD back at Tech. I've never cared for the rivalries, but I didn't think I'd ever feel compelled to defend UVA to one of its own students.)

Re: UVa First-Year Student Computer Inventory: 1997-2008 Comparison

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Post by dan_the_welder »

kailoa wrote: post #2

That last graph is one of those "holy shit" types of revelations. MS should be scared spitless.

I own a coffee shop near Florida State, I would call it pretty near 50/50 Mac vs. Windows.

I am pretty sure freshmen are required to have a laptop and the Mac bundle deals at the computer store are pretty irresistible.

According to http://www.fsucs.com/ the Apple bundles are cheaper than Dell or Sony which are the only other options.

So Apple is discounting for students, looking to snare them for life.

Also this is posted "Due to circumstances beyond our control, all Apple orders may experience a significant delay."

Can't make'em fast enough!

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