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Apple has always cared about education, kids, and teachers.
the ubiquitous chromebook is driving Apple from education based on cost, flexibility and manageability. Too bad.
What are you smoking? Chromebooks may be cheaper but…wait! They’re cheaper and that’s it. They are not as sturdy, don’t last In The k-12 classroom, are limited in capabilities, and are decades behind Apple in the education realm. Manageability? Sure, cheaper is better in this “education should be free world” we are entering, but that ecosystem has little to no management system for teachers and leadership. In community colleges, we are learning the hard way that the system that allows teachers more control and is more durable and who’s company provides more support is Apple. Of course, JMMHO.
I wonder how much influence Laurene Power Jobs had with the education angle at Apple. I suspect it was significant.
Apple has always had an on-again, off-again relationship with education. In the early days (Apple II, beginning Mac) they had an actual education team that we worked closely with. When Jobs left, they were merged into the business sales group and the company only gave lip service to education. When Jobs returned, the separate education group returned and some of the good relations returned. When the company focus turned to iDevices and content, education was again deprecated as a primary concern. I hope Apple will build a solid focus on education goals but a new program to collect teacher email addresses is not enough to convince me of a real commitment.
Pull-ease! Anyone who’s actually used Apple’s shitty ‘enterprise’ software to manage a school’s Macs (WorkGroup Manager, etc.) knows they haven’t put any effort into it in years, plus schools are still offered the same 3 year old hardware at prices which are laughable.
We’ve gotten a few chrome books in my school now, and I’m seriously thinking of switching my building over.
Please don’t reply to this unless you have actual experience managing Macs in a school.
Nothing wrong with that. ATST, let’s not forget Apple has always been had a significant presence in education. If not for academics always buying Macs over PCs even at a premium, Apple might not be around today.
I like to think educated people buy Macs. Then I realize organized education is for the weak minded.
Somes, Apple is so myopic, it boggles my mind. I wish Apple would get back to making computers, like the Apple //e or Mac Pro ’10.
I really wish Apple would stop releasing ‘major’ system updates every year … how about a “.5” update for OS X/macOS and iOS every year and the ‘big’ update every two (give or take a few months).
I remember when 10.7 was so disappointing.
I know Apple did give up on small and medium enterprise some time ago. It is funny – or maybe ironic, due to Apple’s success, they are ditching the old platforms they spent a lot of time building with OS X starting in late ’97 or so …
The odd thing is, OS X could have been made to run many things and they could have sort of followed the Microsoft model and in some cases, I think MS followed Apple, once Apple showed them how some aspects of enterprise could be done.
The only other major negatives about Apple enterprise, I remember was its lack of showing projected or planned offerings 18 to 36 months out, which most IT shops need for budget purposes.
i do remember Apple Remote Desktop was and may even still be better than most ‘RDP’ type systems around. I use the term ‘systems’ loosely’.
You think Windows/SSCM or what not is better? Windows is very poor with windows. Sometimes ‘Power’ shell works.
It would be nice if Microsoft were a better marketing company. I guess Google took over.