Coincidental to gathering LMNET responses I did a periodical search on
Proquest searching "schools" AND "IBM" AND "Macintosh." Interestingly, I
didn't find anything recent but a Nov./Dec '98 issue of MULTIMEDIA SCHOOLS
reported a Dun & Bradstreet survey which indicated that " Apple continues as
the brand choice in elementary schools while PC's predominate among senior
high schools." I did get some helpful responses from LMNetters on
utilization. The dominant response was that there are no longer super-great
advantages/disadvantages of one over the other. In fact, a number of
librarians argued for having both types of hardware in the school's labs.
Macs (software) did seem to "have an edge" in graphic design, desktop
publishing and video editing. Within schools that had both Macs and IBM's it
was reported that Macs "had better long term maintenance"--fewer problems.
On the IBM plus-side was the definite impression that library automation
software was largely designed for use with IBM's and that most automated
programs continue to run better on IBM's even if the software is now
cross-platform. One final point from my own reading. Macs are much more
scarce in the workplace (except for graphic applications) and the home market
and according to one article I read, parents report "it's just more
convenient if kids come home and pop their school disks into our PC's."
Ann Hoffman/Library Media Specialist
MS 51, Brooklyn, New York
ms51library@aol.com
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