May 25, 2012 - 05:30 PM EDT — AAPL: 562.29 (-3.03, -0.54%) | NASDAQ: 2837.53 (-1.85, -0.07%)

Apple Mac hits #1 in Western Europe Education market

Thursday, February 2, 2006 · 1:27 pm · 17 Comments

According to a MacDailyNews source, the latest data soon to be publicly published by a leading research firm will show that Apple has attained the number one position in the Western Europe Education Market.

Based on the scant information MacDailyNews has seen, Apple’s Education market share in Western Europe rose to 15.2% from 12.7% versus the same quarter last year, moving Dell into the number two position with 14.7% and leaving HP at the number three position with 14.2%.

We hope to have more information soon.

Advertisements:
• MacBook Pro. The first Mac notebook built upon Intel Core Duo with iLife ’06, Front Row and built-in iSight. Starting at $1999. Free shipping.
• iMac. Twice as amazing — Intel Core Duo, iLife ’06, Front Row media experience, Apple Remote, built-in iSight. Starting at $1299. Free shipping.
• iMac and MacBook Pro owners: Apple USB Modem. Easily connect to the Internet using dial-up service. Only $49.
• iPod Radio Remote. Listen to FM radio on your iPod and control everything with a convenient wired remote. Just $49.
• iPod. 15,000 songs. 25,000 photos. 150 hours of video. The new iPod. 30GB and 60GB models start at just $299. Free shipping.
• Connect iPod to your television set with the iPod AV Cable. Just $19.

Categories: All Sites, News

Thank You for supporting MacDailyNews!

♥ Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended for Mac - Student and Teacher Edition DVD (65171323) only $249!
♥ Blowout: Apple 15.4" MacBook Pro i7/4Core/2.0GHz/4GB/500GB (MC721LL/A) only $1,549.99 + Free Shipping from MacMall
♥ Mac Madness Save 25% on Parallels Desktop 7!
♥ 15% Off Compatible Ink. 10% Off All Others (excludes OEMs). Free Shipping over $55. Coupon: 123BLOSSOM, Expires 6.18.12
♥ Save up to 60% at the Hammacher Schlemmer Special Values Sale-While supplies last.
♥ Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.5 - New! Simply Smarter Speech Recognition
♥ Up to 30% OFF Accessories from Verizon Wireless
♥ Limited Time Offer: Get free ZAGGsmartbuds when you buy a ZAGGsparq!

Comment Feed

17 Comments

Macromancer

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 2:38 pm · Reply

Looks like the Euros don’t have the same dumbass tunnel vision that the techno-illiterate school boards do over in the US.
Andy C.

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 2:45 pm · Reply

Sweet @ss! Now lets see if Apple can take back education in North America.
iSteve

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 2:46 pm · Reply

If we get to the point where the Mac hardware can boot in OSX or Vista this may persuade school boards to buy Macs.
G-ZUS

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 2:51 pm · Reply

Europe has always been more progressive and eager to adopt the best technology over the most popular technology. Just look at our electrical wiring system in the USA vs. Europe’s.

http://www.g-zus.net/
Aboot

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 3:01 pm · Reply

Well, perhaps 15.2% don’t. Of course that still leaves the other 84.8% of Europe that must still be dumbasses then eh Macro?
jeff

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 3:18 pm · Reply

My dad bought the computers for his school district during the 1990′s. This was during the time when apple was losing educational marketshare to windows PCs. The school board decided that the best way to prepare students for the ‘real world’ would be to train them to use PCs (because most businesses used them). So, my dad was ordered to only buy PCs. He got so frustrated at the problems that ensued (viruses, malware, networking problems, etc) that he quit and went back to being a math teacher.

The idea that students must be trained on the exact computer systems that businesses use became the de facto standard all over the US. School boards do not understand that becoming computer savvy is generally independent of what operating system you use. Word processing applications are generally the same on Windows, MacOS, Linux, etc. It would take a lot of potluck dinners and a buttload of advertising to convince them otherwise.

I don’t see Apple gaining back much educational marketshare in the US without first targeting the business/enterprise market. They need to focus on making their computers compatible with the corporate environment. The xServe was a start, but those are locked away in data centers.

(on a related note, I reiterate my desperate plea for apple to make groupware versions of AddressBook and iCal… a HUGE advantage for small businesses/offices).
Curious

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 3:28 pm · Reply

G-ZUS — I don’t get it. What’s better about European wiring?
Uncle Sammy McDonald Smith Johnson Jeffreson

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 3:38 pm · Reply

Our schools need more macs and less peecees! Otherwise those darned western european kids will turn out to be smarter and more effiecient young adults than ours will!

After all, if they use macs all through school, they will surely buy macs as adults and be far more productive than any of their peecee using counterparts!

brand new imacs for all schools! i wish i had ilife when i was in high school! kids are lucky these days!!
I thought Mac market share

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 3:48 pm · Reply

was really low in europe? Or maybe just in germany? anyone help me out here?

this is a nice surprise!
Good point, Jeff!

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 4:14 pm · Reply

As the owner of a small business, I agree that groupware versions or functionality for iCal and Address Book would be HUGE!
Jake
mike

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 5:02 pm · Reply

Looks like the Euros don’t have the same dumbass tunnel vision that the techno-illiterate school boards do over in the US.

–

My thoughts exactly!
Hanz und Franz

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 5:04 pm · Reply

I would like to see those stats. There is not one school in this area of Germany that I have ever seen an Apple computer in.
Gwendo

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 5:32 pm · Reply

Apple #1 in France (19,5%), Sweden (15,2%) and Switzerland (54,4%)
Apple #2 in Germany (15,6%)

Source:
http://www.macnews.de/news/73867
imax

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 6:15 pm · Reply

About time
Birdseed

Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 7:32 pm · Reply

Chickachow!

Nice to see Switzerland at such a high level!
German teacher

Friday, February 3, 2006 - 8:14 am · Reply

I don´t believe those figures.
I work with lots of schools and have never seen a single school with Apple computers.

The sales figures for Apple computers in the consumer market is under 3%.
FromBerlin

Friday, February 3, 2006 - 1:54 pm · Reply

Berlin school will be EACH equipped with an Xserve. The first phase sees 144 schools equipped.

The one school acted as pilot project went then to buy 40 Macs. Seems the numbers will be everywhere to be seen soon