“There’s been a rebirth of using Apple technology on campus. Three years ago it was one percent. Now more than 25% of the students are arriving with Apple laptops. So we’re eagerly embracing Apple technologies as something that people find much more intuitive and [they’re] not necessarily more difficult to support.”
Mitchell writes, “Georgetown is just one data point. Are other campuses are seeing a similar surge in Mac usage?”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Bob” for the heads up.]
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