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Apple Pledges $100 Million in Equipment to President Obama's ConnectED Initiative for Schools
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I'm not sure what your point is. What does the ability to put good teachers in the classroom have to do with teaching a valid and respected scientific theory?
You brought up how bad teachers can't be replaced without removing unions, and I countered why we still need them.
Wow, not only cheap (discounted prices), but also not living up to the expectation Obama has and promised 15 million students before en dog the 2nd year of this endeavour; so M$ expects to have 3 million students, steal MS Office software over bit torrent?
Microsoft is greedy, Apple is greedy, Google is greedy. All companies are made with the primary cause of making money. If they give something away, it is likely a calculated cost.
People who like Microsoft and call Apple greedy generally won't say that Microsoft isn't. They just think that Apple is greedier.
Microsoft Windows 8 costs $??? vs. Apple Mavericks = $???
Microsoft Office = $??? vs. Apple iLife = $???
Not always greedy. Hardware and software companies make their profit in different ways. Those that make the great profits win. Those that make less profit simply struggle.
It used to be that Microsoft made software and Apple made hardware. With both creating both, they still need to keep focus on their primary business for making their profit.
low taxes on rich people gives us that plus the most expensive healthcare in the world.
Office vs iLife? Not even the same type of software. I assume you mean iWork... which is laughable. Seriously laughable. I don't think you can compare the products because of the sheer difference in quality, features, and so forth.
As for the OS, you pay for the OS when you buy a Mac. That's part of the reason why a Mac is more expensive (on average) than a comparable PC. It isn't a huge amount, but it still exists. Windows 8 had a cost of 40$ for a while, by the way, so that isn't so bad.
We can debate how the two companies are greedy in different ways all day if you'd like.
I don't know what you're talking about. Tax breaks for the rich and expensive health care have absolutely no effect on companies building out their broadband networks. Simply put, the areas with the worst internet are areas where there are large amounts of land and very few people (the country).
The issue here is that schools need broadband to have access to all the modern tools that are being developed. Perhaps you could argue that by taxing the rich more, that would provide the necessary money for the government to build out the network. I would say there is more than enough money in the budget (we need to stop wasting it on defense contractors) and that if the government does provide the broadband using taxpayers $$, it should be free.
If I misunderstood what you were trying to say, please let me know...
Apple makes up for the cost of these software sets with the margins on their hardware.
No, you 'countered' with a mention of evolution and 'the south' (uncapitalized, but I assume you meant the southern half of the U.S.). So again, what specifically do unions have to do with the Theory of Evolution?
Samsung should be able to promise it's hundred of millions of "SHIPPED" units...we all know those never "SOLD"
Here we go again.....
I have to use a combination of Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. For business and 8, 8.1 is garbage. It confuses people no end and there are constant network issues with it. Would take XP over 8.
Of course if we had the budget i'd love Macs but 3x the price and corporate won't pay lol.
Yea school taught us sod all, looking back they knew nothing but it was a differnt computing age. These days we are far more aware of tech. What surprises me is the amount of I.T tutors these days who have insufficient knowledge.
So other companies are pledging free services or 100 million dollars in money or products but Microsoft is offering 12 million copies of Office and "discounts" on windows?
Says it all really but after Windows 8 they can't afford to waste money. Besides this comes from a company that likes to rent you a licence for a word processor. =/
If not form unions, teachers in certain southern states would be fired for teaching some other than religion ... I mean 'intelligent design'.
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Nothing. We can't go a single topic without bashing the competition, though, you should know that.
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If people are confused by 8.1, that says more about them.
Well genius.... not a bad advice but how exactly do you know it is a sh***** comment until you read it? If you have figured out away, I would be glad to know it. It would be valuable in this forum.
Iow, 80% of students don't have access to broadband Internet. Wow! A statistic that really surprised me. These initiatives are great, as this will engage our young minds at their peak learning age, and can only help with the longterm goal of a better educated population.
I believe at one point it was anything above 256Kbps. But I'm not sure if that's changed, officially. As far as I'm concerned you need to provide at least 5Mbps up and down before I'd call it broadband.