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by aztec92154 October 9, 2008 2:56 PM PDT: Apple has historically targeted students and education. They even made a computer called the eMac that specifically targeted schools. In fact, this Mac was for a time exclusively sold to educational institutions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMac
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/06/05/26/apple_developing_new_mac_for_education.html; Like this Reply to this comment

by aztec92154 October 9, 2008 5:27 PM PDT

I've used Apple Remote Desktop for education, its amazing. Check out this video made by Apple that shows how you can monitor all the students computers!
http://www.apple.com/education/it/video.html

Special education pricing for students and schools.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/education_routing/

Check this page out for more info on how Apple is being used by educational institutions to help students complete tons amazing projects.
http://www.apple.com/education/

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by aztec92154 October 28, 2008 9:44 AM PDT: More on how Apple is actively going after the education market.
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/10/28/apple-releases-free-mac-management-white-paper/; Like this

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