The Mac is the only computer that suits all students, in every field of study. It’s built for collaboration from the ground up, and makes it incredibly simple to do amazing things.

Give your students what they want.

Half of today’s students plan to bring a Mac to college.¹ So you can imagine they’ll welcome Mac computers in their labs, too. It only makes sense, because the Mac platform provides innovative tools and learning services that fit their lifestyle. Built-in applications like iLife help them easily create digital content for class. iChat lets them collaborate in real time from across the lab or across campus.² And iTunes U—Apple’s free service for distributing digital educational content—enables 24/7 mobile learning.³

Adding Mac OS X Server allows students to effortlessly set up and manage wikis and blogs. There’s also iWork for creating stunning documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. No other platform is as student friendly.⁴

PC users welcome.

The Mac can run Windows and Microsoft Office at native speed, with no loss of performance.⁴ In fact, with advanced Intel processors and other engineering leaps, a new Mac can do everything a PC does, only better. So a Mac lab saves you the time, space, and money you’d otherwise need to support both Mac and PC machines.

“Over the next three years, Wilkes will become an all-Mac campus. The reason? To save money. The college will buy fewer machines and expects to spend less on support.”

—Scott Byers, VP for Finance and General Councel, Wilkes University

The Mac can help IT, too.

With a Mac lab, your hardware, operating system, and software are all made by one company. So there’s no need to purchase and set up different components from multiple vendors. Everything is designed to work together without a hitch.

The Mac also comes ready for your existing infrastructure. Based on open standards, it integrates with Active Directory and lets IT streamline or automate plenty of day-to-day management tasks like software distribution, asset management, and backup. And with Apple Remote Desktop, you can do it all without getting up from your desk. The Mac is even configured to meet the security needs of most common environments.

But what probably makes the biggest difference for IT is the fact that Mac OS X is so stable, reliable, and easy to use. Students and professors rarely have to contact the help desk.

There's a Mac for every lab.

From streamlined multipurpose labs, to high-performance career technology labs, to advanced computer science labs, Apple has you covered—and then some. We can also set you up with a campuswide network of kiosks, work with you to create a mobile lab solution, or even help you build a state-of-the-art lab for iPhone app development.

1. Survey by Student Monitor: Computing and the Internet, Fall 2008
2. iChat requires a broadband Internet connection; fees may apply.
3. iTunes U is a free service available to qualifying institutions in the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.
4. iWork, Windows, and Microsoft Office are sold separately.