An industrial-strength, UNIX-based operating system. The power and precision of 64-bit computing. Seamless integration of hardware and software. The Apple platform has never been better for science — giving you the performance, ease of use and collaboration capabilities you need to teach and learn science.
Until now, educators and students were forced to choose between UNIX workstations for complex scientific computing and programming or desktop computers for productivity applications such as Office 2004 for Mac. Mac OS X is the first and only operating system to give you the best of the UNIX and desktop worlds: The power and stability of UNIX with the convenience and utility of major commercial applications. Mac OS X gives you the ability to do all your work — research, education and administrative tasks — on a single machine with no rebooting and no emulating. And on a portable, Mac OS X behaves as it should. Close it, it sleeps. Open it, it awakens immediately.
By now, we’re hearing quite a theme. Mac OS X ‘just works’ compared to Linux.
— Tim O’Reilly, CEO, O’Reilly Network
A new way to teach, a new way to learn
Like never before, technology enables educators and students to explore new ways of teaching and learning science. The Apple Digital Campus is your guide for designing a computing environment that will transform teaching and learning on your campus. Apple solutions such as a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X combined with programs, like iLife ’06, enable students and teachers to stay connected day or night throughout the campus. Together with Apple, you can develop new methods of digital instruction, from multimedia-enhanced laboratory demonstrations to interactive object-oriented programming courses.
Realising the potential of technology in education
In addition to the user-friendly interface and powerful UNIX-based underpinnings that enable a better overall computing experience, Mac OS X is an open source UNIX-based operating system, supporting sophisticated software development. Institutions like Penn State’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) are innovating in their teaching and learning practices and confirm the potential of building a pervasive computing environment that gives students the freedom to work wherever and whenever they want.
Free to roam, free to learn
In the past academic departments had to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in fixed workstations to teach complex scientific concepts. But this model prevented students from extending their learning beyond normal class hours and locations. Building an Apple Digital Campus provides your students with mobile solutions to break free of the “workstation shackles” and enable 24/7 learning.
