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Macintosh vs. IBM Clone PCs : Digital Segregation in Schools

What's Good About PCs?

1. PC's are viewed as the industry standard in computing. So if you're not PC compatible, you will not have the edge in the business world. This is what 99% of our students will be using when they graduate.

2. There is a wide array of technical support available. Back to our argument about the need for this technical support, you get more because you will need more.

3. There seems to be a limitless supply of free software (shareware/freeware). 75% of all freeware is PC only.

4. Memory allocation is much better on PC's. As a result, there are less crashes from memory problems.

5. PC's do not hold your Floppies, CD-ROM's, DVD's, or Zip disks hostage. You can take them out at any time.

6. PCs allow up to 255 characters when naming your files.

7. You have a 3-button mouse and extensive hot keys. The three button mouse is critical because the right mouse button allows you it activate most common tasks; thus, it saves you a lot of time. As of recent, many third-party manufacturers make multi-button mice for Macs as well.

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