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Hi Eric,

Nope, they all used Windows computers at Lawrence Tech in
Southfield. The school provided all students with computers.
The seniors got new ones and then they were passed down through
the ranks for four years and then replaced. The whole campus is
a Wi-Fi network--but everything was Windows, unless the student
had money to buy their own computers. And then, according to my
son, they bought Macs. He did say "that all the engineers hated
Windows".

So why does the school provide Windows computers? I don't know.
Linux did not seem to be a factor, which doesn't make sense to me.

Lawrence trains lots of "nuts and bolts" engineers for the auto
industry and they work predominately in Windows. Maybe that's
why. It sucks but they are not going to change. It's stupid.

Sam E.


Eric S. Emerson said:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> Hi Sam E.,
>                     Well, I know engineers who
> prefer M$W!n software.   I find it strange
> when I hear people exclaim how this or
> that group/category of people prefer Macs..
> Then why aren't Macs the predominant
> computer. And, why isn't Apple far out
> grossing M$?   I wonder if the fact that
> Apple gave so many computers to the
> education community might have some
> bearing on the situation.  Maybe a lot of
> new enginreers were forced to use them
> in school.
>
> Eric
>
> On Tue, 6 May 2008 20:24:27 -0400 (EDT) ewalt@xxxxxxxx writes:
>> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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>> Somebody said:
>>
>> (at the begining of this thread)
>>
>> >>>>>> P.S. Food for thought: XP was less popular than W2K because
>> CLI was
>> >>>>>> more limited.
>>
>>
>> I don't know about that premise. Never knew *anyone* who had
>> W2K--most everyone I know is using XP, except for those who've
>> bought
>> new computers recently. They get the flavor of the day, that being
>> Vista.
>>
>> My son, the recently graduated electrical engineer, who is going to
>> work for H/P, says all the engineers prefer the latest Macs.
>>
>> It will be interesting to see what they use at H/P since he's
>> going to be writing firmware in C. He thinks DOS users are quaint
>> and somewhat comical.
>>
>> Sam Ewalt
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