Macs on Campus--The Top 50 Universities

How do Macs stack up against PCs? CNET posted the personal computer specs of the 50 top universities as ranked by U. S. News and World Report. Their review indicates that:

• Only seven schools out of 50 specify PC only.
  
• One institution out of 50 recommends PCs over Macs. (Wash. Univ. in St. Louis).
  
• No university recommends Macs over PCs. But Lehigh Univ. notes that some departments there have adopted Macintosh with Mac OS X as an accepted standard.
  
• Four universities offer hardware discounts exclusively on Macs. Three offer hardware discounts exclusively on PCs (Dell). Most others offer deals on both Macs and PC machines.
  
• Twenty-one schools indicate either a Mac or a PC is acceptable.
  
• Seventeen universities make no recommendations.
  
• Four schools specify laptops/notebooks.

[Dana Baggett]