ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj) (01/13/90)
Larry's right... possibly Atari's best effort should be put into the education system.. Seems like much of Apple's initial success has to be attributed to their establishing of themselves in the student market. About two years after i graduated from Dartmouth, i learned that the new Dartmouth students (freshmen) were being handed Macintoshes at registration. THey'd pick up their class schedule and a Mac Plus. THe cost was built into the tuition.. though one was not officially obligated to purchase a Mac.. 97% of the entering students in fact did go home with one... (perhaps a current Dartmouth student can confirm this). A logical outgrowth of this is a preponderance of users who stay loyal to Apple. Were I a few years younger, I'd probably be reading comp.sys.mac instead of comp.sys.atari. I don't think it is impossible for Atari to enter this market and follow suit.. in fact, i think the time is ripe for Atari to do so. -kevin ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu
dav@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (William David Haas) (01/19/90)
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj) writes:
<learned that the new Dartmouth students (freshmen) were
<being handed Macintoshes at registration. THey'd pick
<up their class schedule and a Mac Plus. THe cost
<was built into the tuition.. though one was not
<officially obligated to purchase a Mac.. 97% of the
<entering students in fact did go home with one...
<(perhaps a current Dartmouth student can confirm this).
<
You want a Dartmouth student to answer this? You must be kidding.
I am it. As far as I know I am the only person at Dartmouth (I am an employee)
that knows what a 1040st is. In fact the bookstore (remember it?) used to
carry Atari hardware and now they bairly have any software. There are two
shelves (sparse) for atari stuff (st and the 800) and 3 shelves for C64 stuff.
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
I am not really picking on you Kevin... I am just frustrated here. I feel like
an island. I don't even know where to go to see a dealer.
And Kevin, if you come up for a reunion I can provide you internet access and
maybe a place to crash.
dav
P.S. To answer your question:
Yes, something like 97% of the students have macs. In fact, when I got here
I was told that because of the public clusters and machines in faculty offices
there are more macs at dartmouth than students. Something like 10% of the
students buy two macs by the time they graduate. (they can sell the old one
after 2 years).