I have a similar question about the iMac. Is there important educational software for it that does not have Windows equivalents? We have Windows PCs, and I could pretend that an iMac purchase is "for the children" smile.

Some scientists use the iMac because it has a Unix operating system, and there is much open-source scientific and programming software for Unix (including Linux). Elementary school children are more interested in games and multimedia software.


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