In the 2000s, my sister had to buy an apple computer or laptop because the college required it for education students.
This is a result of apple donating computers to school in the 80's. Google, really, is just following other people's example.
This is a result of apple donating computers to school in the 80's. Google, really, is just following other people's example.
That relationship with education and creators helped carry them out of the pre-bankruptcy days.
School districts always had a budget in mind and traditional Apple would try and meet it. Now, they don’t even try. Just knock $100 off and call it the education edition is about as far as they are willing to extend.
Edit: And they apparently are even today: https://www.apple.com/connectED/index.html "We’ve donated an iPad to every student, a Mac and iPad to every teacher, and an Apple TV to every classroom."
A quick google search will give you the "kids can't wait" program. This program allowed donated computers to go to 9000 California schools.
The others may have been discounted, sure, but they did donate and it still means that Google is just following in the footsteps of those before them.
I'll also note that $100 off of a current computer isn't as bad as it sounds, considering the low starting price of a good-enough-for-internet-and-school machine. I had green letters on a black screen back in the 80s, giving way to not-so-refined pixel art a few years later, all for a computer that cost more than they do now before you even adjust for inflation. Computers simply aren't the same sort of cost they were back then (they still cost, but the machinery isn't as big of an expense)