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Students are Mac-in' it

Posted in: Hardware

Dude, you're getting a Dell! Well ... maybe not any more. According to the Office of Information Technology (OIT), 45 percent of computers purchased at Princeton this year were Macs, more than in any previous year. In 2003, when this year's seniors arrived on campus, just 15 percent of them chose Macs. The next year, a quarter of incoming freshmen did, and the year after that, 38 percent. These statistics aren't comprehensive, because some students choose not to buy their computers through OIT. Nonetheless, the upward trend is real. Macs are where it's at.