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Apple Offers Customized MacBooks to School Districts

Wednesday November 7, 2007 11:28 am PST by Arnold Kim
Apple has won large contracts for MacBooks in Kansas City and Louisiana. The two contracts are valued at $6.4 million and $5 million respectively

It appears Apple has made efforts to provide custom solutions to educators to meet their needs. Kansas City officials describe additional security measures added to the MacBooks, including a way to track lost/stolen MacBooks:

All of the laptops have stickers clearly identifying them as the property of the Kansas City, Kan., public schools. The sticker will not come off without virtually destroying the laptop. If thieves find a way around that obstacle, a GPS tracking device will help locate it. If all else fails, district officials said, they could also use a remote device to destroy the hard drive.

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crees!
56 months ago
GPS, remote destroyed hard drives... mmm
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queshy
56 months ago
Wow, that's pretty high tech!!!!

Good for apple, and good for the students.
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deathshrub
56 months ago

All of the laptops have stickers clearly identifying them as the property of the Kansas City, Kan., public schools.


Wow, stickers. Cutting edge.

If all else fails, district officials said, they could also use a remote device to destroy the hard drive.


This is a joke, right?
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discomandavis
56 months ago
ive been thinking that for apple to work its way to the top of the market is to really make an effort to get its computers in schools. even if it means giving them out dirt cheap. because thats how it all starts. kids use them at school all the time. then they get used to it. whenthose kids buy there first computer they buy mac cuz its what they used in school. there really is no better advertisment then getting these computers out there and getting the students to use them
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PlaceofDis
56 months ago

ive been thinking that for apple to work its way to the top of the market is to really make an effort to get its computers in schools. even if it means giving them out dirt cheap. because thats how it all starts. kids use them at school all the time. then they get used to it. whenthose kids buy there first computer they buy mac cuz its what they used in school. there really is no better advertisment then getting these computers out there and getting the students to use them


exactly. which is why its good that apple are going the extra step.
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C00rDiNaT0r
56 months ago
Trivial ways to get around it would be to not turn it back on until you do all the necessary modding.
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Spider.Jm
56 months ago
remote hard drive destruction. sounds so Brutal. why not just have a self destruction device lose half the battery, gain c4. Now that would bring down theft
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Kardashian
56 months ago
I wish I'd grown up and gone to school in the US.

We were stuck with stupid Windows PC's right through school - and only in my last year (6 months ago) did we get Windows XP.

Way to go with the latest technology, guys!

[Gosh, I'm almost paying Windows a compliment in a way.. latest technology? Hehe. I made a funny.]
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goodtimes5
56 months ago
Holy crap, are you kidding me? Explode the hard drive remotely? What are the safety precautions on these things?
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plumbingandtech
56 months ago

Holy crap, are you kidding me? Explode the hard drive remotely? What are the safety precautions on these things?


Erase. Or possible firmware erase too.

Do you really think they would blow something up?
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