- Micke W
- Medlem ●
- 2002-10-17 18:08
Apple Gives Jaguar Free to All U.S. K-12 Teachers
Thursday October 17, 8:31 am ET
CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple. today
announced its "X for Teachers" program that gives a free copy of Mac.
OS X version 10.2 "Jaguar" to every K-12 teacher in the U.S. "Jaguar"
combines a stable and robust UNIX-based foundation with Macintosh´s
legendary ease-of-use to create the world´s most advanced operating
system for teaching, learning and administration. The free copy of
"Jaguar" is accompanied by free copies of Apple´s Digital Hub
applications -- iMovie(TM) for digital video editing, iPhoto(TM) for
organizing and sharing digital photos and iTunes(TM) for building a
digital audio library.
"Getting Jaguar and a training CD for free makes it easy for teachers
to move to Mac OS X, so they can spend more time using technology in
the classroom and less time making it all work," said John Couch,
Apple´s vice president of Education. "Apple has delivered innovative
products to teachers and schools for over 25 years, and Mac OS X is our
best ever."
"Apple put its vast experience with education technology to good use
when designing Jaguar," said Warren Williams, assistant superintendent
of Grossmont Union High School District. "With features that can assist
with teaching, learning, school and classroom administration, Jaguar is
an easy-to-use winner for education."
Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar" delivers a number of innovative applications
and features to teachers, including:
* Apple´s innovative iPhoto, iMovie and iTunes applications that bring
the Digital Hub to the classroom for easy integration of digital media
into lessons and presentations;
* Sherlock. 3, Apple´s all-new Internet services tool that makes it
easy to find and display some of the most practical and useful
information available on the Internet with a variety of "channels" like
dictionary, thesaurus and language translation;
* Address Book, a central database for student, parent and colleague
contacts that allows users to enter information just once and access it
from other applications;
* a new Mail application that features junk mail filtering to identify
and flag junk email messages, especially those that contain material
inappropriate for schools;
* Universal Access features that exceed Section 508 requirements with
the ability to magnify the screen, have highlighted text read aloud and
use special keyboard commands such as mouse keys, sticky keys and slow
keys; and
* unprecedented stability and performance from advanced features such
as true protected memory, preemptive multitasking and advanced memory
management.
With nearly 4,000 native Mac OS X applications available, including
hundreds of education-specific applications, educators have a wealth of
third party solutions to use in the classroom. Mac OS X also preserves
previous investments with a compatibility environment called "Classic"
that allows educators to run older Mac OS 9 applications.
Pricing & Availability
Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar," is available for free to all qualifying* K-12
teachers in the United States at www.apple.com through December 31,
2002. Qualifying teachers receive Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar," Mac OS 9 for
Classic support and a Getting Started with Mac OS X Training CD. There
is absolutely no cost to teachers for shipping, handling or postage.
Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar" requires a minimum of 128MB of memory and is
designed to run on the following Apple products: eMac(TM), iMac.,
iBook., Power Macintosh. G3, Power Mac. G4 and any PowerBook.
introduced after May 1998.
* Complete eligibility requirements and shipping information is
available at www.apple.com/education/macosxforteachers/
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the
Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the
Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing
experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers
around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet
offerings.
NOTE: Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac OS, iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes,
Sherlock, eMac, iMac, iBook, Power Macintosh, Power Mac and PowerBook
are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple. Other company
and product names may be
