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Leopard vs Vista: Duke University Sees More Interest in Mac OS 10.5 Upgrades
Monday, November 05, 2007
Today's Duke University Chronicle reports a problem with Mac OS 10.5 and the campus ePrint system. It's a pretty standard story: ePrint is incompatible with the new Mac operating system, and the Duke IT department has developed a workaround until the vendor can patch their software.Interestingly, Duke faced the same ePrint incompatibility when Microsoft released Vista. This creates a controlled environment for gauging interest in Vista vs Leopard: if students are upgrading to a new OS, they'll ask for help getting ePrint to work. According to Duke OIT manager Kevin Davis, Leopard is winning:
"We're actually seeing more concerns about Leopard than we did from Vista, which I suspect is because there is much more active interest around Leopard than we saw with Vista's release."Like other schools, Duke is seeing an increase in students choosing Macs. It's encouraging to see the enthusiasm from the student body in upgrading to Leopard. But if I was back in school and had to worry about term papers and tests, I'd probably wait until Winter Break to upgrade...
