1. What are the chief characteristics of an operating system?
2. How did the Apple desktop rise to such a popular system is such a short amount of time? (Think history and what was the genius of their marketing program).
3. What is the cost of a single desktop license? Explain that there are a couple of different models (i.e. MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro) and what is important between them.
4. If you were a supervisor of a large installation (100+ computers, corporation, school), what would you use as a guideline for the cost of keeping those computers running? (i.e. initial cost of software, training and certifying your staff, keeping them up to date)
5. All three desktop systems (Windows, Apple, Linux) use an Intel processor. What makes the Apple stand out?
6. Link to buying your Apple Desktop and purchase price