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All I can say to this narrow-minded view from a college staff member is I’m glad my daughter chose not to attend W&M! I understand you’re referring to digging a service-grave, but the cost comparison is a bit slanted, also. We can go on debating Apple vs. Windoze forever (and there are many email lists that do just that), but in twenty years and nearly a dozen Macs in my family, we’ve visited Apple exactly three times for repairs. My oldest is in her third year of college (at her second school) with her iBook and visits the glass Apple Store in Manhattan only for entertainment. Her first school supported Apple and even had a virtual Apple Store affiliation on-line. My second child will go off to school with a MacBook. I think W&M should revisit this policy. Even UVA has support and packages for Mac computers for students, most likely because much of the faculty uses them by choice. W&M needs to come out of the dark ages, IMHO.</p>