The Apple of their eye

In a long series on Apple's encroachments into what we are now supposed to call 'the enterprise,' Andrew Burger at MacWorldNews takes time out to talk about how and why Apple is so popular in scientific computing.

The example he cites is Harvard's Initiative in Innovative Computing (IIC), which was set up in 2006 and attempts to foster the use of innovative computing tools in scientific research. "The IIC enables science that would not be possible today without the innovative use of computational technology," IIC asserts.

What Burger asserts is that nearly every researcher in the interdisciplinary IIC program chose a Mac as their desktop computer. One reason, Berger figures, is the strength of Apple's 3-D imaging and visualization tools. But the Windows compatibility, Unix functionality, and the Mac GUI are probably part of the reason for Mac's popularity among scientists.

Or maybe they just like the commercials. Ho ho ho.

Posted by Mike Swaine at 04:32 PM  Permalink