PRESS RELEASE 07 January 2003

Apple Rolls Out “X For Teachers” Programme Across Europe

PARIS, France - January 7th, 2003

Apple today announced that its “X for Teachers”programme, launched in the US in October, will be rolled out across Europeto all Primary and Secondary school teachers. Mac OS X version 10.2combines a stable and robust UNIX-based foundation with Macintosh’slegendary ease-of-use to create the world’s most advanced operating systemfor teaching, learning and administration.

“We are excited to bring “X for Teachers” to Europe following the success in the US where almost 300,000 educators have claimed their copy of Mac OS X v10.2”, said Pascal Cagni, Apple’s vice president and general manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa. “Offering every primary and secondary school teacher in Europe the opportunity to experience Mac OS X and learn how Apple’s new operating system will benefit their working and teaching environment strongly reinforces Apple’s commitment to the Education market”.

Mac OS X v10.2 delivers a number of innovative applications and features toteachers, including:

Apple’s innovative iPhoto, iMovie and iTunes applications that bring the Digital Hub to the classroom for easy integration of digital media intolessons 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 availableon the Internet with a variety of “channels” like dictionary, thesaurus and language translation;
Address Book, a central database for student, parent and colleaguecontacts that allows users to enter information just once and access it fromother applications;
a new Mail application that features junk mail filtering to identify andflag junk email messages, especially those that contain materialinappropriate for schools;
Universal Access includes the ability to magnify the screen, havehighlighted text read aloud, and use special keyboard commands such as mousekeys, sticky keys and slow keys; and
unprecedented stability and performance from advanced features such astrue protected memory, pre-emptive multitasking and advanced memorymanagement.

With more than 5,000 native Mac OS X applications available, includinghundreds of education-specific applications, educators have a wealth ofthird party solutions to use in the classroom.

Availability:

All qualifying Primary and Secondary school teachers in Europe can apply online today for their personal copy of the X for Teachers kit at102.p.syniva.es/ie/education/macosxforteachers. Closing date is March 31st,2003*. Complete eligibility requirements and shipping information isavailable at 102.p.syniva.es/ie/education/macosxforteachers.

Apple offers special prices on Macintosh computers for education customersthrough the Apple Store for Education or by calling an Apple education sales representative at 0208 218 1599. To download the latest Apple education price lists, go to102.p.syniva.es/ie/education.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the AppleII and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience tostudents, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the worldthrough its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.

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