Students get discount, users don't.
I very much prefer Gnome Suite than Open Office. It doesn't lag as
badly as Open Office.
And comparing Windows and Mac is like comparing apple and pear.
Both appeal to different users, although the gap is closing.
A better comparison would be between Windows and Linux. Apple may
be good, but that's because it's restrictive.
When your variables are highly controlled, you will get expected
results. When your variables are really variables, you get another
totally different set of results.