Hey instructors, do you know what kinds of operating systems your students use?

The University of Virginia does.

They survey students every year to find out what they're up to tech-wise. Apparently 99% of their first year students own computers.

And, a large majority of those computers are laptops (3058/3113 or 98%).

And, what's on those laptops? Let's have a drum roll:

60% have Windows VISTA
26% have Mac OS X
12% have Windows XP

and, 2% or less have something else - like Linux.

This is why I really, really, want good web-based applications.

Just for the record, I don't care what operating systems students use. My concern how to help them use those computers to do biology.

Hat tip to Wired Campus.