thanks for posting that pic, it gave me a laugh! all those little lights in the classroom... Must be a popular class too, it's packed full in there!
Do you have it in a bigger size though? Be nice to try and spot whether there's any other machines there, just for a laugh.
As for the question, I did an archaeology degree (class of '06), in a hot shot British university, and I think most people ran Windows--the campus machines certainly did. But laptops weren't nearly as visible as they seem to be on lots of American campuses. For example Library work was usually on paper only; most people seemed to borrow the books if there was more comprehensive notetaking to be carried out. Plus, we didn't show up to class with a computer, we just took notes on paper. There was nowhere to even put the thing, all we had was those ridiculous half-sized swiveling desks that are attached to the chair, like they use in conference rooms, and we often didn't even have enough space for a full size a4 notebook, let alone a computer! (Can you tell I'm jealous of those students, lol jk)
I dunno what the subject could be though. This lot look quite young, so I'm guessing they're undergrads, which points towards simpler, lower-spec machines (although a history phd will likely be able to get by with a lower-spec beast than an engineering or graphic design undergrad). This principle could lead us to look at the ratio of MBPs to MBs, to see how "technical" (OK, that's a lame term, but you know what I mean) the course is. But that doesn't help much, because while I do see a lot of MBPs, there's also quite a few MBs, mostly black though so more powerful than other MBs, so we can't tell much from that. Another clue, more dodgy this time, would be to look at the mix of sexes--the humanities, overall, tend to be female-dominated (my humanities-oriented high-school class was nicknamed The Harem. There were precisely 6 guys, out of 30 students
), while more technical and/or scientific stuff tends to have either a nice mix of both or to have more guys. Which again doesn't tell us a lot, because this lot seem about half and half
Get us a bigger pic, and there might be more to look at
