AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Hewlett-Packard and Windows 8 might not take the state’s Apple-loving schools by storm, but they’re making a strong pitch to educators who must decide this week which laptops or tablets they’re going to provide to more than 70,000 middle and high school students this fall.

Apple was the sole provider of laptops under the Maine Learning Technology Initiative for a decade before HP won a competition in late April to become the state’s preferred vendor.