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Maybe I'm a bit harsh but
are teachers asked what they think of their desk? The kids' desks? The tile floor? The windows? In fact, did anyone ever ask them if they WANTED Windows?

The short answer is "No." In fact, the teachers I know are rarely consulted about any major changes, they are told about then and given training to help the migration.

The teachers that I know that have switched to Mac at home WISH the school would switch? Why? Not because they don't want to learn something new (yea, teachers are not into learning after all!) Because they get to concentrate on content, not on making the computer work.

It floors me that Mac has to do a road test, Windows never did and still doesn't.

Just give it to them. You can't please all the people all the time but you will save money, have more creative teachers and brighter kids. And if you give all the kids MacBooks, their grades will go up!

Hope I wasn't too harsh! wink
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Maybe I'm a bit harsh but  mlindl | 02/20/08
I am at a loss here  GuidingLight | 02/20/08
Correct  People | 02/20/08
Knock it off, we don't need that crap here.  ajole | 02/20/08
To take such offense,  People | 02/20/08
Its not offense, it is disgust.  ajole | 02/22/08
11 year old Mac runs modern software...  smdunn | 02/21/08
Don't need to upgrade to XP.  ajole | 02/22/08
What OS are you running?  bub9001 | 06/30/09
really?  grouper@... | 02/21/08
Minor problem  rhomp2002@... | 02/21/08
IT Admin  bruce.robbie@... | 02/21/08
Nice!!!!!  ShadeTree | 02/21/08
I have yet to see any demonstrated productivity advantage...  ye | 02/20/08
I agree  nothingness | 02/20/08
There are other factors  vince@... | 02/20/08
For each advantage there is likely a corresponding disadvantage.  ye | 02/20/08
We recover tons  voska1 | 02/20/08
The issue's almost always between the chair and the input devices...  nix_hed | 02/20/08
I disagree Macs are more reliable & faster bootup  johnpall@... | 02/20/08
I disagree  ajole | 02/20/08
Boot times don't matter  nix_hed | 02/20/08
Any reason you don't let the towers go to sleep?  ye | 02/21/08
You're right, it doesn't matter.  ajole | 02/22/08
You are blessed by the God's  applegod | 02/21/08
It is all just the machine, not the manufacturer.  ajole | 02/22/08
Boot times are almost irrlevant.  ye | 02/21/08
They all  People | 02/20/08
no they don't  dgrainge | 02/21/08
I think he's referring to an end user perspective. (nt)  ye | 02/21/08
Native PDF  DannyO_0x98 | 02/20/08
We really don't produce that many PDF's, but if we do, we use Office.  ajole | 02/20/08
PrimoPDF. Free. Easy. Problem solved.  ye | 02/21/08
Then you have not looked hard enough  itguy08 | 02/21/08
Considerations  j.m.galvin | 02/20/08
low-powered cheap machines for low-powered users  vince@... | 02/20/08
"low-powered" is plenty of power for most.  ye | 02/20/08
Is there a down side to "just works"  Joe_Racer | 02/20/08
There shouldn't be a downside.  People | 02/20/08
Not black and white -  Joe_Racer | 02/20/08
I'd argue  People | 02/20/08
you took the time to learn  voska1 | 02/20/08
Agreed  People | 02/20/08
Mostly right. But you are wrong  ajole | 02/20/08
ajole  People | 02/20/08
Disagree vehemently  rhomp2002@... | 02/21/08
I totally agree  voska1 | 02/20/08
Yes but there's more  frabjous | 02/20/08
let's not trash MS completely  dgrainge | 02/21/08
he will  applegod | 02/21/08
PDF on Linux is bad, on OS X is almost reason alone to switch  Jan Johannsen | 02/20/08
UmKay....  D. T. Schmitz | 02/20/08
OS-X uses CUPS, Linux uses CUPS, PDF generation is the same  TripleII | 02/20/08
We use MacBooks at our schools...  olePigeon | 02/20/08
Have been to Apple's Ed pages?  A Grain of Salt | 02/20/08
My teachers prefer the Acer.  ajole | 02/20/08
Iworks  bruce.robbie@... | 02/21/08
" getting my jobs done come very naturally "  Jon T | 02/21/08
RE: MacBooks - to deploy or not to deploy, part 1  riverab0@... | 02/21/08
RE: MacBooks - to deploy or not to deploy, part 1  cyndidannerkuhn | 02/21/08
It's the need, not the technology  kh1248@... | 02/21/08
..school prep for the future.  bruce.robbie@... | 02/21/08
Why ever not  SeanGee | 02/21/08

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