Back in 1998, the new Director of Management Information Systems
at the Grand Rapids Public Schools decided to move the school system
to Windows. Mac using parents and teachers fought back (see Keep
Macs in the Grand Rapids Public Schools).
My teacher contact in the school system sends me notes now and
again - "I saw some more iMacs on the loading dock." We didn't get
the system to go 100% Mac, but we also kept them from going 100%
Wintel. A small victory is better than no victory at all.
Over the weekend I received another note from this teacher. As
some of you know, the State of Michigan has set aside $1,200 per
teacher to buy personal computers, desktops or laptops, so teachers
can have a computer at home and become more familiar with the
technology.
Guess what the education price is for the iBook? ;-)
You may have guessed already - the iBook is the runaway top
choice of teachers in the Grand Rapids Public Schools. That's right,
the kind of computer the IS guy tried to close out of the system
three years ago.
Given the choice between Apple, Compaq, and Dell, a lot of
teachers are picking the Mac - at one school, all but two teachers
are getting Macs. Although IS folk often prefer the intricacies and
job security of Windows, when the users have a choice, they prefer
the Mac OS.
Apple's Tablet an End Run Beyond Netbooks, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz, 11.20.
Whatever Apple has planned will leverage existing technologies while going beyond what its competitors can offer.
Replacing the Hard Drive in a Clamshell iBook, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing, 11.19.
Yes, it is one of the most difficult Apple notebooks to disassemble and reassemble, but a 10 GB hard drive just will not do.
IBM Model F: A Great Old Keyboard with an Outdated Layout, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 11.19.
Although it used a different technology than the revered IBM Model M keyboard, the Model F was a great keyboard in its own right.
Advice presented in good faith, but what works for one may not work
for all. Computers are like that. Please report errors to
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