Correctly configured, it only takes a few min for compooter to boot up the way that users want. I agree that it is valueable experience to cover different systems and software. We are a school and learning institution, not a scaled down version of a corporate sales office. <br>
<br>Good onlya, go for it :-)<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 26/02/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mclean, Rachelle L</b> <<a href="mailto:Mclean.Rachelle.L@edumail.vic.gov.au">Mclean.Rachelle.L@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">If we are running Macs but booting to Win
XP then is there much of a benefit? I definitely like the pedagogy of students
being able to use computers, not just Windows, with a broad exposure to
operating systems and software, but if it is dual boot, I wonder how often they'll
be booted as Macs, and therefore, is it worth it?</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Rachelle</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" lang="EN-US">
<a href="mailto:elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Roland Gesthuizen<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 25 February 2008
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Not really .. Macintosh
computers can now be easily configured to dual boot with Windows XP and Max OSX
so your staff can easily pick and choose when they start up the computer. I
have even seen them configured at Monash Uni to run any of Mac, Windows or Linux
applications. Took me less than a min to figure out the Mac keys and mouse, you
can easily write this up on a crib card and post nearby. Most good
opensource softwares (Firefox Inkscape Gimp Scribus etc) will run independent
of the software platform so you can easily coinstall and configure. Once you
have a machine correctly configured, it is now easy to deploy the image to all
the other Apple Mac computers. I would encourage you to consider a 3 year lease
with a next day repair option. Robust hardware certainly worth considering. <br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_boot" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_boot</a><br>
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<p><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On 25/02/2008, <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mclean</span></b><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">, Rachelle L</span></b> <<a href="mailto:Mclean.Rachelle.L@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Mclean.Rachelle.L@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">We are considering replacing a computer lab of 26 machines
with Macs and are trying to weigh up the benefits and costs. This isn't
in the art wing, so significant PD will have to go into skilling up staff on
Macs if we do decide to go down this path.</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Has any of your schools looked at this option?</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Cheers,</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Rachelle McLean</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Karingal</span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Park Secondary College</span></font></p>
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