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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My iPod Touch can surf the web at home, at
school and in the city, when I go traveling I can book hotels on it instead of
going to internet café and plugging my credit card details into their computers.
It will play videos, play games, browse photos, display artwork, collect my
email, store my contacts and calendar items, check the weather, maps,
calculator the list goes on and on and on and on especially when hacked and
running installer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My iPod nano can track the speed and
distance of my running and then map and store it online for me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I do agree with some complaints regarding radio
and removal batteries but the pros outweigh the cons for me. How many file
formats do you seriously have that you can’t easily convert to suit??? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Disclaimer: I am an Apple fan along with
my Macbook…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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color:windowtext'> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Anderson, Stuart L<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 19 June 2008 3:18
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: OFFTOPIC Re: [Year 12
IT Apps] Parallel thinking</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I will NEVER own an ipod. Why would you pay nearly
double the price to get an mp3 player that attempts to restrict the file format
you can use?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au
on behalf of Kent Beveridge<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thu 19/06/2008 1:57 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: OFFTOPIC Re: [Year 12
IT Apps] Parallel thinking</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Toys and attitude? Never! (but...its obvious Ros does
rather like her Mac!) </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I used to be totally non Mac but, I have always been
open to new ideas so perhaps I am just getting soft in my experienced
years...hmmm? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ok, fess up folks...how many of you IBM clone geeks
out there own an iPod? (I dont..YET!)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic'>I.T.
co-ordinator</span></font></i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>email.. <a
href="mailto:kbeveridge@stbc.vic.edu.au">kbeveridge@stbc.vic.edu.au</a></span></font></i><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au on behalf of Stephen Digby<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thu 6/19/2008 10:22 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: OFFTOPIC Re: [Year 12
IT Apps] Parallel thinking</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Do the words "toy" and
"admin" indicate an attitude ?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>====================================================<br>
Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager<br>
mailto: </span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au"><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</span></font></a></span></font><font
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</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><a
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</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Roland Gesthuizen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 19 June 2008 1:02
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: OFFTOPIC Re: [Year 12
IT Apps] Parallel thinking</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>We trialed a MacBook for the past six months with no
major burning issues. Wireless was tricky but only because we had to re-read
the manual how it is done. Mark is right that the odd control-alt-fruit combo
key mapping might make some users eyes pop out. I am curious as an XP user who
is familiar with a three button mouse might fare. One of my visually impaired
and very talented IT contacts doesn't even need or use Windows, OSX or even a
monitor. I suppose it is about the freedom to work the way that suits your
interests, passions and background with due dignity and tech support to all
valid options.<br>
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Admin staff want an iPhone. I keep getting cuttings on my desk and hints on the
whiteboard. I must admit to being impressed when I saw one at the VITTA office
last week. Now, there is a cute toy to bundle with the next round or add to the
executive jewelery that IT teachers can wear around their necks :-)<br>
<br>
Regards Roland<br>
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Meadows, Roslyn M wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi Robyn<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>As DEECD offers the option of the MacBook I don't know whether you can<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>prevent staff from choosing that option, and in fact I believe you MUST<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>offer the choice AND the support to those who use macs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Staff at Bentleigh have been using department provided macs since 2000<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(remember the pretty bubblegum coloured ones??) with little support from<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>the tech. Everything works, there are never any problems with them and<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>considering the large numbers of mac users (about 25%) there is rarely a<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>problem, compared to the several IBM's that we are forced to fix each<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>day. Most staff who use the macs got them because they also got a free<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>iPod, not because they were mac enthusiasts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I have emailed the notebook team to clarify the DEECD view on whether<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>staff can choose (even if the school says no macs) and whether support<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>should be given for those who choose macs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ros<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Roslyn Meadows<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Head of ICT Implementation<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Head of Assessment and Reporting<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:place
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bentleigh</span></font></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Secondary</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In some cases, all it requires is that you rationally point out that<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[<a
href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au">mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] On Behalf Of Robyn Dunn<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2008 5:04 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au">itapps@edulists.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject: RE: OFFTOPIC Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Parallel thinking<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Just wanted to share with you something we have decided on. We are going<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>to allow one person to be a guinea pig and let them have a Mac,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>something we have never allowed before. We will get them to sign a<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>waiver saying we can't guarantee full functionality with our network<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(although we are fairly sure it will be OK) and see how it goes. I'll<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>let everyone here know how it goes in about 6 months!<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ms Robyn Dunn<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Camberwell</span></font></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>email: <a
href="mailto:du@camhigh.vic.edu.au">du@camhigh.vic.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>phone: 98360555<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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href="mailto:Meadows.Roslyn.M@edumail.vic.gov.au"><Meadows.Roslyn.M@edumail.vic.gov.au></a> 06/18/08<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>4:49 PM >>><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Did you have the MacBook or the previous iBook?<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The MacBook was only first released in the rollout of March last year,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>staff who are coming up for renewals now have the iBook.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The MacBook is a long way ahead of the iBook as it is intel based, it<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>has an eject key, page up etc keys, and the delete key works for me, and<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>there are about 4 ways of right clicking. I have had no problems<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>accessing wireless anywhere or anytime (school, cafes, airports etc) In<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>fact I have had none of the problems you discuss.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Maybe you were holding it upside down??? Lol<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I just know that to use my MacBook is a pleasure in every way. It's like<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>driving a brand new BMW! The blinkers may be on the wrong side but you<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>eventually get used to it! And then you find it hard to go back...<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ros<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Roslyn Meadows<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Head of ICT Implementation<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bentleigh</span></font></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From: <a
href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[<a
href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au">mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] On Behalf Of Mark Kelly<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2008 8:45 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To: <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject: OFFTOPIC Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Parallel thinking<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi all. This thread is offtopic, but as long as it doesn't hang around<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>long we can live with it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>While I'm here, I had a Macbook in the last rollout but have reverted to<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>a PC:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>- I detest the Macbook dwarf keyboard (no true DELETE key [it's actually<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>a backspace], no PGUP or PGDN etc, Control in the wrong place). I had<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>to use a utility to remap keys to give me proper functionality.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>- The lack of a proper right-click<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-The way it shows every mark on its pristine white skin<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-The lack of hard disk space on each partition when dual-booting<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-The OS melt-downs (3 times in 6 months the whole Windows partition<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>turned into tapioca)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-And finally, the overheating which jams optical disks in the drive and<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>refuses to eject them until it cools down! Of course a manual eject<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>button would spoil the sexy look, the drive is not user-removable, and<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>there isn't even an emergency eject hole for the paperclip manoeuvre.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>- And I never really needed the Mac side anyway<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>- It amused me how Filemaker 8.5 would not run under Leopard, while<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Windows ran it fine<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>- Installing Leopard instantly killed wireless access through Edupass<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>- There was no Office 2007 for Mac<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I'm a happier camper now I've thrown off this Mac tendency, and a few of<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>our Macbook staff are reverting to a Lenovo on the next rollout.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jock Garnsworthy wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>If you think about it, there is no choice !<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I converted to mac in the last rollout cos I got a free Ipod - still<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>going strong.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Best marketing strategy for yonks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Apple have it all covered.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Best of all worlds.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Have used Virtual PC for markbook, access and VB. YUK very slow and<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>clunky.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Now with Parallels who can argue !<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Can't wait for the rollout to actually happen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jock<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>__________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jock Garnsworthy<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:Street
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Pasco St</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street>.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Williamstown</span></font></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(03)93971899<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On 17/6/08 4:28 PM, "Russo, Frank R"<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="mailto:Russo.Frank.R@edumail.vic.gov.au"><Russo.Frank.R@edumail.vic.gov.au></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> I have always taught on Windows PC's and have only been exposed to<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> iMAC in the classroom this year I do remember teaching databases<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>on<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> an Apple IIe but that was many moons ago.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> I have always opted for the Apple option with the Laptop Program<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> have had no problems being able to do everything I have needed to<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> except for Visual Basic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Now with Parallels even that will be taken care of.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Welcome to the club !!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> As my schools Notebook Rep there seems to be a swing amongst staff<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> over to Apple (especially those whose Thinkpad died on a monthly<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>basis)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Frank Russo<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> ICT ~ Teaching & Learning<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Monterey</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Secondary</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> *From:* <a
href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> [<a
href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au">mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] *On Behalf Of *Roland<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Gesthuizen<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> *Sent:* Tuesday, 17 June 2008 3:54 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> *To:* <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName>; eLearning<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> *Subject:* [Year 12 IT Apps] Parallel thinking<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> With the current round of notebooks for DEECD teaching staff, and<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> after many years teaching VCE IT with Toshiba, ACER, IBM and then<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Levono laptops, I have decided to opt for the Apple notebook<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>option.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Last week I was really impressed with a colleague running<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Parallels<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> who was able to seamlessly switch between OSX to XP applications<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(or<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Ubuntu Linux) using a little used feature called Coherence.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> link to a blog entry with details about this feature<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://lifehacker.com/software/parallels/hack-attack-how-to-run-windows-and-mac-apps-sidebyside-with-parallels-221002.php"><http://lifehacker.com/software/parallels/hack-attack-how-to-run-windows<o:p></o:p></a></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://lifehacker.com/software/parallels/hack-attack-how-to-run-windows-and-mac-apps-sidebyside-with-parallels-221002.php">-and-mac-apps-sidebyside-with-parallels-221002.php></a></span></font></u></span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> It didn't really matter what operating system we use .. shift<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> happens. I saw this myself at the VITTA conference last year after<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>a<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> day long session demonstrating programming with Python in the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Apple<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> lab. It didn't matter. A lighter weight and better design are also<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> factors I am considering .. bluetooth, perhaps Apple iPhone<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> integration??<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> With due dignity to all users and systems, I do not wish to turn<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> this into a mac / windows flame or debate about incremental<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> advantages. Jokes about one or two button mice mean nothing when<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> both systems plug and play just about anything you throw at them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Somebody once described this to me as how we learn to play chess.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>It<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> doesn't matter if your pieces are made of finely crafted glass or<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> bottle tops. It doesn't matter if the chess board is made of ivory<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> or newspaper. What matters more is the game that you play.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Is anybody thinking along the same path?<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Regards Roland<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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