[Year 12 IT Apps] Apple OS10 Offer

[Roland Gesthuizen]

I now have a macbook ... no reason why any teacher should not get one if
they ask. It is my personal preference to openly let staff choose. Whilst
easy to dual boot but in my case, I enjoy using VirtualBox to access a
windows desktop. (am doing it now for a unit on Access / Base although next
year we go with Filemaker Pro :-)

It is a phony for anybody to insist that only graphics or arts teachers need
them when anybody can. Many teachers here use them .. they wont make the
milk go sour, nobody wears white shoes and the technicians enjoyed the
challenge of learning somthing new. Just talk to the staff at Ringwood SC,
Coburg SHS etc ..  About 95% of our software also came with an OSX version
and what didn't (ala Markbook) could be run in a Windoze or virtual
partition. Even our Timetabler, daily organiser using FirstClass has a
Macbook.

There are many lies around .. (mac don't work with a two button mouse, macs
are hard to repair, black is faster than white ... ) The biggest lie is that
there is no choice.

Regards Roland

On 19 February 2010 08:44, Pearse, Steven S <
pearse.steven.s at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I have a few teachers here at Trafalgar that were thinking of getting
> the MAC computer offer (one computer teacher teaches graphics, the other
> drama)
> Just wondering, does anyone have any good/bad stories about the
> computers? Software support better/worse? As all our software here is PC
> based, does this mean that we would have to purchase different software?
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Steve Pearse
> Traf High School
>
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

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