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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Roland
Gesthuizen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 18 June 2010 10:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> elearning Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [elearning] netbooks and tablets<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Thanks Jim, well spotted :-)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On 18 June 2010 08:52, Jim Maunder <<a
href="mailto:Techo@ruyton.vic.edu.au">Techo@ruyton.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>I
think the comments below the zdnet article are just as enlightening as the
article. The 2 Rainyday links are from one of the comments (but note it is from
a Rainyday employee/intern). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>If
you look at the chart in the Forrester report one can see that it predicts the
growth in sales of iPad style tablets at the expense of desktops. It seems to
me that since the majority of desktop sales are for commercial use it's hard to
see the office computer being replaced by anything except a big,
heavy laptop. As a laptop technician I have my pick of a range of laptops
and 'convertible' tablets, but I use a desktop for day to day use. However, the
great majority of teachers with POR here use their subsidised 'convertible'
tablets for day to day use, and as you know, they do just as much keyboard work
as any office worker.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>The
Forrester report: <a
href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/17/forrester-tablets-outsell-netbooks/"
target="_blank">http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/17/forrester-tablets-outsell-netbooks/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Rainyday
No 1: <a
href="http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2010/RainyDayEngineering/Week15/RDEApr0510.htm"
target="_blank">http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2010/RainyDayEngineering/Week15/RDEApr0510.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Rainyday
No 2: <a
href="http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2010/RainyDayEngineering/Week19/RDEMay0610.htm#PerfectTablet"
target="_blank">http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2010/RainyDayEngineering/Week19/RDEMay0610.htm#PerfectTablet</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>(unlike
Bob*, there is no RainyDay (Woman) No 3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Jim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>(did
I mention I'm retiring in 3 weeks?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Bob Dylan, whoever he was.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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We have to use this Disclaimer</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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opinions, etc. expressed reflect those of the author and not<br>
Ruyton Girls' School <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Jim
Maunder<br>
Laptop Technician<br>
Ruyton Girls School<br>
Melbourne, Australia<br>
ph 9290 9374</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>>>>
Roland Gesthuizen <<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com" target="_blank">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>>
18/06/2010 7:18 AM >>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Interesting to read many forecasts that tablet computers will outsell netbooks
in a couple of years.<br>
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<a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/tablets-to-outsell-netbooks-by-2012-report-says/15708"
target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/tablets-to-outsell-netbooks-by-2012-report-says/15708</a><br
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-- <br>
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br>
<a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret
Mead<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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