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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>If you think about it, there is no choice !<BR>
I converted to mac in the last rollout cos I got a free Ipod – still going strong.<BR>
Best marketing strategy for yonks.<BR>
Apple have it all covered.<BR>
Best of all worlds.<BR>
Have used Virtual PC for markbook, access and VB. YUK very slow and clunky.<BR>
Now with Parallels who can argue !<BR>
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Can’t wait for the rollout to actually happen. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Cheers,<BR>
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Jock<BR>
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Jock Garnsworthy<BR>
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Williamstown High School<BR>
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On 17/6/08 4:28 PM, "Russo, Frank R" <Russo.Frank.R@edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'>I have always taught on Windows PC’s and have only been exposed to iMAC in the classroom this year I do remember teaching databases on an Apple IIe but that was many moons ago.<BR>
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I have always opted for the Apple option with the Laptop Program and have had no problems being able to do everything I have needed to except for Visual Basic.<BR>
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Now with Parallels even that will be taken care of.<BR>
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Welcome to the club !!!<BR>
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As my schools Notebook Rep there seems to be a swing amongst staff over to Apple (especially those whose Thinkpad died on a monthly basis)<BR>
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ICT ~ Teaching & Learning<BR>
Monterey Secondary College<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'><B>From:</B> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au]">mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au]</a> <B>On Behalf Of </B>Roland Gesthuizen<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 17 June 2008 3:54 PM<BR>
<B>To:</B> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List; eLearning mailing list<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IT Apps] Parallel thinking<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'>With the current round of notebooks for DEECD teaching staff, and after many years teaching VCE IT with Toshiba, ACER, IBM and then Levono laptops, I have decided to opt for the Apple notebook option. Last week I was really impressed with a colleague running Parallels who was able to seamlessly switch between OSX to XP applications (or Ubuntu Linux) using a little used feature called Coherence.<BR>
link to a blog entry with details about this feature <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-and-mac-apps-sidebyside-with-parallels-221002.php></a> <BR>
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It didn't really matter what operating system we use .. shift happens. I saw this myself at the VITTA conference last year after a day long session demonstrating programming with Python in the Apple lab. It didn't matter. A lighter weight and better design are also factors I am considering .. bluetooth, perhaps Apple iPhone integration??<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'>With due dignity to all users and systems, I do not wish to turn this into a mac / windows flame or debate about incremental advantages. Jokes about one or two button mice mean nothing when both systems plug and play just about anything you throw at them.<BR>
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Somebody once described this to me as how we learn to play chess. It doesn't matter if your pieces are made of finely crafted glass or bottle tops. It doesn't matter if the chess board is made of ivory or newspaper. What matters more is the game that you play.<BR>
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Is anybody thinking along the same path?<BR>
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Regards Roland<BR>
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