<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>There are many benefits of vista - increased security, faster access to programs with search bar, more control via group policy, better moviemaker/paint and it looks better -and it runs well on an appropriately spec'd machine.</div><div>Ask the kids what they'd like and most would say vista because they have it at home with office 2007.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.231373); ">Schools should be encouraging use of the latest technology and always looking to move forward. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.231373);"><br></span></div><div><br> Sent from David Fenwick's iPhone</div><div><br>On 04/03/2009, at 6:53 PM, 31Graham Marshall <<a href="mailto:graham951@hotmail.com">graham951@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
Leave the B....y thing alone. It's a Microsoft Stuff Up.<br>
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<div><font color="#ff9966">Graham Marshall<img height="12" src="http://graphics.hotmail.com/emsmile.gif" width="12"></font></div><br><br><br>
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From: <a href="mailto:timmer@melbpc.org.au"><a href="mailto:timmer@melbpc.org.au">timmer@melbpc.org.au</a></a><br>To: <a href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au"><a href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au">itapps@edulists.com.au</a></a><br>Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] VISTA and your school<br>Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 18:06:51 +1100<br><br>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Our last batch of 2008 laptops came with VISTA. It operated nowhere else in the school and caused lots of problems.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">For this year's laptops the techs created their own XP image and many of those with VISTA are requesting rollbacks.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Regards</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Robert T-A</font></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="jock@willihigh.vic.edu.au">Jock Garnsworthy</a> </div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] VISTA and your school</div>
<div><br></div><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hi all,<br>Slightly off topic, but I would like opinions with what schools are doing re VISTA.<br>It was deployed over the Xmas holidays here and we have had no end of problems mainly with very slow speed issues. I am trying to convince powers to be to roll back to XP.<br><br>Any comments ?<br><br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Jock Garnsworthy <br>Williamstown High School<br>Williamstown 3016</span></font>
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