[elearning] Parallel thinking

[Cameron Bell]

Yep - ordered my rollover as a Mac. I have been using a Macbook Pro for 
a couple of months now and love it. I have been doing my reports on 
Markbook via Parallels without a fuss. Over the hols, I am going to get 
Ubuntu running on Parallels as my first quick attempt didn't work and 
possibly go a dual boot with ubuntu as well.
I have been using NeoOffice (which sometimes crashes on printing), 
Thunderbird, Firefox and Sunbird as the basic set of apps for day to day 
stuff. Trouble is I have been to busy to really sit down and play with 
the mac apps.
I have been enjoying the change just for changes sake too, however it is 
really funny how quick you adapt.
I work on the Mac at school all day, then jump onto either Ubuntu or (to 
a lesser extent) Windows at home and all the shortcuts/mouse etc come 
naturally. I love being multilingual with Operating Systems.  :)
Cheers
Cameron


Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
> 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.
>      link to a blog entry with details about this feature 
> <http://lifehacker.com/software/parallels/hack-attack-how-to-run-windows-and-mac-apps-sidebyside-with-parallels-221002.php>
>
> 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??
>  
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Is anybody thinking along the same path?
>
> Regards Roland
>
> -- 
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
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> change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." 
> --Margaret Mead
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