[elearning] netbooks and tablets

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Thanks Jim, well spotted :-)

On 18 June 2010 08:52, Jim Maunder <Techo at ruyton.vic.edu.au> wrote:

>  Hello All -
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
> The Forrester report:
> http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/17/forrester-tablets-outsell-netbooks/
>
> Rainyday No 1:
> http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2010/RainyDayEngineering/Week15/RDEApr0510.htm
> Rainyday No 2:
> http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2010/RainyDayEngineering/Week19/RDEMay0610.htm#PerfectTablet
>  (unlike Bob*, there is no RainyDay (Woman) No 3)
>
> rgds
> Jim
> (did I mention I'm retiring in 3 weeks?)
>
>
> * Bob Dylan, whoever he was.
>
>
>
>
>
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> Jim Maunder
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> Ruyton Girls School
> Melbourne, Australia
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>
> >>> Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> 18/06/2010 7:18 AM >>>
>
> Interesting to read many forecasts that tablet computers will outsell
> netbooks in a couple of years.
>
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/tablets-to-outsell-netbooks-by-2012-report-says/15708
>
> --
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
> "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
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

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the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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