[elearning] netbooks and tablets

[Jenny Gilbert]

Perhaps this guys story may be of interest 

 

http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2010/06/why-i-returned-my-ipad.html

 

 

Jenny Gilbert

 

English Coordinator, St Joseph's College Mildura

 <http://msgsresources.wikispaces.com/> Wiki

Twitter - @nenifoofer

 

 

 

 

From: elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Roland Gesthuizen
Sent: Friday, 18 June 2010 10:23 PM
To: elearning Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [elearning] netbooks and tablets

 

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/RDEApr051
0.htm

Rainyday No 2:
http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2010/RainyDayEngineering/Week19/RDEMay061
0.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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We have to use this Disclaimer

 

Views, opinions, etc. expressed reflect those of the author and not
Ruyton Girls' School 
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Jim Maunder
Laptop Technician
Ruyton Girls School
Melbourne, Australia
ph 9290 9374

 

 

>>> 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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