[Year 12 IPM] Macs

[kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au]

We've bought 20 Macbooks for our superduper year 9 program, and a dozen 
parallel desktops for Art, and an eServer to rule them all.

Our technicians are taking their time having kittens trying to get it 
all together.

Andrew Sutton wrote:
> Yeah but no but
> Anyway the most important thing you should do to toughen up you macbook is
> install the Macsabre application so you can wave your new computer around
> and have it sound like a lightsabre.
> 
> The other thing, is there anyone out there running Parallels or boot camp
> with XP on a school windows network?  I'm temped to try but I'm too chicken
> at the moment.   
> 
> Andrew Sutton
> IT / SOSE Teacher
> St Arnaud Secondary College
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
> Behalf Of Mark Kelly
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 December 2006 10:50 AM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> Teachers'Mailing List
> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Macs
> 
> Found in the user booklet for a new Macbook we got for testing:
> 
> "High-risk activities.
> 
> This computer system is not intended for use in the operation of nuclear 
> facilities, aircraft navigation or  communications systems, air traffic 
> control systems, or for any other uses where the failure of the computer 
> system could lead to death, personal injury, or severe environmental 
> damage."
> 
> Well.  I always suspected the Mac was weak.
> 
> I'd only _ever_ use WinXP to operate a nuclear facility.
> 

-- 
Mark Kelly
Manager - Information Systems
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
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