[Year 12 IT Apps] Parallel thinking

[Roland Gesthuizen]

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

"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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