[Year 12 IT Apps] Parallel thinking

[Jock Garnsworthy]

If you think about it, there is no choice !
I converted to mac in the last rollout cos I got a free Ipod ­ still going
strong.
Best marketing strategy for yonks.
Apple have it all covered.
Best of all worlds.
Have used Virtual PC for markbook, access and VB. YUK very slow and clunky.
Now with Parallels who can argue !

Can¹t wait for the rollout to actually happen.


Cheers,

Jock
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Jock Garnsworthy
Pasco St. 
Williamstown High School
(03)93971899



On 17/6/08 4:28 PM, "Russo, Frank R" <Russo.Frank.R at edumail.vic.gov.au>
wrote:

> I have always taught on Windows PC¹s and have only been exposed to iMAC in the
> classroom this year I do remember teaching databases on an Apple IIe but that
> was many moons ago.
>  
> I have always opted for the Apple option with the Laptop Program and have had
> no problems being able to do everything I have needed to except for Visual
> Basic.
>  
> Now with Parallels even that will be taken care of.
>  
> Welcome to the club !!!
>  
> As my schools Notebook Rep there seems to be a swing amongst staff over to
> Apple (especially those whose Thinkpad died on a monthly basis)
>  
> 
> Frank Russo
> ICT ~ Teaching & Learning
> Monterey Secondary College
> 
> 
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Roland Gesthuizen
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 June 2008 3:54 PM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List; eLearning mailing list
> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Parallel thinking
>  
> 
> 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-m
> ac-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




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