There isn't really a lot to say about the Mac school is giving us. All the requirements are pretty good and adequete, provided that you aren't playing Battlefield 2142 on it. However, what about the software?
- the ilife package looks pretty good to me. However, it does seem to be a showoff of the nice functions, which covers up the rest of the crap. I think IWork is probably not very good. If they KNOW that a student is probably going to be typing up stuff.
- where is the Microsoft Office we all use? I hope that's in the software bundle!
I don't get your idea of sensitivity. What...is choosing a laptop supposed to be a tough decision? Or are you just going to watch what others are going to get, and then take your pick? Are you afraid of being different?
There are no options, if you don't want to be left out. Just go and get a Mac (I think everyone in Year 11 will want a Bundle B).
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I'll get a PC laptop. There're cheaper and suits me more. Too much fancy stuff when I like good old minimalism. And three mouse buttons.
Microsoft Word is available for Mac computers, but at an additional price (as usual) at around $400-500.
I've been having debates with my family members, and I've come up with the difficult decision - PC laptops. Well, low-end laptops. 2Ghz Dual core is a waste of resources for me.
I think I'll now be decisive on this matter. I don't want to be dependant on Apple as a hardware supplier.
This shall be my way, the narrow lane which few tread, and hopefully thrive through difference (and lack of tech support).
I hope the school sticks to its "platform independent" solution.
I suppose we'll have airports all round the school by next year.
Anyway, I am still unconvinced that Macbooks are superior as learning tools. It's just fancy, interesting.
Ah, I must stop here. Apple bashing is not nice, as you get irrationally consumed by it. If I'm using a different laptop, I'm just using a different laptop, that's all. That doesn't mean I should hate Apple just because I don't use it and that it doesn't suit me.
Extremism is very dangerous. There are enough flame wars on the internet about Mac vs. PC and the sort. Lets just concentrate on the effects it will do to the school.
P.S. We should have a convention on dealing with contrivertial issues, for the sake of preventing flame wars. Not that debates are bad, but just that it shouldn't get overheated.
P.P.S. I hope I've stopped in time.
well, you've been warned...I think you should ask some ICT teachers first, because that's a bold move. However, do enjoy the flexibility in software.
I learnt stuff the hard way from the TI-86 thing. This discourages me from being different from others.
I'm wandering why no one asked anything about the 3 button mouse difference...
I'll probably get distracted as soon as I get used to it.
sleeping now....zzzzzzz
How interoperable are Mac laptops are with PC laptops? I hope there won't be any great difficulties. I currently work on Linux, but most of my ICT work is done at school. Personally, I don't dare (yet) to open my ICT coursework (word) files in openoffice.org 2 (not sure about oo.o 2.2, the new version).
I'll have to have MS Office somewhere in the house, just in case I need to work with that. Or maybe I should just do everything on openoffice, as I'll get to use it at school anyway (on the laptop).
Instead of better hardware, I'll just go for Xubuntu and try my luck (chance) at low-resources software (okay, openoffice isn't low-resources, but the rest of the system would be).
What about Google Office? What about that?
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