laptops & iMacs a year later (as an option for faculty laptops and in one of
our many computer labs). We've continued to add Macs to the mix (we're
currently about 10% Mac). They are completely integrated with Active
Directory so students and faculty can move between Macs and PCs and always
have access to their files on the network file servers.
I haven't made my final decision yet, but we are leaning very strongly
toward replacing a large chunk of our desktop machines with iMacs and
configuring them with both OS X Leopard and Windows XP with Bootcamp. We
will also be replacing our current installs of SmartTech's SynchronEyes (I
think it's now SmartSync) with Faronics Insight which is cross-platform (and
less expensive). And, now that the latest version of Symantec's Altiris
Client Management Suite is much more Mac friendly, it'll be even easier for
us to support this configuration (we can easily schedule boots to both
operating systems overnight to schedule and run security/software updates).
Moving forward, I'm going to be very curious to see the usage patterns now
that students will have a choice of operating systems...
Christopher
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Christopher Butler
Academic Technology Director
St. John's Preparatory School
http://www.stjohnsprep.org
On 4/13/09 9:46 PM, "Renee Ramig" <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I work at a school that was Mac, chose to go PC (before I was hired). I was
> wondering if anyone has successfully re-introduced Mac laptops into a PC
> school. The price point has come down, so that the Macbook with Applecare is
> the same price as the Lenovo with three year warranty. I am looking at Macs
> as we have several middle school teachers that use the iApps. I purchased
> five iMacs and put them into a small room, called it a Media Center, and it is
> used all the time this year. I purchased a site license for iWork last year
> for the five iMacs I purchased, so I would I have this for Mac laptops too.
> They also come with Comic Life, another application we use that I would need
> to purchase licenses for on a PC.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
>
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