owned laptops, so we were not going to have them purchase another
laptop. It seems that most kids don't have problems, but teachers and
some kids to have issues. The issue involves mostly around software not
being on the same version, i.e. MS Office. It leads to "If you have
Excel 2007 do this, if 2003 do that and if you have ......"
If you are a small school like us (350 students), you need to have a
tech support staff which is VERY comfortable/knowledgeable of both Macs
and PCs. It is manageable, but there are days when you wish "If only we
only one model. sigh"
David Held
Director of Technology
Poughkeepsie Day School
360 Boardman Rd.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Ortiz
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 12:47 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Mix of Mac and PC platforms?
Happy New Year!=20
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We are in the process of upgrading our desktop/portable hardware.
Graland is presently 100% PC, Windows 2000 network. We are wondering
what experiences any of you have with a dual platform deployment, both
technially and educationally.
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Thanks in advance for your candid responses...
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Karen M. Ortiz=20
Lower School Technology Coach=20
Graland Country Day School=20
kortiz@graland.org
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