Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Re: Vista & Office 2007 on new student laptops

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 11:53 AM -0600 wrote:
>Would you stay with XP or go to Vista this summer?

We plan to stay with XP - too many negative reports about Vista. XP works great and we don't see any advantage to changing right now.
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>Would you stay with Office 2003 or move to Office 2007 this year?
We moved to Office 2007 for everyone on our campus last fall. We did some preview sessions in the spring and offered lots of training time before school started. The transition went as well as any of us could have expected. The students learned it easily
and immediately, and most faculty members picked up the differences very quickly. I wouldn't hesitate on this as long as you prepare everyone in advance to expect the change.

Karen

Karen Douse
Director of Library and Information Services
Ann Scott Carell Library
Harpeth Hall School
615-346-0116
douse@harpethhall.org


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