We test piloted Chromebooks vs Windows laptops last year, and the decision was made to go with Chromebooks by the district's tech committee over the summer. 700 Chromebooks were purchased and rolled out to a complete grade level plus classes in other grade levels.
The decision to go with Chromebooks was purely political. There was a staff member on the committee (who is no longer with the district) that hyped Google Apps, but when September came, everyone found out you could not run Office on them, and many of the Google "Apps" listed in their directory for Chrome were either just shortcuts or weren't free, so there has been some resentment towards the Chromebooks and Chrome.
Yes, Chromebooks are lower maintenance. However, it would have been only a slight edge with Windows 8's recovery features. Windows 8 can run in 2GB pretty well for what kids would need it for.
This. We build these for clients and run pfSense on them. Low power, no heat, supports a backup WAN connection with it's three ethernet interfaces. And you can add two more with USB Ethernet adapters.
No Android phone I've owned has the battery to support gaming. I've bought a few titles, but they collect dust now. I have an iPad, and that's where I do any sort of mobile gaming, because the battery doesn't melt under the load as fast.
The quoted text from Carreon is too long and you get the feeling someone fell asleep writing it. I re-read it a second time, imagining better formatting and it read better, IMO.
...and still count the problems I've had with them on one hand, including the massive @Home outage.
Meanwhile, I love the 20Mbps connection that's more reliable that most of my client's DSL and T1 lines. And two years ago they rolled a truck to fix a problem caused by a repair crew working on a different issue about 45 minutes after my phone call.
All three of my clients with Treo 650s have had at least one return due to defective units. One is on his third.
Blackberry? Same numbers. Except there's about 75 installed users who are still on their first units...
I've owned most of them...
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...and my favorite is my Blackberry 7230.
It *brings* me my e-mail, lets me respond from practically anywhere, carries my contacts, calendar and notes, is very lightweight, and plays a good game of Texas Hold'em. And I can usually go a few days without a recharge.
And being a phone doesn't hurt either.
Wake me up when the OS has matured.
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I have a number of clients using PPC and PPC-based phones, and every couple of days they seem to do all kinds of weird things when you sync them or download e-mail. They constantly need rebooting, or worse, reconfiguring on a regular basis.
The PPC OS seems to be about as mature as Windows 95 at this point in time. If I had a client ask me right now about a PDA and they want e-mail, I'd recommend a Blackberry solution. Straight PDA? Might have to stick to Palm.
I'm currently living in an apartment, and a dish is not an option, due to my unit's facing/location.
I used to have DirecTV when I was a homeowner and married, and was very happy with it (the service, not the marriage part *grin*) I can only remember one time where a severe thunderstorm temporarily knocked out service as the storm passed.
I've never had a problem with Comcast re: video programming or service, and currently using them as my ISP as well.
If I move and it became an issue again on which to pick, I would go with DirecTV again, only because NHL Center Ice reruns games overnight and in the morning, whereas Comcast's version of Center Ice does not.
Seriously, my advice is to look at the price and programming. Everyone has their horror stories which will make either cable or dish service look bad, but it's usually not the norm.
Switch to CNN? Are you mad?
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The whole thing was considered a end-run, as it as approved by the governor (a big SBC campaign fund receiver) without going to the state agency that mandates public utility rates (ICC.) And it was AT&T and MCI complaining here in Illinois, not just small ISPs.
My T-Mobile phones all do this, and I just noticed my brand new Nextel i90c does the same thing -- sitting on my desk I can tell when a call is coming to my phone before it even rings based on what my PC's speakers and monitor do.
A client of mine has a cable modem from Comcast under a *business account*, which means they can host servers (they have an Exchange server connected to the Internet.) Early last week I got a call saying all their e-mail to AOL wasn't getting there. I sent some test messages from the admin account to a couple of friends with AOL accounts, and they never arrived. No bounce messages either.
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Oh look, Cryptowall/Cryptolocker hits a school/business/home/whatever.
Shoulda had AV installed. Shoulda had backups.
We test piloted Chromebooks vs Windows laptops last year, and the decision was made to go with Chromebooks by the district's tech committee over the summer. 700 Chromebooks were purchased and rolled out to a complete grade level plus classes in other grade levels.
The decision to go with Chromebooks was purely political. There was a staff member on the committee (who is no longer with the district) that hyped Google Apps, but when September came, everyone found out you could not run Office on them, and many of the Google "Apps" listed in their directory for Chrome were either just shortcuts or weren't free, so there has been some resentment towards the Chromebooks and Chrome.
Yes, Chromebooks are lower maintenance. However, it would have been only a slight edge with Windows 8's recovery features. Windows 8 can run in 2GB pretty well for what kids would need it for.
I stopped buying watches when my phone was small enough to carry in a pocket at all times. Motorola StarTac I believe was the clincher.
This. We build these for clients and run pfSense on them. Low power, no heat, supports a backup WAN connection with it's three ethernet interfaces. And you can add two more with USB Ethernet adapters.
No Android phone I've owned has the battery to support gaming. I've bought a few titles, but they collect dust now. I have an iPad, and that's where I do any sort of mobile gaming, because the battery doesn't melt under the load as fast.
The quoted text from Carreon is too long and you get the feeling someone fell asleep writing it. I re-read it a second time, imagining better formatting and it read better, IMO.
...Turbo switches on our workstations again like back in the day?
The impending digital conversion going through the Chicagoland area will fix alot of issues. They still have too much analog clogging up the wire.
Rumor is the Wolves may go to WPWR full-time next season!
...and still count the problems I've had with them on one hand, including the massive @Home outage.
Meanwhile, I love the 20Mbps connection that's more reliable that most of my client's DSL and T1 lines. And two years ago they rolled a truck to fix a problem caused by a repair crew working on a different issue about 45 minutes after my phone call.
Now *that's* a beam of light!
All three of my clients with Treo 650s have had at least one return due to defective units. One is on his third.
Blackberry? Same numbers. Except there's about 75 installed users who are still on their first units...
...and my favorite is my Blackberry 7230.
It *brings* me my e-mail, lets me respond from practically anywhere, carries my contacts, calendar and notes, is very lightweight, and plays a good game of Texas Hold'em. And I can usually go a few days without a recharge.
And being a phone doesn't hurt either.
I have a number of clients using PPC and PPC-based phones, and every couple of days they seem to do all kinds of weird things when you sync them or download e-mail. They constantly need rebooting, or worse, reconfiguring on a regular basis.
The PPC OS seems to be about as mature as Windows 95 at this point in time. If I had a client ask me right now about a PDA and they want e-mail, I'd recommend a Blackberry solution. Straight PDA? Might have to stick to Palm.
That's Spiderman 2.
Damn broken coffeemaker.
Superman 2 blew it out of the water in a single day.
...and I can't remember *once* where I had a dropped call in ANY of these places.
I know of one dead zone for Nextel on Golf Road about a mile west of Old Orchard Mall, but *THAT'S IT*.
I seem to remember a number of Palm robot projects out there. Add a Palm to a Roomba? Could be fun AND cheap.
I'm currently living in an apartment, and a dish is not an option, due to my unit's facing/location.
I used to have DirecTV when I was a homeowner and married, and was very happy with it (the service, not the marriage part *grin*) I can only remember one time where a severe thunderstorm temporarily knocked out service as the storm passed.
I've never had a problem with Comcast re: video programming or service, and currently using them as my ISP as well.
If I move and it became an issue again on which to pick, I would go with DirecTV again, only because NHL Center Ice reruns games overnight and in the morning, whereas Comcast's version of Center Ice does not.
Seriously, my advice is to look at the price and programming. Everyone has their horror stories which will make either cable or dish service look bad, but it's usually not the norm.
Screw that, we got more football to watch!
...if you pay for it. I believe you can literally get a white-colored case under this program (I've seen photos elsewhere of the cases.)
Dell's white box program
The whole thing was considered a end-run, as it as approved by the governor (a big SBC campaign fund receiver) without going to the state agency that mandates public utility rates (ICC.) And it was AT&T and MCI complaining here in Illinois, not just small ISPs.
They'll bitch about the radio stations not playing their full albums.
Oh yeah, without commerical interruption too.
No life bars, no food packs to repair a broken limb, no magic elixir to bring you back to life.
Troops, vehicles, rotary & fixed wing aircraft over maps that you can walk across in real-time for hours.
Immensely immersive multiplayer.
I don't need another game.
My T-Mobile phones all do this, and I just noticed my brand new Nextel i90c does the same thing -- sitting on my desk I can tell when a call is coming to my phone before it even rings based on what my PC's speakers and monitor do.
A client of mine has a cable modem from Comcast under a *business account*, which means they can host servers (they have an Exchange server connected to the Internet.) Early last week I got a call saying all their e-mail to AOL wasn't getting there. I sent some test messages from the admin account to a couple of friends with AOL accounts, and they never arrived. No bounce messages either.
Fucking rude.