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Posted: Feb. 13 2011,7:07 am |
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OK, who's got one of them iPad tablets (or other?) and what do you do with it? Our schools are "hot" for this device, but I just don't see it (vs a laptop/netbook). Just a personal digital assistant, IMO... 
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Posted: Feb. 14 2011,4:15 am |
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Got a brand new laptop, can't see any use in having one myself!..
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Posted: Feb. 15 2011,4:26 am |
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| Quote (Fragile Magic @ Feb. 14 2011,6:44 am) | | Quote (GoFastRacer @ Feb. 14 2011,4:15 am) | | Got a brand new laptop, can't see any use in having one myself!.. |
What kind did you get? Mine is falling apart, will need one soon.... |
HP Pavillion DV7 custom built, picked out my own options!.. 
What's wrong with yours!?..
Edited by GoFastRacer on Feb. 15 2011,4:28 am
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Posted: Feb. 15 2011,5:43 am |
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My current tech environment is in the educational sector, supporting some 300 desktops and 150 laptops. The big push is to put wi-fi devices in the hands of every student... 
With some 1,200 kids in a lower social-economic environment, I can foresee big problems with these things "growing legs" and walking out the door... 
In a (current) world where the MS/PC still dominates the information spectrum, it's my opinion that students need to learn these basic computer skills first.
But what do I know, I'm old... 
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Posted: Feb. 16 2011,4:40 am |
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| Quote (shueman @ Feb. 15 2011,6:43 am) | My current tech environment is in the educational sector, supporting some 300 desktops and 150 laptops. Â The big push is to put wi-fi devices in the hands of every student...
With some 1,200 kids in a lower social-economic environment, I can foresee big problems with these things "growing legs" and walking out the door...
In a (current) world where the MS/PC still dominates the information spectrum, it's my opinion that students need to learn these basic computer skills first. Â
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I agree a 100%!..
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Posted: Feb. 17 2011,4:36 am |
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| Quote (Fragile Magic @ Feb. 16 2011,11:35 am) | | Quote (GoFastRacer @ Feb. 15 2011,4:26 am) | HP Pavillion DV7 custom built, picked out my own options!..
What's wrong with yours!?.. |
Niiiice!! Â Been looking at that one myself... Direct from HP? I must have "built" oe online there a hundred times now!
My old Compaq has been around the wokd with me, still works great, no dead pixels, but the hinges are broken and I have it held together with duct tape and bailing wire.....literally! Â
Still runs XP like a champ, but that OS's days are numbered as well......
Sandy Bridge processors are going to be released on the 20th, so I might as well wait and see what happens after that..... |
Yep direct from HP, stroke of luck got it for $500 off, day after I ordered it it was back up to regular price!
You do realize you can buy the parts to fix yours, right!..
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Posted: Feb. 17 2011,5:07 am |
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| Quote (GoFastRacer @ Feb. 17 2011,4:36 am) | | Quote (Fragile Magic @ Feb. 16 2011,11:35 am) | | Quote (GoFastRacer @ Feb. 15 2011,4:26 am) | HP Pavillion DV7 custom built, picked out my own options!..
What's wrong with yours!?.. |
Niiiice!! Â Been looking at that one myself... Direct from HP? I must have "built" one online there a hundred times now!
My old Compaq has been around the wokd with me, still works great, no dead pixels, but the hinges are broken and I have it held together with duct tape and bailing wire.....literally! Â
Still runs XP like a champ, but that OS's days are numbered as well......
Sandy Bridge processors are going to be released on the 20th, so I might as well wait and see what happens after that..... |
Yep direct from HP, stroke of luck got it for $500 off, day after I ordered it it was back up to regular price!
You do realize you can buy the parts to fix yours, right!.. |
Yep, I could....... But why? Â It still works as it is, and I will just use that $$ towards the new computer......
UPDATE: Â I upgraded the computer last night! Â Ok, now its help together with duct tape, bailing wire AND rubber bands!! Â
It's kind of a pride thing at this point.... I keep daring it to fail, but like an old crusty relative you don't like, it keeps hanging on for dear life...... 
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Posted: Feb. 17 2011,7:29 pm |
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A friend of mine's daughter goes to a school that supplies laptops for them to do their work. Well she and and about 700 students got busted for acquiring a proxy to get them out of the main school system so they could get out to the good o'l WWW. Needles to say she got 3 day vacation for where she went. The school also discovered that over 97k tunes were down loaded illegally via this proxy.
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Posted: Feb. 18 2011,4:40 am |
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| Quote (BigDog @ Feb. 17 2011,8:29 pm) | | A friend of mine's daughter goes to a school that supplies laptops for them to do their work. Well she and and about 700 students got busted for acquiring a proxy to get them out of the main school system so they could get out to the good o'l WWW. Needles to say she got 3 day vacation for where she went. The school also discovered that over 97k tunes were down loaded illegally via this proxy. |
NICE!..
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Posted: Feb. 18 2011,5:37 am |
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Dang kids can't seem to write an assignment for chit, but they sure can do "other" stuff quite well...
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Posted: Feb. 18 2011,6:55 pm |
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As a tool to replace textbooks and aid in research, I can see the merit. By the time a district approves a textbook, it's obsolete. It is phenomenally wasteful...and have you picked up a textbook lately? They're crap! Plus there are never enough for all the kids. Maybe a computer "textbook" would shave a few years off the approval process and have more accurate information...maybe not. This is the public school system we're talking about. But it might help keep eleventy gazillion textbooks out of landfills, at the very least. As each generation becomes more computer/tech savvy, books become foreign objects to them. Would an iPad make them want to study more? Hard to say, but it might. Or they might get REALLY good at playing Angry Birds. Heck, at the rate we keep laying off teachers, computers might as well be teaching the kids.
The research part is where it gets dicey. How do you allow access to some sites and not others? I know our computer lab computers were only supposed to let kids go to certain approved sites...and that was a complete joke. I loved how they blocked gun websites, so all the kids were looking up knives! As pointed out above, there's always going to be some kid who will figure out how to circumvent the system, and I'm sure he'd be willing to sell that information to his classmates. 
All that being said....I'd like one if anyone is feeling generous!  
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Posted: Feb. 19 2011,4:46 am |
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| Quote (shueman @ Feb. 18 2011,6:37 am) | | Dang kids can't seem to write an assignment for chit, but they sure can do "other" stuff quite well... |
That's because they concentrate more on the "other" stuff instead, but then again the "other" stuff is a lot more fun than writing an assignment!..
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Posted: Feb. 19 2011,9:36 am |
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| Quote (GoFastRacer @ Feb. 19 2011,4:46 am) | | Quote (shueman @ Feb. 18 2011,6:37 am) | | Dang kids can't seem to write an assignment for chit, but they sure can do "other" stuff quite well... |
That's because they concentrate more on the "other" stuff instead, but then again the "other" stuff is a lot more fun than writing an assignment!.. |
True Dat...
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Posted: Feb. 19 2011,4:55 pm |
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| Quote (CaliKat @ Feb. 18 2011,6:55 pm) | As a tool to replace textbooks and aid in research, I can see the merit. Â By the time a district approves a textbook, it's obsolete. Â It is phenomenally wasteful...and have you picked up a textbook lately? Â They're crap! Â Plus there are never enough for all the kids. Â Maybe a computer "textbook" would shave a few years off the approval process and have more accurate information...maybe not. Â This is the public school system we're talking about. Â But it might help keep eleventy gazillion textbooks out of landfills, at the very least. Â As each generation becomes more computer/tech savvy, books become foreign objects to them. Â Would an iPad make them want to study more? Â Hard to say, but it might. Or they might get REALLY good at playing Angry Birds. Â Heck, at the rate we keep laying off teachers, computers might as well be teaching the kids.
The research part is where it gets dicey. Â How do you allow access to some sites and not others? Â I know our computer lab computers were only supposed to let kids go to certain approved sites...and that was a complete joke. Â I loved how they blocked gun websites, so all the kids were looking up knives! Â As pointed out above, there's always going to be some kid who will figure out how to circumvent the system, and I'm sure he'd be willing to sell that information to his classmates.
All that being said....I'd like one if anyone is feeling generous! Â |
I'm waiting for the new larger one......
I think they call it the "Max-i-Pad"
It's bloody awesome!
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Posted: Feb. 19 2011,6:54 pm |
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| Quote (Fragile Magic @ Feb. 19 2011,4:55 pm) | | Quote (CaliKat @ Feb. 18 2011,6:55 pm) | As a tool to replace textbooks and aid in research, I can see the merit. Â By the time a district approves a textbook, it's obsolete. Â It is phenomenally wasteful...and have you picked up a textbook lately? Â They're crap! Â Plus there are never enough for all the kids. Â Maybe a computer "textbook" would shave a few years off the approval process and have more accurate information...maybe not. Â This is the public school system we're talking about. Â But it might help keep eleventy gazillion textbooks out of landfills, at the very least. Â As each generation becomes more computer/tech savvy, books become foreign objects to them. Â Would an iPad make them want to study more? Â Hard to say, but it might. Or they might get REALLY good at playing Angry Birds. Â Heck, at the rate we keep laying off teachers, computers might as well be teaching the kids.
The research part is where it gets dicey. Â How do you allow access to some sites and not others? Â I know our computer lab computers were only supposed to let kids go to certain approved sites...and that was a complete joke. Â I loved how they blocked gun websites, so all the kids were looking up knives! Â As pointed out above, there's always going to be some kid who will figure out how to circumvent the system, and I'm sure he'd be willing to sell that information to his classmates.
All that being said....I'd like one if anyone is feeling generous! Â |
I'm waiting for the new larger one......
I think they call it the "Max-i-Pad" Â
It's bloody awesome!
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You do know you're going to hell, don't you?? Â
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Posted: Feb. 20 2011,4:51 am |
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| Quote (Fragile Magic @ Feb. 19 2011,5:55 pm) | | Quote (CaliKat @ Feb. 18 2011,6:55 pm) | As a tool to replace textbooks and aid in research, I can see the merit. Â By the time a district approves a textbook, it's obsolete. Â It is phenomenally wasteful...and have you picked up a textbook lately? Â They're crap! Â Plus there are never enough for all the kids. Â Maybe a computer "textbook" would shave a few years off the approval process and have more accurate information...maybe not. Â This is the public school system we're talking about. Â But it might help keep eleventy gazillion textbooks out of landfills, at the very least. Â As each generation becomes more computer/tech savvy, books become foreign objects to them. Â Would an iPad make them want to study more? Â Hard to say, but it might. Or they might get REALLY good at playing Angry Birds. Â Heck, at the rate we keep laying off teachers, computers might as well be teaching the kids.
The research part is where it gets dicey. Â How do you allow access to some sites and not others? Â I know our computer lab computers were only supposed to let kids go to certain approved sites...and that was a complete joke. Â I loved how they blocked gun websites, so all the kids were looking up knives! Â As pointed out above, there's always going to be some kid who will figure out how to circumvent the system, and I'm sure he'd be willing to sell that information to his classmates.
All that being said....I'd like one if anyone is feeling generous! Â |
I'm waiting for the new larger one......
I think they call it the "Max-i-Pad" Â
It's bloody awesome!
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Posted: Feb. 20 2011,7:27 am |
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Too phunie them two...
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Posted: Feb. 24 2011,4:54 am |
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Local news station is giving one away next month so I entered, odds in the Powerball are probably better!..
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