Podcast 39: I guess I’m a Mac guy

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Jun 13

Having been a Windows guy forever, I’m officially coming out of the closet. Just a short, 7 minute reflection on our school division’s move to the Mac and my personal shift as well.

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  • http://ransomtech.edublogs.org/ Steve Ransom

    Congrats. You made the right choice. No need to feel the shame and frustration any longer that Windows brings ;-)
    It looks good on you.

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  • lesley

    The words I long to hear from my network manager……

  • http://teacherbytes.edublogs.org John Woodring

    I wish I could get Macs for a multimedia lab I am working on but our IT guys say no way. Photography teachers at the high schools have Macs but they are not networked. Good luck.

  • http://ideasandthoughts.org Dean Shareski

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  • http://drTimTyson.com/blog Tim

    Hi Dean, and welcome to a happier computer experience! I usually read your blog through my RSS aggregator and had not seen your “Add Webcam Comment,” etc. features. Way cool! Where did you find these neat little features? Do many people leave video comments?

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  • http://technotuesday.edublogs.org Cathy Nelson

    John (and Dean too I suppose), Horry County and Rock Hill-York 3 (here in SC) both have labs at their technology schools that are networked and running with no problems. I would be willing to wager that many across our state that offere specialized programs that deal with video/audio have them too. I predict more and more SC schools will take a good hard look at Macs rather than invite the troubles that Vista seems to be bringing. Here’s to crossing fingers. (PS-I was told I could get a MacBook for myself to use at school, but until it is schoolwide, I say what is the point? I just use my MBP at home for now. I would feel like I was wasting taxpayers dollars if i took them up on it.) Like you, I can’t wait for the changing of this guard.

  • Brian Mull

    It’s a shame when it’s the IT people that says , “no way” and that’s the end of it. Why are they the ones with the final say?

  • http://robwall.ca Rob Wall

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  • http://blog.larkin.net.au/ John Larkin

    Nice move Dean. Of course, you can always step back into the Windows world via BootCamp or Parallels. Here is one Apple blog that I would like to recommend. The Unofficial Apple Weblog. http://www.tuaw.com/

    Interestingly, I work with Macs at home and school. Yet, my wife sits alongside using a Toshiba laptop. Ninety percent of the PD I conduct is on the Windows platform. Vista drives me crazy. Too many warnings and safeguards.

    John, perhaps you could use BootCamp to convince your IT guys to set up a Mac Lab.

    Cheers, John.

  • http://ideasandthoughts.org Dean Shareski

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  • http://www.omegageek.net/rickscafe Richard Schwier

    Very nice. I hope it turns out to be a happy metamorphosis for your entire division. Another great example of successful “ET meets IT”.

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  • http://durffsblog.blogspot.com/ mrsdurff

    I sticking with my PC thankyou

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  • http://www.alltaste.com/ ilyas

    Congratulations to you, even i feel you made the right choice choosing mac over windows. As we all know mac will sooner or later take over windows.

    I Have a joke to share with you people:

    A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft’s electronic navigation and communications equipment.

    Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter’s position. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, and held up a handwritten sign that said “WHERE AM I?” in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign said “YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER.”

    The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the copilot asked the pilot how he had done it.

    “I knew it had to be the Microsoft Building, because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer.”

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