If you take Mac Marines, you have already read this. I retired last year from 34 years of teaching. The last 20 or so I have been the Apple Tech in our school, non-paid, as an elementary counselor. In my elementary building, they still use Apple IIEs and when they got their new, big Windows machines, I advised them to hang on to those Apple IIes so, at least the kids had something to mess with when the WIndows machines went down.
The new machines have been a nightmare and still all. I cannot begin to tell you how terrible they have been. I kept my UMAX 600 and wouldn't let our tech person touch it. I upgraded it to a G-3 and put a USB board in it. I retired last year for medical reasons, ... arthritis has caused me to completely lose the ability to sleep. And you can't go to school that way. I took my UMAX with me. They didn't want it, and I had more in than it was worth. The new counselor, a man, got his new machine up and running. Stopped in the other day to see how he was doing. "I just got my machine back. It was my fault. I typed something into it, that was wrong, and I had to send it to the tech person." What? Type something in wrong? He told me he was very knowledgeable about computers, but after that, I have my qualms. I went from TRS-80s --> Apple IIes --> Mac Plus ---> Mac Classic II --Umax 600. The kids in high school find their computers down more than up. Viruses are terrible. The kids cannot bring a diskette from home and put into the system. But, what do I care? I am gone, and my two boys have long graduated from high school and have jobs working with Macintoshes. My oldest son is in a total Mac environment, and believe me, he didn't get it from school. Dale ===== Caddo County Harpman! Keeping the Bluesharp and Country harp tradition alive in Oklahoma!! A Bb harp in a Cb and Fb environment. http://users.netride.net/dhill -- MacInSchool is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacInSchool list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macinschool.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macinschool%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
