Hi Tony, Most colleges and universities are wired (wireless, actually) these days and the expectation is that kids bring a laptop to campus. The professors post assignments on class websites and the kids do their homework & papers ON THESE SITES and hit the submit button. (Actually, my high-schooler does most of her homework that way now).
So where the "support" comes in is that many of these apps are based on/built on Windows XP. If the student is having trouble accessing the university's e-mail or web systems, the IT staff "supports" them in terms of troubleshooting. They DON'T do this if you come with an unsupported format (e.g., Vista). So the student would then have to go to Microsoft to troubleshoot. Will Microsoft techs talk to the college or university's IT folks? I don't know but I tend to doubt it. There's no link I can provide. They just tell you which OS they support. And since most business & government users have not adopted Vista, most colleges & universities have not either. Most of the business/government/higher ed enterprises are running Windows XP and have NOT migrated to Vista. Sharon -----Original Message----- From: Tony B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 12:33 PM To: Richardson, Sharon Y. Subject: Re: Laptop computers for teens, tweens? Why would they 'support' a kid's laptop anyway? Do they send someone out to fix it if it's got WinXP but not if it has Vista? Do you have a link to their page that explains this? On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Richardson, Sharon Y. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks. However, the college she's planning to attend (not to mention > most business users) don't support Vista. The main people using it are > home users and that's because you don't seem to have a choice if you > purchase a new laptop/desktop with a Microsoft OS. > > The college's non-support is one of the main reasons I'm trying to find > a laptop with Windows XP (or 2000 or something). ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
