<<> I don't have a problem signing this, but Apple won't listen! > As an Educator I have seen Apple computers being taken out of schools and > PC's put in their place, mostly Dell's. That came from Apple trashing the > network of suppliers that already had their foot in the door and replacing > them with only Apple people. It came from ignorance on the part of most > School Boards about the quality and longevity of Apple computers, along with > business owners demanding that High Schools become Technical Schools to > train students on the PC's they had in their businesses. >> Hi, fellow Listers- As a teacher who has promoted Macs in my district, and one who has set up and maintained several Mac labs, I'm afraid that I must agree with this criticism. After several years of successful Mac lab use, we replaced the old 040 Macs and the 5200s (which gave us years of virtually flawless performance), with the original iMacs. -Nothing but problems. After about a year of fighting with them, we replaced all of the Bondi Blue ones with newer 350 MHz machines. Still, nothing but problems. Apple sent people out here from time to time, but nothing was ever solved. Printers which had worked fine with the other systems seemed to "go away" willy-nilly with the iMac labs. This was the least of our problems. Trying to get those things to work with the USB SuperDrives was a nightmare! At the end of a class period, kids needed to save work to their disks, and about 50% of the time, the iMac couldn't see the drive. There was never any rhyme or reason to this that our Tech Coordinator could find. I don't believe that the folks from Apple did anything to solve the situation, either. I did not personally work with these labs, but it certainly seemed that Apple's ability to handle USB with any reliability was sorely lacking. Consequently, the Apples are all but gone from our school, now. The iMacs have been split up into smaller groups and given to a couple of classes, but nearly EVERYTHING in this building is now a Compaq. I still use my trusty 5500/225, upgraded to a G3 processor and maxxed out at 128 mb of RAM. I still love it... and its ADB, SCSI, and video system. I don't know where to (nor especially care to) place the blame for all this at our school, but Apple/Macintosh has lost its standing in this system, probably forever. This saddens me greatly, since virtually all I'd done in past years has been completely undone. -Dave ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
