----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Duo/2400 List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 11:54 PM Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Donate <snip> > I have no sympathy for the school boards. TONS of sympathy for the teachers > (and yes, we did sneak a few into schools....but the school IS guys > constantly cause problems 'cuz they say "it ain't a PC"). Teachers.....what > can be done?? > > Andrew
When I was adminning the Mac lab at my high school my senior year (which, incidently, was what got me turned on to Macs. You can read the story on LEM in the "My First Mac" stories), the teachers and I resorted to all kinds of tricks and chicanery to keep the things running. To the point of "borrowing" parts from PC labs to replace broken things on the Macs (primarily hard drives, though we discovered one lab had PCs that had compatible memory) because the school administration wouldn't hesitate to spend exorbitant amounts of money fixing old PCs, but wouldn't spend a buck to get a common IDE HD for the poor PowerMacs. By the end of the school year, my school's lab was the only one that still had all its Macs running at 100%, every other school had about half the lab down. Since then, I've travelled around to a few other schools (most notably, my sister's) and helped them with theirs. It's amazing how surprised their IT folks are when I show them just how easy it is to work on the Macs compared to the PCs. I remember shocking one that was assigned to "watch" me (probably to make sure I didn't try to steal any parts, or 'put a virus on them') when I just pulled the motherboard out of it's sliding case, swapped the memory, stuck it back in, and hit the power. Ahh, if only Apple had hired decent marketting people... Scott Holder ---------- 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>
