FWIW, had sent a mail y'day and got this response. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: V K <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:05 AM Subject: Re: Tender for laptops for SC To: Mohan Sundaram <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]
Concern raised has been forwarded to the co-ordiantor ----- Original Message ----- From: Mohan Sundaram <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:07 pm Subject: Tender for laptops for SC To: [email protected] > I found it quite inappropriate that you've asked for Apple Macs > with WinXP!!! > > If a Windows machine is needed, why buy a Mac, remove MacOS and load > WinXP (assuming this as no virtual machine has been asked for like > Parallels)? Much better choice exists for Windows laptops from other > vendors. The reason folks buy the Mac is for the total > experience of > which a very major contributor is MacOS. Without that, the > hardware is > just as good as any other normal laptop. > > Being a premier institution, it would have been better if open source > software were chosen, in my opinion. > > .......Mohan Sundaram V K Bali, Senior Technical Director, National Informatics Center, 6th Floor, A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003 Phone no. 24305655, 24363239 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
