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>From: Philippe Delcloque <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'"     <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: #5910 an all-digital Mac LL ?
>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 08:57:27 -0000

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This is indeed regrettable and if you think you're hard done by, try being
Mac friendly in Europe!  It is the kiss of death!

A few years back, our local Tandberg Rep. told me the company had been
forced to integrate the Mac due to demand.

Your percentage of Mac penetration world-wide is correct but could anyone
give me reasonably accurate figures for countries such as the USA and
Australasia where we know that the Mac population is larger, especially in
the educational domain (all sectors not just HE).  Is there a web site
somewhere which might provide the info?

I am sure there must be good Mac Labs which have mastered this issue.  I
remember Rodney Tamblyn from New Zealand, one of the Hypercard gurus, had
set-up a complete Mac lab when the first AV machines came out in the mid 90s
but things have naturally moved on since.

BW,

Philippe



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> >Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 22:54:21 -0500
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> >From: Kirk Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: an all-digital Mac LL ?
> 
> Our Sony 5510 language lab, installed in 1988,
> is getting long in the tooth (read: failing)
> and we are looking at the options for a replacement.
> 
> What I've been able to ascertain so far is that
> a preference for the Macintosh platform is a real
> liability here: neither Tandberg nor Sony nor
> CAN-8 offer an all-digital solution for a Mac lab.
> 
> Mac's Network Assistant apparently permits many
> of the functions of those three systems,
> but alas the distribution of a video feed isn't
> one of them, and that's not something
> we are willing to pass up.
> 
> This is frustrating for a Macintosh advocate,
> as the video and audio capabilities of any
> recent Mac are better than adequate.
> 
> It's no secret that Wintel machines outnumber
> Macs by something like a 10/1 margin in the world
> at large, but the Mac OS has held its own in educational
> institutions, especially over the past 3 years.
> So I'm disappointed that none of the three companies
> I mentioned recognizes this.
> 
> If assembling a true digital lab with Macs means
> piecing together a host of 3rd party hardware and
> software packages, well, then it's just not worth it.
> Our language lab doesn't have a full-time technical
> support team!
> 
> So...  is there something I've overlooked? I hope so.
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> Kirk Anderson
> Dept of French Studies
> Wheaton College MA
>