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--- Forwarded Message from Reply to <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 14:19:36 -0700 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: Reply to <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: iMacs but not another platform discussion please Update To those ... -- who run Mac labs & -- who look to upgrade their pre-iMac Mac labs & -- who still want to go with Macs & -- who are allowed to continue with Macs: More than a year ago, some controversies around the Apple iMac computer raged on this list. Luckily, the issue has quieted down, and with this message I do not want to relight that fire . One of the questions back then was: Is the iMac a viable and reliable lab computer? The 6 vintage iMacs in our lab (September 1998, Rev A/233 MHz, ejectable CD-ROM drive tray) have yet to fail (after two years of often heavy "abuse" by thousands of students). Software problems encountered were OS/ROM related and were fixed as soon as the respective ROM update was applied. We were under severe fire for having bought iMacs before my university issued a policy stipulating that no iMacs should be bought at all. Two years later, student labs can and have purchased iMacs but my university's ITS people do not support them (which has not been a problem for our lab because there has been no need for support). Department heads still may not buy iMacs for faculty. That was brief, and non-controversial (in terms of the Win vs. Mac debate, right?? -- Dr. Bernd Conrad Associate Professor of German Computer Assisted Language Learning Northern Arizona University Department of Modern Languages BOX 6004 BLDG. 23 ROOM 108 Flagstaff, AZ., U.S.A. 86001-6004 --- VOX: 520.523.4792 --- FAX: 520.523.0963 --- E @: [log in to unmask] --- OFn: BAA 222 --- OFh: Mon 9-10 & Tue 1230-1330 & Thu 9-10 P C M E A N S P E R S O N A L C O M P U T E R N O T P R E S C R I B E D C O M P U T E R