From: Julie Evershed <[log in to unmask]>

Date: March 23, 2015 at 11:47:39 AM CDT

Subject: Re: #10343 New Macs without DVD drives.rtf

To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>

Hi Michael, 

We went through this transition last summer. We purchased 5 external drives to accommodate usage of discs, and that has been more than sufficient for our lab. We have a mac classroom of 28 stations, pc classroom 28 stations, open lab with ~12macs/12pcs.

However, both our campus media library and the LRC are purchasing more digital licensing for movies to be accessed from online, our windows machines that take discs, as well as 4 stations that have blue-ray/dvd/vhs players...so there are other options for viewing. 

Hope this helps.

Julie Evershed, Director
University of Michigan  Language Resource Center
105 South State Street  1195 North Quad
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
(734) 764-0424
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lrc/