On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:27:16PM -0700, Ron Hudson wrote: > I had heard that many of them were in various states of "destroyed" > missing parts and broken parts.
Well, it would have been an abuse of resources even if all of these machines has suffered a hardware failure a few years back. It is an opinion which I held in 2001 (search google groups with 'ibook author:"byron desnoyers"' to see my rather unsuccessful argument with a bunch of technophiles) and an opinion which I hold today. The problem with laptops is that they have a high failure rate. Even my PowerBook, which has been handled by an (arguably) mature adult has its issues. This is in stark contrast when I was in middle-school, where the typical computer would be in use for over a decade. They were desktops. As such they were much easier and less expensive to repair. The fact that they were sturdy Apple IIe's almost certainly made them much more expensive to maintain in the long run. Sometimes I'm left wondering what the value of computers in the classroom is. I remember that we used to have several dozen educational titles for the Apple II when I was in school, yet I have rarely found more than a handful of education titles on Macs which I have obtained from schools. I have also heard of teachers allowing students to do up multimedia presentations. This sounds much like creating a poster (from my era), only a computer is much more expensive than a box of crayons. Ah well. I guess lusting for the good ol' days won't bring Apple II's back into the classroom. Not that they would be appropriate anyway, since I very much doubt that many teachers could figure out how to turn an Apple II on -- never mind how to use it in a productive manner in a classroom. Byron. -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
