On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 06:31 AM, Toby Oldham
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The University of Western Australia (UWA), which began teaching IT
> courses on the first Macs in the mid-eighties, has dropped Mac support
> from its teaching programs, claiming that the cost of Apple hardware
> was the reason for the decision (up to 2.5x the cost): "There was
> nothing about OSX we didn't like, we just couldn't really afford the
> hardware costs." The Australian IT article notes that in contrast, the
> University of NSW installed a new Mac lab last year with 20 machines,
> primarily for teaching human computer interface (and is also working
> on Cocoa software development courses).
>
>
Which is why Apple produced the eMac, for heaven's sake. I doubt anyone
could afford to fill large rooms with DP G4s, but then why would you
want to just for teaching?
It's just the IT politicians at work again. Changing the mind-set of
the Windows-centric user can be extremely difficult. I recently showed
MacOS X to one of these, who really struggled with the concept of a
computer running Unix ("it must be an emulation") and Microsoft Office
(Yes, it really is made by Microsoft - see the logo?). He's still not
really convinced.
--
Peter Hinchliffe
Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, ::::::::::::::::::::::::
Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913
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Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
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