Comments on: NB schools to receive more laptops http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/nb-schools-to-receive-more-laptops/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: grant http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/nb-schools-to-receive-more-laptops/comment-page-1/#comment-180812 grant Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:03:44 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=812#comment-180812 i go to a nb school and only the teachers have laptops and if we even touch them ikes i go to a nb school and only the teachers have laptops and if we even touch them ikes

]]> By: graham watt http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/nb-schools-to-receive-more-laptops/comment-page-1/#comment-4749 graham watt Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:25:58 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=812#comment-4749 Give a man a computer and he'll watch porn all day. At least, that was the gist of Aldous Huxley's thought. Teach a man to think and he'll learn to learn. Give a man a computer and he’ll watch porn all day. At least, that was the gist of Aldous Huxley’s thought. Teach a man to think and he’ll learn to learn.

]]> By: Harold http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/nb-schools-to-receive-more-laptops/comment-page-1/#comment-4588 Harold Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:12:45 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=812#comment-4588 Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Do you want your children to be eaters of fish or fishermen? Pennies per day add up to a lot of money over a lifetime. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Do you want your children to be eaters of fish or fishermen? Pennies per day add up to a lot of money over a lifetime.

]]> By: Brikwall http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/nb-schools-to-receive-more-laptops/comment-page-1/#comment-4587 Brikwall Sun, 25 Jun 2006 01:28:22 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=812#comment-4587 Isn't Microsoft a partner in this program, supplying either technology (hardware and/or software) or money or both? If so, then I believe it's a given that the computers would come pre-installed with Microsoft software. I doubt Bill Gates would fund such a program and then offer Linux-based machines running Open Office, Opera and iTunes. Further, $4 per upgrade per computer is still a lot cheaper than having to pay the retail amounts, per licenced machine, for Windows and Office upgrades, which can run to several hundred dollars per product. Unless Microsoft has changed their tune lately, multi-user licences, under normal circumstances and even for educational or institutional applications, still cost a heck of a lot more than $4 per machine. Personally, Microsoft or otherwise, I believe that if NB students (hopefully including my own children) can get computers and software for pennies per taxpayer, it's a good deal. Isn’t Microsoft a partner in this program, supplying either technology (hardware and/or software) or money or both? If so, then I believe it’s a given that the computers would come pre-installed with Microsoft software. I doubt Bill Gates would fund such a program and then offer Linux-based machines running Open Office, Opera and iTunes.

Further, $4 per upgrade per computer is still a lot cheaper than having to pay the retail amounts, per licenced machine, for Windows and Office upgrades, which can run to several hundred dollars per product. Unless Microsoft has changed their tune lately, multi-user licences, under normal circumstances and even for educational or institutional applications, still cost a heck of a lot more than $4 per machine.

Personally, Microsoft or otherwise, I believe that if NB students (hopefully including my own children) can get computers and software for pennies per taxpayer, it’s a good deal.

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