[X Newbies] new eMacs!!!

[Renita Williams]

So glad to hear this Brian,

As a public school teacher in a school filled with PC's, I am envious, 
but glad to see someone adopting the Mac and not abandoning it.  We 
have 3 desktops connected to the internet in every classroom, 5 labs, 
and each teacher has a laptop.  But 2 full time in house techs can't 
keep these machines all up and running.  Between the cheap hardwarre, 
slow processors and limited memory, archiac operating system, and 
blocking software installed on all the desktops, you just can't count 
on them for instruction.

Oh how I wish they were Macs.  Interestingly, middle and elementary 
schools have macs.

Renita

On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 09:24  AM, Brian Fish wrote:

> Hi all,
>  I just wanted to share my story.  I took a job in the summer as the
> Technology Coordinator of a small special education school.  I've 
> spent most
> of my time troubleshooting the 6 year old Compaq's they've been using.
> Painful.  Not a Mac in the building.  Just from me casually bragging 
> about
> Macs over the past few months, I've convinced them to go Mac!  We have 
> 9
> classrooms.  As of yesterday, I now have 9 beautiful eMacs in my 
> office.
> (man is it crowded)  I'm in hog heaven, or as the principal of the 
> school
> said...Mac Heaven!  Now  I have to spend the next few weeks locked 
> away in
> my office setting them up and installing all the software, etc.  Poor 
> Me!!
> My attitude towards my job has suddenly changed...ah, the power of 
> mac.  The
> best part of it is that all of the 'PC Users' in the school that made 
> funny
> faces when I said we were getting Macs have been drooling as they walk 
> past
> my office.  Many of them have even stopped to ask where they could buy 
> one
> for their kids at home.  It's now my mission to get macs into every 
> school
> in America.  Just thought I'd share my excitement with all of you.
>
> -Brian
> P.S.- Shawn King gave me a shout out on YML last night.  You may 
> remember my
> excitement when Sly gave me a shout out last month.  Two in one month. 
>  My
> 13 minutes 37 seconds and counting of fame. I rule!
>
>
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