[MACEP] crossing the platform divide

[Tim Chase]

I've enjoyed reading the Mac-PC debate with interest, particularly so since 
I consider myself to be a recent convert.

I appreciated the comment about techno-transparency, because I've certainly 
seen that to be true in this school.  I'm on a PC, but my students use Macs 
and some teachers use Macs.  But
1. we all speak to the DHCP server and
2. we all login to the file server and
3. our site tech can use VNC to remotely administrate all our computers and
4. a CD burned on my computer will run on theirs and vice versa and so on 
and so forth.

The primary difficulties in having a diverse OS landscape come when you try 
to implement something district-wide, I think.  Actually I would love to 
get some feedback from techies who gnash their teeth at the thought of dual 
schools: can you give a short list of the difficulties that it presents?
~Tim
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Tim Chase
Technology & Language Arts
LaPine Middle School
(541) 536-5967 x114