iPads in lockers

[knapplc]

I have two macs at home and prefer them to PCs hands down, but I won't buy an iPad. I agree with zoogies - I don't get the appeal. :dunno

 

[DaveH]

I'm not really sure how I feel about this. Sure it could be a nice recruiting gimmick for a couple of seasons, (before the ipad inevitably becomes obsolete) but by installing these units NU is only helping to feed the voracious beast that is apple. Oh well, it's progress.......I guess.

You would have rather had them install PC's and feed MIcrosoft??

They do that anyway.

There's nothing in the market like an iPad right now. HP is working on one, but it will probably be webOS based not Windows based.

Just wait till they try to use the iPads outside and they over heat. That will be sweet.

Its called the HP slate it was going to be a windows based operating system windows 7. Im sure that will change now that HP has bought Palm it will be some form of there OS system. Which is why it is not out yet was suppose to be release last month but is now on a November release.

I'd really be surprised if it was win7 based..

 

[DaveH]

I'm not really sure how I feel about this. Sure it could be a nice recruiting gimmick for a couple of seasons, (before the ipad inevitably becomes obsolete) but by installing these units NU is only helping to feed the voracious beast that is apple. Oh well, it's progress.......I guess.

You would have rather had them install PC's and feed MIcrosoft??

No joke. UNL's switch to a Microsoft email system was/is a catastrophe.

That'll happen when you have incompetent people running it.

I have been working in that field for years. 9 times out of 10 when there is something wrong, it's a configuration or design problem. Just sayin.

Could be. I have no idea. All I know is that it is universally loathed by students and faculty. Also was a shady deal to begin with . . . UNL switched to Microsoft about 1 week after getting a multi-million dollar donation from the company. The UNL administration denied that the donation had anything to do with the switch.

Like I said . . . all I know is that it has been a catastrophe for the last 2.5 years. There doesn't appear to be any improvement in sight. If only they would have chosen Gmail.

A lot of times, you choose your vendor and you choose your problem. It's just how it goes..