The majority of parents feel affection for their children, and this sets limits to the harm they do them. But education authorities have no affection for the children concerned; at best, they are actuated by public spirit, which is directed towards the community as a whole, and not merely towards the children; at worst, they are politicians engaged in squabbles for plums - Bertrand Russell |
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ThePerfectStudentComputerThe Perfect School ComputerThis article address's the question what does the Perfect Student PC look like in 2008, some would say that you can't build a perfect computer. In my opinion there are only two things that prevent us building the Perfect student Computer, i) limited life cycle ii) Cost. limited life cycle: the fact that soon after have you installed and configured your PC it begins to deteriorate, either because you need to upgrade to newer, "better" safer software, or because your computer seems to generally deteriorate. Cost: We don't all have $2500 - $3000 dollars to throw at a solution for each of our children. I have 4 children, I certainly don't have $12000 to spend on a problem which has a limited life cycle and will soon deteriorate. If I did have the funds I would choose a high quality Apple iMac, which offer fantastic long term value, please read my Apple vs Windows? article for further details. Because these two limitations we have learned to tweak, tune and maintain our computers, in other words we become experts in a technology which has a very limited "life cycle". Our productivity is reduced each time we face a problem which need fixing. We certainly don't all want or need to be experts in computer maintenance There are a few things we can do to improve our computing environments.
Roll your own solution. The remainder of this article will discuss the essential software requirements of typical students computer, and offer advise about how to roll your own solution to the problem of cost and limited life cycle. Information Technology and Resources |